We began the process of machining off the damaged rudder to sound material, replacing the toilet inlet seacock and fitting an anti siphon device, and cleaning down the hull.
We were hard at it from early morning, to pre-empt the heat build up, through to dark every day! The boatyard facilities were excellent. The chandlery stocked everything we could wish for, and the showers and toilets meant that we could clean ourselves up after work. It was the best boatyard for a fit-out JP had ever worked in: boats were set up in tidy lines marked out for the travel lift, and there was plenty of room for the tower/trolleys that were available for our use. We cleaned and polished the hull, made good the anchor bashes and other areas where the gelcoat was damaged, rubbed down and primed the area around the boot top to raise the waterline (losing one of our grey stripes in the process), and repaired the rudder with epoxy and glass fibre. Mo single handedly applied antifoul, 4 coats around the new bootline, and 2 or 3 elsewhere depending upon exposure.Only when the boat was virtually ready for the water did we go out to stock up with food and booze, fill up the water tanks, and get ready for sea.
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| Fuga anchored under the ruined villa | An 'unnamed Irish band', Helen, Luke and Spike |
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| Ibis under sail | Digging for cockles in the sand |