First trip out

Went down friday night.

Went for 2 trips on the saturday.

1st about a mile

2nd about 6 miles.

Spent sunday doing more work on the boat, as there was a nasty bit of weather coming in.

Took down an re-fixed/stapled all the headliners.

Fixed the VHF cable.

Removed a load of old cables.

In the water she goes.

So after re-doing the anodes, this time with some Sikaflex.

Painting on some additonal anti foul once  she was in the cranes.

Down in the crane she came...


More cleaning, polishing.

No water coming from the engine cooling yet.

Spent a night on the boat.

Getting her ready for the water.

Antifoul done.
Anodes Replaced.
Washed and Polished.
Prop and shaft cleaned.

obsessed

I think im becoming obsessed with boats.

Things to check with the broker

Notes of things to ask the broker.

Bracket for some equipment in the cockpit - what is it ?

Radio removed.

The raymarine autopilot in the rear compartment. There is 2 connection ports. What goes in the second one ?

A full inventory of what will be included in the sale.

Survey Arrival

John has completed the survey and has kindly delivered it by hand.

Put in an offer to the brokers with a list of faults the need fixing.

• Topsides need a clean and polish.
• Anti foul on hull
• Prop shaft needs cleaning
• Prop needs cleaning
• Rope cutters on shaft require cleaning back to bare metal as they have been painted.
• All running rigging requires replacing
• 2 new batteries
• Engine requires a service (Oil and Filters)
• Engine was not pulling water through so there is a cooling issue
• All the interior headlining is delaminating from the foam backing
• Anchor chain requires replacing
• Fire extinguishers need replacing
• No gas pipe to the cooker
• Sink waste not attached.
• Front escape hatch seal perished
• All hatches and windows are crazed
• Bottom mast pulleys seized
• Slight corrosion on keel.
• Compass needs replacing

Due to the lack of batteries we were unable to test any of the electronics.

So there is a list of things to buy to put it right.

Things to buy before sailing.

• Anti foul hull - £50
• Anti foul keel -£20
• Running Rigging (Ropes) - £500
• Anodes - £80
• Compass - £150
• Charts - £50
• Anchor Chain - £180
• Fire Extinquisers - £50
• Batteries * 2 - £250
• Life Jackets Adult * 2 (£65) - £130
• Life Jackets Kids * 2 (80) - £160
• Grease - £15
• Lubricant - £5
• Flares - £90
• Safety lines * 4 (£35) - £140

Total =  £1880

Things that would be nice to have.

• Radio - £65
• Interior Liners - http://www.hawkehouse.co.uk/database/forms/westerlykits.pdf
• Fore cabin - £407.17
• Main cabin - £569.08
• Quarter berth - £202.09
• Plywood - £100
• Staples - £10
• Delivery - £25
• Discount - -£40
• Total - £1273.34
• Polisher - £100
• Polish - £20
• Polish Pads - £20
• Dinghy (It's a fin keel, so won't sit like a bilge keel) - £250

Total = £1725.34

Grand Total = £3605.34