We travelled down on Thursday and found Blazer to be in good shape after 5 months of neglect.
A bit scruffy - bird poo and little spiders all over but dry and sound - sat on her blocks in the storage compound.
The tasks that we needed to do before launching have now been done -
Anti foul the hull
Fit the new cutless bearing.
Fit the shaft and prop.
The radar was also not working and I hoped to take a look inside the radome from a ladder!!
This was a great success - the ladder was well short but with Jackie on the winch and me in my very old sit harness - I managed to get the radome top off and found the array to be stiff to rotate.
A bit of 3 in one oil and - sorted!!
To get a better look and refit the cover Nigel winched me up a bit to sit on the spreaders - comfy!!
I am so pleased - that would have been so expensive if I got the professionals involved.
Launching booked for Monday about 3 pm - (tides)
Jackie is painting the washroom area to brighten it up - 2nd coat today.
We also want to clean the deck and sort the green algae on the spray hood today.
Nigel is coming to dinner tonight - beef stew - lovely.
2 pages of little jobs and we will be ready for off.
We aim to go down the river to the river Roach on Tuesday ready for a very early start Wednesday for the trip to Ramsgate.
Mike and Jackie Smethurst.
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