I don’t know about you but I know myself very well and after such a day as yesterday the last thing I need is more failure. The boat was just one part of a bad day, we had to scrap the car and that’s a story all by itself.
Suffice it to say that for the next few days I shall be working on small, easy tasks that have practically no realistic possibility of failure.
The first task after propping up the boat, was to bail out the water in the bilge. In doing so I found another leak forward of the mast, shown above.
And another one on the opposite side of the keel. Both of these are easy to deal with, but without having to bail out the boat after the leak test I would not have seen these ones.
One good thing about bailing out the boat is that it has removed a lot of the dust and grime that had accumulated during the works.
The same in the cockpit foot well…
Except here where it all ended up. I’ll deal with that once it has dried.
The next small task was to open out the holes in the chain hoist mounts to accept the black iron pipe that are the pins.
This was fairly easy to achieve although the wood splintered a bit as it was a bit damp from having been outside. I also cut section from the old anchor chain and used that to hang the hoists upon. These were made over long and shackled together to get the correct length for the job.
The next task was to put Shoal Waters back on the working trailer since the travelling trailer is too short to be good for working and then to level up the trailer.
I used a spirit level to get the trailer level, but I think that the boat is still slightly down on the port side. The next task, therefore, will be to adjust the side supports such that the boat is also level.
Time for a cup of tea.