A Confession

We have a confession to make. Over the last few weeks we have been seriously considering selling Naughty-Cal and using the proceeds to buy a VW van to convert to a camper. In fact up until yesterday afternoon that is what we were going to do.

But then as we were both polishing the GRP in the sunshine we realised it just wouldn’t be right for us. We couldn’t sell Naughty-Cal. It would be like selling parts of our own body. We realised that we are just not ready to give up boating just yet.

Now that we have made the decision to keep Cal we need to figure out what jobs we are going to do to her this year. We know that the engine is due a service, we have all of the bits we need to do this so this will be one of the first jobs to do when she is relaunched. The canopies are ready for a good scrub and a coat of Fabsil Gold to keep them weather proof. We are going to bring all of the removable upholstery home and give it a run though the washing machine to freshen it up and the mattresses and curtains as well. We also need to finish the installation of the new navigation gear which we will now get some use out of. We are looking forward to trying out the sonar now which is supposed to be excellent.

All of these jobs can be completed with the boat in the water. So we will soon be able to relaunch the boat. The only thing holding up the relaunch now is us painting the hull with a fresh coat of antifoul and Burton Waters carrying out some remedial works to a repair they did for us last summer. Clearly five months out of the water isn’t long enough for them to get their act together and sort things out!