Jun. 27, 2008 - 400 not out!

Can't believe i've put 400 entries on here!

I must waffle even more than I thought... (and thats saying something!)

Anyway.... the remaining chandlery bits arrived.... hoorah...... I ran out of stainless screws.... boo!

And i've decided that the rowlocks won't fit.... they are top loading ones, and the fitting is just marginally too wide for the gunwhales.... so I need to get some side mount fittings, and then we are in business.

The boat is loaded on the car roof... the bag of bits to fit in the boot.... a quick visit to the chandlery and an hour in the morning, and she'll be done!

I still need to work out how to fit her on the davits... so a bit of lateral thinking in the morning, and that'll be it...

Only remaining task then is to make and fit a cover to stop her filling with rain water.... in the mean time, i'll hang her sideway on the davits so she can't fill up... I ummed and arred about fitting a bung or a self bailer, but decided to go the traditional route.... a plastic bottle with the bottom cut off and manual labour!

Just waiting for C to finish at Sea Cadets, and we'll be off. Forecast looks surprisingly good.

So thats 400..... I wonder what adventures and experiences we'll have had by the time 800 come along?