The carrot and the stick

With all the hard graft we are putting into the boat at the moment we need a bit of a carrot on a stick to keep us motivated and keep the work heading in the right direction.

Its so easy to get disheartened when you are faced with a mountain of jobs to plough through. Sometimes it can feel as though you are heading backwards rather than forwards, but it all comes together quickly in the final stages. These early stages of the spruce up always feel as though we are heading backwards.

So the carrot on the stick for this week, at the leas,t is the promise of a stunning two week cruise in July with Naughty-Cal gleaming in the summer sunshine as she skips along the east coast towards the Scottish borders. 

It feels a long way off at the moment but with the evenings getting longer and the nights gradually getting shorter we are heading in the right direction. Spring is on its way, you can feel it in the air and with it an urge to get the boat finished in plenty of time for our first break at Easter.