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11月28日 Think positive ... think positive ...The insurers are coming in to assess the boat (at last) and hopefully, having delayed matters by losing the claim form, they will now get a move on and repair the damage. Once that is done they can replace the stolen items and we can get the safety certificate. At that point I want to move in, if possible, as a precaution against further break-ins.
I'll be really glad when the doors are back on as the tarpaulin is not keeping the weather out. Bruce has reconnected the bilge pump, so at least that's something.
That poor boat looks so forlorn, she needs someone living aboard and some love. It's all hanging on the safety certificate and the valuation now.
Think positive ...
11月15日 Message from BruceBruce writes: "Took ballast out yesterday. Boat went back in today. Looks very good level wise".
Best news I've had all day  11月8日 A job well doneThird coat went on really quickly and just before it started to piss down! It looks good but I can't wait to get the top half painted. The pikies nicked the paint though. I'd like to start sanding it down but will have to get the paint first. So that will have to wait for the insurance assessors.
This time the boatyard workers complained that the choccy biccies I'd provided were past their sell by date. There's no pleasing some people.
Might go up there on Sunday to help Bruce put the insulation back in. Don't think it's flame retardant so will find out if there's a spray which would help. Can't afford new insulation when there's so many other things to pay for.
The boatyard has started me a tab. I'm not sure this is a Good Thing. 11月7日 Paint it blackWell who'd 've thought it? The boat came back on time! So the first coat (technically the second as one coat had been applied by the repairer) went on today and if the rain holds off tomorrow we'll slap another on.
In order to replate the sides the whole interior up to the gunwales had to come out, and it's all been dumped in the middle of the boat. At least this gives me the chance to make sure all the T&G goes back as well as it could, as it was a bit iffy before and actually coming away in places. But it does look one hell of a mess and it's quite disheartening.
Good news - the mooring is now in my name.
So, next step is to finish the blacking, then sand down and paint the rest of the boat (despite the fact that the pikies stole the paint - if you see a newly painted boat in this particular shade of green please let me know) and finish off welding off the redundant holes. Then the refit needs to be done, and then get the insurers in to refit the applicances, etc. When that's done the safety certificate needs to be obtained of course. I may at that point get another few little jobs seen to which are not strictly necessary but would be advisable. The windows, unfortunately, won't be replaced until I can afford it - and it could be some years before I can!
It's a slow process, but we're getting there.
Oh yes - Dylan at the boatyard helped himself to my chocolate biscuits and subsequently claimed he had done so to protect them from the ducks, and anyway the first three were damp so he had no choice but to eat them. Justified then. |
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