Time for lay up...sigh...

[nigelm]

I didn't get around to launching this year , if the rumours I'm hearing at work come true then next year won't be any better , with a shift pattern that doesn't give me one full weekend off and just the odd day here and there it won't be worth putting the boat in the water .

 

[Saguday]

We've just gone back in! Huzzah! Saguday was relaunched yesterday and boy does it feel good. Don't like hauling out over winter, boat much happier in the water. Still got a bunch of work to do but there was a bunch of very happy Sagudayites in Tollesbury yesterday

 

[Laurie]

I didn't get around to launching this year , if the rumours I'm hearing at work come true then next year won't be any better , with a shift pattern that doesn't give me one full weekend off and just the odd day here and there it won't be worth putting the boat in the water .

God....I thought my shift pattern was bad, but ................:disgust:

 

[tillergirl]

I'm still sitting on the mooring for another ten days to fit in with the yard plans. Wintering afloat this winter in my usual 'mud' berth. Of course having a wooden boat, I don't have much to do this winter. Ho humm.

Seriously I don't. I thought I might refurb'ed the cockpit, the saloon or the fore cabin. Then I might install a holding tank. Spring, of course, it will be out with the varnish and paint brushes.

 

[Koeketiene]

Spring, of course, it will be out with the varnish and paint brushes.

I love the sight of a well maintained wooden classic afloat and I truly admire the efforts and dedication of their owners - even get the occasional 'jealous' twitch - but I could never own one.
For some people, the tinkering and the maintenance jobs are part of the attraction of boat ownership, but I am not one of them.
I enjoy sailing too much - 'projects' don't do it for me.
We do have a winter to-do list, but with the help of my youngest I hope to take care of it in no more than two week-ends.
Hope to see some of you afloat over the next few months.

 

[tillergirl]

The key to WBO (wooden boat ownership) is regular maintenance. I will spend more time on her that an equivalent gliberfast vessel but not as much as might be expected against a boat of a similar age. Two weeks reasonable weather dans the spring and she is ready. Replacing that frame last winter really only took a day, albeit that I spread the work over two days. It does though, I admit, become a nightmare if the spring is unsettled and chilly. Once tried to paint the topsides (let's start a debate - that's between the waterline and rail) on a day so cold that it was light using a spatula. I had to do it again!

But this year, I have really only comestic things to worry about.

 

[PeterWright]

Once tried to paint the topsides (let's start a debate - that's between the waterline and rail)

No debate, you are, as always, perfectly correct in this usage, unlike the on-line form for registering with CG66

 

[tillergirl]

No debate, you are, as always, perfectly correct in this usage, unlike the on-line form for registering with CG66

:encouragement:

 

[tidclacy]

I leave mine in for the winter safely tied up in a marina. It's not going to freeze up or fall over. Come out for 3 weeks in the spring. The odd winter sail to be enjoyed.

+1

 

[tidclacy]

Painful, I know, but our experience over decades of buying from John Parker is that you get happier with the investment as the years roll by and the sails hold their shape.

+1

 

[Hydrozoan]

Came out late summer for a/f and anodes, so staying in and hoping to get a few interior jobs done, though we will be busier than usual with the house this winter. I much prefer being in when we can be - it seems so much less hassle, the boat seems somehow to be sadder/grubbier when it's out, and there is always the hope of some actual days sailing - though that may be false optimism of course.

 

[pioneer]

Should be out this week for the winter. Fitting anchor windlasses to Pioneer and to friend's Westerly Fulmar. for Pioneer I've decided to connect the windlass to the Engine start battery as it receives priority charge via the Smartbank and with a 70A alternator I think I should be ok in light that there is also the emergency parallel facility to connect domestic and engine battery for a short duration. I'm also not anticipating raising the anchor without starting the battery, particularly as I'm mostly single handed and getting older!!
After all that fun there are the usual winter jobs of varnishing and repairing what I broke last summer.

 

[toyboy]

Should be out this week for the winter. Fitting anchor windlasses to Pioneer and to friend's Westerly Fulmar. for Pioneer I've decided to connect the windlass to the Engine start battery as it receives priority charge via the Smartbank and with a 70A alternator I think I should be ok in light that there is also the emergency parallel facility to connect domestic and engine battery for a short duration. I'm also not anticipating raising the anchor without starting the battery, particularly as I'm mostly single handed and getting older!!
After all that fun there are the usual winter jobs of varnishing and repairing what I broke last summer.

We were staying in but SWMBO has heard of a chap Boat Man Smith who might be doing some work on the boat over the winter. I am very happy about that.