Time is flying by.

Its hard to believe that January has been and gone already and there is still soooooo much to do.

Here is the pin holder.

Of course there is the question of where we are going to put the “nappy pins” but I am sure Paul will have a “light bulb” moment. At least I wont have to scrabble about in the front locker where the bow thruster batteries are any more. My favourite windlass just fits underneath, very neat and tidy don't you think.

Here is the intrepid three nose to tail at Rugby.

Yesterday Paul helped his “pal” Graham re-installed his calorifier. Graham had noticed a leak which was worse than first thought, so Paul took charge gave him a list of bits to get then told him he would be round to sort it out for him. Not too sure Graham was going to tackle this in quite in the way Paul had planned, but once Paul has a project there is no holding him. Needless to say the list ended up longer than first thought but in Pauls words “if your going to do a job do it right.” Keith took them in coffee and us girls went to Coventry thought it best to get out of the way.

First job today, as the batteries are now six weeks old was to check the levels. However  the heavy duty wiring was made up on the bank and where it landed on the boat is where it was fitted, no consideration had been taken to allow  for the caps to be removed to check the levels, this meant the power had to be switched off and the terminals and cables were all released and moved into such positions to allow the levels to be checked easily. Paul did comment that with the batteries sited where they are it is so much easier to check them. The next job to be tackled was to fit the rubber stops to the side hatch doors, to do this job the doors had to be removed for drilling and tapping ( after he had decided where the stops were going to go.) Once on the bench Paul was yet again taken aback that the edges of the doors and behind the hinges  were not only paintless but no under coat either just a fine layer of rust. Paul is getting really peed off with all of this, we have paid six and a half grand for this paint job and Paul reckons he could have made a better job with  scent spray!!! So now the edges of the doors have been rubbed down and a given a coat of paint. All these little jobs which should take an hour or two end up taking half a day, this is putting us all behind with getting the varnishing done, Paul is trying to be methodical by starting in the engine room and working forward, we are a month in and still in the engine room!!!!!!!!!