Well that's the boat ready , launch day is 1st March , but still quite a few inside jobs to complete prior to be able to go sailing.

Fit Davits
Fit sails
Fit stack pack
Clean decks
Polish cabin top and transom
Clean down below

Should get it all done next weekend

Well it's coming along slowly , davit backing pads have been made and fibre lasses onto the inside of tetransom , just need to work out the position of the Davits then drilled ............

Just purchased a polishing machine , whole boat done in 4 hrs , used to take days .....wish I had bought it years ago.

Lift in booked for the 1 st March , so only 4 weekends to go still to

Sand hull
Anti fowl
Clean prop
A bit more fibreglassing
Washdeck
Polish cockpit
Clean thruster
Fit anodes

Then the rest can wait till we are on the water

Well the work starts here , going to boat today to make a start on the work schedule , think the weather may have other ideas ,

Refit consist of

Making new outboard bracket ,
Fitting Davits
Polish hull cockpit
Anti foul
Engine service
Replacing sails
Replacing forward berth cushions with a pocket sprung mattress
Replacing skinny halyard
Fit spare halyard
sorting out spares box & removing all unused equipment
Fixing water pump
Book lift in

All to be done for 28 feb as boat get launched 1 st March

Wednesday 20th June

Left work at five to move the boat round to Kip Marina, as it was race night a kip tried to go inshore of the start line , opps nearly had an incident with boat gets a bit shallow , all witnessed by Murray.

Miles sailed 6NM

Thursday 21 st June

Up at six to go to work meanwhile Rennie stayed in bed , her t
Herculean task was to go to the local Sainsburies to stock the boat with food , fill water tanks , charge batteries etc.

Left work at three onto boat by four and departed. Weather was not very nice gusting 30 knots in the marina from East , plan is to head up to the Kyles for the evening.

Due to wind strength set genoa only, on rounding Toward wind now a constant 33 knots and the leech ripped on the genoa ripped again. Wound sail away and motored up the Kyle and picked up a mooring for the night.

As Graeme ( Captain Clamity, also know as brother , boat name Jesica) was accompanying us he arrived a bit later than planned due to an incident in Cardwell Bay.

When Captain Calamity was loading up his yacht in the bay he somehow managed to find himself in the water , with an inflated life jacket and rucksack on , holding both dinghy and yacht he found it a difficult decision which boat to let go off, he opted to let go of the yacht then found that he couldn't board the dinghy so swam with the dinghy back to the yacht and self rescued himself.

Me thinks that someone was watching over him that day.


Log 16 Nm

Friday 22nd June

Up at seven , rain pissin down , no wind , forecast NW 6-8 , with the forecast the plan of rounding the Mull today was abandoned despite valiant attemps of trying to persuade Rennie to a least head down to Campbelltown the desicion of Rennie & Graeme was to head to Portavadie . Motored round to Ardlamont point then sets all sails for a beat up Loch Fine, arrive in the marina very early 12.30 .

Sun came out. , when for a walk .

Drop the Genoa and hand sewed the leech and added an additional wear patch , seems to be bom proof now.

Thoughts now turn to the winter refit, needs to be complete by end Febuary .

New sails
Cruising chute & snuffer
New sheets
New halyard
Anti fowl
Engine service
Suspect domestic battery
Polish

Well summer is over , did it every start , Orosay will be lifted out Fridat the 2nd November.