tillergirl
Well-Known Member
Just working back from a start of season date.
Assuming I put the boat on her mooring on Friday 4th May (which are the beginning of springs so I can get her off the beach), I need to neap TG on the 'beach' around Monday 9th April. That will give me a month to high pressure the bottom, stop up that seam on the inside of the bilge keel, rub down, undercoat and gloss the hull, do 4 or 5 coats of varnish, paint the deck, service the seacocks, paint the cove line, change the fuel filters and impeller (impellor?). Which means I need to take the cover off, raise the mast, replace the running rigging, set up the standing rigging during the first week of April. which means between then and now (10 weeks) I need to finish rebuilding the rudder (probably 8 days), varnish (10 coats) the prepared boom, the new floor boards, the new glass locker lid, the refurbished instrument pod and the very clever wooden end piece that fits in the end of the visible plastic trunking and the new iroko aerial mount for the GPS and Navtex aerials(assume two/three coats a week in this weather even in the workshop to allow it to harden sufficiently - which means probably 4 weeks), fit the new cable trunking, fit the new expansion tank on the hot water side, trace the air leak into the water system, refit the instrument pod and rerun all the wiring, replace the running of the DGPS aerial cable so its not visible/liable to be caught, fit the new Windex, wash all the ropes when SWMBO is out (note to provide M&S vouchers to be spent to keep her out of the way) and fit in 5 weeks miles away voucher earning in rather nice places and 4 days away voucher earning in an ok place.
I wanted to be ready earlier but I am not sure it is going to happen! Not sure I have time to be here!
Assuming I put the boat on her mooring on Friday 4th May (which are the beginning of springs so I can get her off the beach), I need to neap TG on the 'beach' around Monday 9th April. That will give me a month to high pressure the bottom, stop up that seam on the inside of the bilge keel, rub down, undercoat and gloss the hull, do 4 or 5 coats of varnish, paint the deck, service the seacocks, paint the cove line, change the fuel filters and impeller (impellor?). Which means I need to take the cover off, raise the mast, replace the running rigging, set up the standing rigging during the first week of April. which means between then and now (10 weeks) I need to finish rebuilding the rudder (probably 8 days), varnish (10 coats) the prepared boom, the new floor boards, the new glass locker lid, the refurbished instrument pod and the very clever wooden end piece that fits in the end of the visible plastic trunking and the new iroko aerial mount for the GPS and Navtex aerials(assume two/three coats a week in this weather even in the workshop to allow it to harden sufficiently - which means probably 4 weeks), fit the new cable trunking, fit the new expansion tank on the hot water side, trace the air leak into the water system, refit the instrument pod and rerun all the wiring, replace the running of the DGPS aerial cable so its not visible/liable to be caught, fit the new Windex, wash all the ropes when SWMBO is out (note to provide M&S vouchers to be spent to keep her out of the way) and fit in 5 weeks miles away voucher earning in rather nice places and 4 days away voucher earning in an ok place.
I wanted to be ready earlier but I am not sure it is going to happen! Not sure I have time to be here!
