Progress??

Vega
Irving & Cate Benjamin
Sun 6 May 2012 18:10
Taverners, Sunday 6 May
Much water under the bridge but not much under the keel since last posting. After spending some hours removing most of the blue antifoul stain last Monday, Vega was relaunched, only to discover no water flowing through the engine.  In view of the critical lack of time until D(eparture)-Day, we called the excellent Mick & Paul Motors to come and diagnose both that and my recalcitrant outboard, which they duly did while Benj was off yomping across Dartmoor for half the week on the London Deanery Leadership Course!   Cate and Benj sped up to Whitstable on Saturday to get the missing outboard impeller (and enjoy a nice seafood lunch en passent) and today Benj played in the Betteshanger Brass Band concert on the Deal Memorial Bandstand, then returned home to do a bit of minor mainsail stitchery while Cate looked after grand-daughter Gracie. Still MUCH to do, and it's now D-Day minus 8!

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