It is now 4 years since we moved to the boat and we have never for an instant regretted the decision to change our lifestyle so radically. Neither of us are getting any younger and the lifestyle is very physical and strenuous, so we are aware that at some point we will have to go back to dry land, but for now we are enjoying 'living the dream'.
Usually boats need some attention after about 3 years, so at 4 years we knew that the boat was long overdue for blacking. Some of the scuffs on the paintwork also required touching up. We booked the crane at our local yachting basin for the lift out and sailed through the six locks to get there. One of the new boaters who has recently moved to our marina came with us to learn how to operate the locks and it was good to have an extra pair of hands.
Here are some pictures from our trip:
When the boat was lifted out of the water it was quite shocking to see the state of the hull. She was covered in fresh water Mussels, all the black had come off and there was a fair bit of rust in evidence.
Looking better already, but unfortunately the weather has now broken, with the tail end of hurricane Bertha causing some disruption to our work plans. As you can see from the picture, we have some scuffing on the paintwork to cover, but frustratingly all we can do for now is look out of the window at the wind and rain and hope that we can get going again soon.
More on our progress soon. I will try to post every day now. In the next blog there will be news on what we have decided to do with our water tank and some adjustments we are planning to make to access our gas locker.
Al :)
Usually boats need some attention after about 3 years, so at 4 years we knew that the boat was long overdue for blacking. Some of the scuffs on the paintwork also required touching up. We booked the crane at our local yachting basin for the lift out and sailed through the six locks to get there. One of the new boaters who has recently moved to our marina came with us to learn how to operate the locks and it was good to have an extra pair of hands.
Here are some pictures from our trip:
When the boat was lifted out of the water it was quite shocking to see the state of the hull. She was covered in fresh water Mussels, all the black had come off and there was a fair bit of rust in evidence.
Luckily the weather was good, so we were able to get the bottom blacked straight away the next day:
Looking better already, but unfortunately the weather has now broken, with the tail end of hurricane Bertha causing some disruption to our work plans. As you can see from the picture, we have some scuffing on the paintwork to cover, but frustratingly all we can do for now is look out of the window at the wind and rain and hope that we can get going again soon.
More on our progress soon. I will try to post every day now. In the next blog there will be news on what we have decided to do with our water tank and some adjustments we are planning to make to access our gas locker.
Al :)
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