Arrival On Hayling

Well, Z28 arrived on Hayling yesterday being towed in by Nigel. Unfortuntely, I was too ill to see her arrive but Bren went down to see her.

Nigel turned up around 4:00. She was craned into position in the boatyard and chocked. Bren handed over the signed agreement for sale. One of the conditions of sale were that the previous owner and the class are to have first refusal should we decide to sell her. All very reasonable, this being a historic boats means that there is a certain duty of care around owning one.

I was OK to go and see her for a while yesterday. Already Bren was at work, removing some of the boats fixings. I took a look around at the leaky bow area and have seen the problem. Once we have all the paint off, we'll be able to take a proper look at it and see what the solution needs to be.

Popped down to Ken Brown Boatyard in Portsmouth topay the craneage bill. £65. A very decent fee. Last boat that I had craned (admidtedly, a 46' Cat), the cost was £700!

This week, the major objectve for me at least is to construct a cover for her, to protect her from this near constant terrible British weather.

Tomorrow should be drier so I wil spend a bit more time looking at her then and hunting around the boat yard for materials to make an A-Frame out of!