Back in the briny

... or not so briny! The Baltic is not that salty.
Work over and the lady slips lithely back into the water. And, unusually we got the mast up the same day. Of course the windex got blatted by the crane... Are we the only one's in the marina with a wonky windex ?

Ready for the off

Not the sunniest of weekends.  We got rained off yesterday, but managed today to get the last of the 'must do before we launch' jobs done...  touching up the white waterline on the starboard side.

Somehow it's always the starboard side.  Think it's because with the engine on  that side the boat is never fully even and the paint ends up underwater at the bottom.  Toplac is for above the waterline....

Apart from that the cockpit got a clean, the cupboards got sorted, the cabin woodwork got oiled, and some of the deckhouse got polished.. plus I made a quick and not so very tidy job of renewing the silicone on the hull/deck join in a couple of places.  And then to finish off... a last coat of 'nanopolish' - in the hope that it will keep her looking good for ALL of the summer.

Wash and brush up

After cold and clammy yesterday it was nice to be working in shirt-sleeves today. The messy past is done, sanding the bottom, and the rest of the day went on washing down the deck and top-sides. Out with the scrubbing brush to get rid of all the grime fast after the winter...

On a grey day

The covers are off and the door and frame are back in place.. It's just a shame that there are big stripes of glue on the boat from the tape that I used to fix a binbag over the entrance. Duck tape don't like the cold it seems...

Square

The snowy winter has delayed the start of this season's work programme out in the boatyard. At home in the cellar though things are starting to look more like they should.
Is three coats going to be enough?

Getting an early start

It's still january, but the sander is out stripping back the varnish on the frame from the entry. Plan ahead.. .