Worse job of the year - did mine today - what's yours ?

[Stemar]

Scraping off barnacles, mussels, amazing weed and all the other stuff that lives up the creek from Portsmouth and it all seems to prefer my boat. Got to do this in a couple of weeks and it has to be the worst job ever. Apart from even small catamarans having plenty of hull area to do, because half the job is between the hulls it is a sort of crouching shuffle with a scraper which destroys the knees. Couple that with doing it up a beach and because there is only a short window between the tides I have to start when the boat is still awash in order to finish it in the day. So scrape one day and antifoul the next and then spend the next two days recovering.... I think I am going to/have turned into one of those wizened old sailors usually seen carrying around a bucket of tar in a Mike Peyton cartoon.

Book a tide on the grid at Hardway SC. Then at least you've got a firm, dry(ish) surface under you. Grids 1 & 2 slope, 3 & 4 are level and should be fairly mud-free 'cos I washed 'em clean the other week. You can also hire the Club jetwash or bring your own. Book in advance, though, 'cos they're likely to be busy at weekends now. Best to come at low to book, that way you can see what you're getting.

Jissel's a bilge keeler with shallow keels, not much over 2 ft headroom between the keels and I use a garage crawler - one of those little mattresses on wheels mechanics used to use - to make the job bearable.

 

[C08]

Book a tide on the grid at Hardway SC. Then at least you've got a firm, dry(ish) surface under you. Grids 1 & 2 slope, 3 & 4 are level and should be fairly mud-free 'cos I washed 'em clean the other week. You can also hire the Club jetwash or bring your own. Book in advance, though, 'cos they're likely to be busy at weekends now. Best to come at low to book, that way you can see what you're getting.

That sounds pretty good to me if they take non members. Pressure washing off would be heaven! Do you know if visitors can use the SG's?

 

[alahol2]

That sounds pretty good to me if they take non members. Pressure washing off would be heaven! Do you know if visitors can use the SG's?

Non-members were always able to book facilities in the past. I've no reason to believe anything has changed in that respect.