Fitting Out Weekend - Day 3

Crew: as yesterday

AM: Miscellaneous maintenance tasks

PM: Sail in light to moderate Easterly breeze up and down river staying within sight of the moorings

She sails well! Sailed onto mooring (!) about 15:00, tender back to dock and departed about 16:30

Fitting Out Weekend - Day 2

Crew: as yesterday

Breakfast about 07:00
Trip to Seamark Nunn to purchase new depth/log and swap shackle, back about 12:00

Bru: fitted new forestay shackle, retensioned standing rigging, sorted out running rigging, bent on sails

Rik: Fitted new Nasa Clipper Duet and depth transduver (log transducer will have to await dry docking), significant progress on bridge deck fit out (lower shelf installed, upper shelf to follow)

Pub for beer and grub about 19:00

Meths: 1ltr into each burner (late evening)

Fitting Out Weekend - Day 1

Crew: Bruce & Rik

Rowed tender down to mooring, aboard approx. 16:00

Motored to pontoon and tied up.

Sorted out below decks, tested Lowrance repair - u/s

Repaired to pub for beer and grub



We need a bigger boat!



Fitting Out Day

The first cruise - all of about 200m!

Crew: as yesterday

Starboard rubbing strake damaged, hung up on pontoon. Temp repair carried out.

Standing rigging tensioned and running rigging sorted out

Tender onto tender dock

Anchor shackled onto chain and lashed down in chocks

Stripped down carb (again) and motored onto main pontoon about 11:30

Lowrance removed for testing by Rik

Sorting out above and below decks continued

Late lunchtime pint after which Glen departed.

Rik departed about 16:00, remainder of crew by 17:00

Toby will move her onto her mooring buoy tomorrow

Move and Launch Day

Crew: Bruce, Jane, Rik, Mark and Glen

Craned onto trailer and departed Woodbridge by road about 10:15

Arrived Fambridge and launch from yacht station slip approx. 13:00 at High Water

Engine start OK but leaking fuel from carb. Removed carb and freed stuck float, reassembled and tested, OK.

Restart engine and try to reverse off slip. Tide now ebbing strongly combined with sou'westerly strong breeze. Engine cut whilst trying to turn around, blown onto pier pontoon. Elected to remain there!

Mast up and rigging reattached, much tidying up.

Dried out late afternoon, no problem.

Repaired to pub for food and beer about 18:30.
Rik, Mark and Glen sleeping aboard, Bruce and Jane staying at pub B&B
Crew had to adjust lines in the night, otherwise no problems.