Good Morning,
There doesn't seem to be much happening on the forum right now in the off season, so I thought perhaps sharing the progress of Dancer over the winter might be of interest.
For those that don't know, Dancer is a Parker 325 that has sat in Weymouth for a couple of years. I wont go into the details of why and I am sure some of you probably know more than me. I purchased her in December and she is looking a bit sorry for herself at the moment.
Dancer had to be taken from Weymouth to Portland, as they have a crane for the survey. The deal was concluded on 14th December and I had the nightmare job of joining all the parties up for boat transportation to Essex. The issue I had was that Titchmarsh my local marina close their yard for Christmas. I had to get the mast un-stepped and the boat ready for Transport to arrive before the local yard closed. In between that we had Storm Darragh, which delayed everything.
However, the transport company got it to Titchmarsh on the last day the yard was open.
She is really dirty now, as well as the 2 years sitting dirt, she also is now covered in road grime. To prep for transport, they stuffed things anywhere they could, so I am still finding bits.
There is a big list being made at the moment, some are from the survey, plus additional bits from me.
I have ordered new standing / running rigging by the local rigger. I figured I might as well do this whilst the mast is down.
Genoa has gone to local sail company for cleaning, I am leaving the main until the mast is up.
Sprayhood and stack pack are had it and will be replaced.
Here are a couple of pictures from when she arrived.
Strange worm? we don't have this on the East coast.
Also, I think I need to get the Copper coat off the keel.
I will try to post more as we progress through the jobs.