The Launch

Here she is looking throughly splendid on her mooring

glinting in the fine evening sunshine

ready for her first trip

out of the river towards the sea.

She is Looking Good

Finally she is ready for the launch. New electrics, new paint, new colours

New cushions, made and waterproofed by us as having them made was very cost prohibitive. They look very smart, a bit bright but as Sarah did all the sewing I didn't get much choice in the decision. They have been waterproofed very well so should be fine.

New floor covering, lino printed with many wine bottle corks, is this saying something about what will be the on board beverage of choice? (Sarah chose it, enough said)

See? I rest my case.

Next Installment...the launch!

It was all going so well

It was. It was All going so well new paint sorted out the funky toilet,fiddled with the electrics for hours even painted the inside.

Then new sheets and halyards. I gave a good tug and down she came. So now we have to drop the mast and sort it all out. Ha Ho its called boating according to all of the other helpful people in the yard. Onward and upward.

Fine Weather

Finally we have some fine weather and so work begins on the little boat.
We have stripped off the sheets and halyards to replace them with new colour coded ones, to help Sarah learn the ropes.

The hull has been stripped down, quite well, as well as can be expected for two very impatient people.
Then blasted off with a pressure washer.

The cabin has been cleaned, rubbed down and painted white.
The stinky head has been removed and the space turned into a cupboard.
The cushions will be new and covered in some suitably bright and garish fabric by Sarah and I have no doubt that the inside of the cabin will be decorated in some way.

The hull has been painted Oxford Blue with a cream water line.
There is the beginnings of a Celtic sea-horse on the bow. Sarah reckons that because the boat is called "spindrift" which means the spray from waves, that involves white horses and they must be sea horses and as we live in Celtic Cornwall naturally a Celtic sea horse is what needs to be on the bow... well it makes perfect sense to her... and she must be obeyed.
The decks have been painted cream as we figure that that is easier on the eye, when out in the blazing sun, than white.