A Whole New Year

Well happy new year to you all. Its a new year and a fresh start but still the same old ice.

We have stayed aboard Naughty-Cal for the duration of our time off work, hence the lack of new postings on the blog, and the ice has not once showed any real signs of ebbing away. Naughty-Cal did eventually break free from her icy prison but only into her own private pool of water a couple of inches larger than her hull. No real release.

The melting ice has revealed on little problem though. The ice has pulled the trim tabs from the rear of the hull. Not a big job but one which will require Naughty-Cal to be beached in the slipway again for the repairs to be carried out. The ice is taking its toll on many local boats with a few sinkages in the locallity plus some urgent repairs.

A couple of days of work and then we can go back to our ice locked boat and seek some sanctuary from our noisy land based neighbours. I cant wait.