I've left this post in-situ however we did not, in the end, purchase "Safe Return" due to problems with the house sale and purchase which left us with a considerably reduced budget.
Today was the day we'd arranged to have "Safe Return" lifted out ready for the survey tomorrow
It was a bright but bitterly cold start to the day which was much improved by coffee and breakfast at West Wick Yacht Club
Then it was all aboard as Carol expertly motored "Safe Return" out of her berth and round to the slipway
Paul and James were ready and waiting and in no time at all she was on the slip and being pressure washed
The hull was impressively clean with no weed or barnacles to speak of. Much better than Erbas last time she came out. I'll stick with the Cruiser Uno antifoul I think!
One key area to check, as always with twin keel Westerlys, was the state of the keels and keel roots. Happily, there was no sign of any movement at all and the sealant between the keels and the hull is intact and in good order. Plus there's no sign of any rust steaks, often the first indication of keel bolt problems
Carol and I had had a chat and decided not to put Safe Return back in on Monday. She'll stay out now until we relaunch as "Pagan" under our ownership
That relieves me of the necessity of antifouling in the current cold weather which is savage amusement and far from ideal
So she was duly transported down the yard and deposited next to Carol's office.
Toby arrives in the morning to do the insurance survey for us after which we just need to get to the end of the interminable housing saga (of which more another time) to release the funds to complete the purchase
Today was the day we'd arranged to have "Safe Return" lifted out ready for the survey tomorrow
It was a bright but bitterly cold start to the day which was much improved by coffee and breakfast at West Wick Yacht Club
Then it was all aboard as Carol expertly motored "Safe Return" out of her berth and round to the slipway
Paul and James were ready and waiting and in no time at all she was on the slip and being pressure washed
The hull was impressively clean with no weed or barnacles to speak of. Much better than Erbas last time she came out. I'll stick with the Cruiser Uno antifoul I think!
One key area to check, as always with twin keel Westerlys, was the state of the keels and keel roots. Happily, there was no sign of any movement at all and the sealant between the keels and the hull is intact and in good order. Plus there's no sign of any rust steaks, often the first indication of keel bolt problems
Carol and I had had a chat and decided not to put Safe Return back in on Monday. She'll stay out now until we relaunch as "Pagan" under our ownership
That relieves me of the necessity of antifouling in the current cold weather which is savage amusement and far from ideal
So she was duly transported down the yard and deposited next to Carol's office.
Toby arrives in the morning to do the insurance survey for us after which we just need to get to the end of the interminable housing saga (of which more another time) to release the funds to complete the purchase
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