Monday, 4 October 2010

Back to work in the yard

Peter and Susan made it back from Spain yesterday; I don’t envy them what they must have had to deal with in the office. It’s bad enough coping with the backlog when you come back to work at the expected time – having had to take an extra three days off makes it all the worse.

Nonetheless, they both looked rested and refreshed, and Peter at least was still chipper just now when we were talking to him. A big chunk of his day was taken up with blog readers Mick and Alison, who are thinking of ordering a Braidbar for the back end of next year. We had a natter with them about the cruising restrictions of having a 60’ boat, and I recommended the relevant ABNB web page on the topic.

We also had a chat about other aspects of being a Braidbar customer of course, especially as Peter was out of the way, so I could be as rude as I liked about him. :)

It’s been a real sunshiny day here, so we got another washload done and out on the whirligig, and had a very pleasant stroll along the towpath after lunch.

We’re off to the pub tonight, as the gas is disconnected at the moment. The base of the gas locker needs a coat of Comastic, since it disappears underwater when the water tank is full, necessitating an extra set of drain holes further up for that circumstance. I’ve not forgotten the review post on the Building Sanity Again blog – I should be in a position to write it by the end of this week.

The snagging list is getting into that chasing its tail situation, where the yard tries to finish it off and get us out of here before we think of anything else. Like they say, you never finish building a boat, you just make a start.

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