Despite the changes that are happening with the boat the one thing that hasn’t changed is the weather. It is still freezing cold and taking some of the pleasure out of the work. But the work must go on so what’s been going on the last couple of days? Yesterday saw Steve B join us […]
Annual Maintenance – Day 4
Well we missed the snow that was forecast for last night so there was no excuse not to set off for the boat yard for another few hours of pain. We had sat last night and made a list of the jobs we wanted to get done today but once on site the list went […]
Annual Maintenance – Day 3
Ok so the first thing to get on with today is finishing off the propellers and rudders then that’s one job that can be ticked off the list. I got on doing this while Ray continued to cut the gel coat. His aim for today is to get the whole of the grey cut and […]
We’re now on Facebook
You may have noticed a link to our new facebook page. We hope that you will join us for some fishy chat and some relaxing fun where you can see what we have been getting up to and also chat, share photos and hang out for a natter. We’re often online of an evening, so […]
Annual Maintenance – Day 2
Well the work started in earnest today. We got down to the boat yard around 9am and decided that I would crack on with cleaning the rudders and the propellers and Ray would start cutting the gel coat whilst Steve was working on the sea cocks. These pictures will show you what we were starting […]
Annual Maintenance – Day 1
Today was the day Grey Viking got lifted out of the water for her annual maintenance and it turned out to be a quite a morning. For some reason the weather fairy sent bitterly cold conditions and lashing of snow so by the time we had got the boat round to the other side of […]