I should finish the saga of day 3 first! After the days labours in the yard, we repaired once more to the Ferry Boat to meet up with some fellow members of the East Coast forum. A most pleasant evening ensued with good food, good beer and most importantly good company.
After a less than perfect nights sleep, this morning dawned all to soon. After sausage butties for breakfast, we set to work. Rik cracked on with the mast base wiring whilst I put a second coast of antifoul on the hull.
Having blagged some milk off Harlequin I was able to put off the needed trip to Asda until later in the day after which I polished the upper hull sides, masked off and painted the boot top line and painted the rubbing strakes, which if primed first thing this morning.
Meanwhile Rik had fed the masthead and VHF cables through the lockers and wired in the new switches. Happily the new masthead led Nav light worked a treat and the existing deck level and steaming lights are all working too
We were a bit miffed to discover that the VHF will receive but not transmit. Suspicion is a dodgy connection in one of the new plugs and sockets - most likely caused by a useless soldering iron and useless lead free solder! I'll have to look at that next time with the right tools for the job.
After a busy day with plenty acheived, we have, of course, ended up in the pub again!
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