Well Gizzy could be right.............
10 September 2014 | Langstone
Nigel
Well Gizzy could be right..........................
I've bought an Elizabethan 31 Ketch. I've never sailed a Ketch, so I'm looking forward to bringing her home, from Plymouth.
At the moment, she is laying ashore in a boatyard, where she has been for about 6 years. I'm in the process of doing a small re-fit, since most of the items on the surveyor's list had been seen to, by the previous owner. I've repainted the hull. She was previously black.!!! Not a good colour on a boat, methinks. As you can see from the photo, she is nearly white now. The colour is actually, Ivory. In time I will repaint the superstructure and decks, but at the moment, I'm concentrating on those things I should get done, whilst she is out of the water.
On my next visit down, I will check the sea-cocks and finish off the hull.
At the moment, the engine is on it's way out of the boat, to be checked over. There is little, or no, oil pressure, so the oil pump will be coming out for a look-see and if that isn't the problem, then I know not what, next. Anyway, I'll need to confident that the engine is running OK, before I bring her home.
I'll keep you posted......................
Oh, by the way, if anyone knows this young ladies phone number, I'd be grateful..........................(I'm looking for a new coffee maker)
The start of a new Boat and man relationship
09 September 2014 | Langstone
Gizzy
Well what to say.? My 'owner', Nigel, has bought himself a new boat. The man's an idiot.!! When I say a 'new' boat, I don't mean a bright, shiny, all equipped with the latest gadgets, kind of boat, but a 44 year old long keeled, tupperware sort of thing. He tells me it's an Elizabethan 31ft Ketch. Apparently, they only built 4 of these and he got the last one. Makes me wonder if they saw where they were going wrong by number 4 and stopped building any more.?
He's been painting the hull and faffing about inside, whilst I've been doing the sensible thing and laying out in the sun.
I'll get him to post some pictures, later and you will be able to see how he's been wasting his time