We had a really good evening last night; Peter and Gill from Cala and Des and Gill from Farne came round for a drink, and we sat nattering until yon time.
Today, in improved but not brilliant weather, we've been working quite hard (well the others have) to get set up for Saturday's Open Day. The new mini marquee was unpacked from its eight boxes and erected by lunchtime with very little needing to be undone and redone.
It's a really good piece of kit, solid and with proper tie downs and a ground frame, so as long as we don't get any more incredibly strong winds we should be OK. After lunch, we put up one of the gazebos in front of it to make an open porch entrance.
Meanwhile, much sweeping and cleaning went on inside and out, so that the whole yard is beginning to look very smart indeed.
The last job today was to do yet more boat shuffling; we've now got a row of five Braidbars on the Deeps, two on the hire boat mooring and two completed and two in-build boats in the yard. More shuffling will need to be done tomorrow; obviously, the guys will be working on the in-build boats until close of business, and the boat currently in the paint shed, La Suvera, will need to be swapped with Farne, the one just outside it.
Other jobs that need doing will be putting up banners and organising things like the photo displays inside the marquee.
Tonight we're all going down to the Boar's Head for a night-before-the-night-before the Open Day session.
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