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February 2024 – Bulkhead repairs continue.
February has had a continuation of the mission to repair the cabin bulkhead. Ive now tackled the Starboard side, this has proved to be a rather longer mission. Having removed the old tongue and groove i discovered the woodwork behind also needs replacing, requiring another trip down to the timber merchants. However as February rolls…
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January 2024 – More Storms
The start of January has been fully of storms with warm mild weather and cold spells. However towards the end of the month some progress has been made. The roof of the cockpit tent has been made, with the sides to follow later. This will allow for more seating space and maybe stop some heat escaping when the…
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December 2023 – stormy times
December has been at times stormy, with one storm with 60+ mph gusts causing minor damage. with freezing temperatures, and hevey rain and some parts that no progress has been made.
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November 2023 – winter is coming.
November has been about prepairing for winter and the jobs have centred arround lots of little jobs. with a need to keep warm the waste wood ive been collecting and burning is being suplemented by a smokless coal which burns for a long time and can keep the boat warm overnight. I have also turned…
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October 2023- Mutiny
The crew is now away on a trip to play with penguins. This leaves me poised to do much work to the fleet. To mark the a leaving crew uniforms have appeared and a promise of ferryman being ready. for some cruising when the crew return. First job has been some much needed tidying. With…
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September 2023 – A quiet month.
well the weather has bee terrible. Almost like winter is on the way. As you can imagine little has been don onboard. The most importtant tasks have been to add extra lines and turn ferryman round into the prevailing gales and add a new float switch (important with the rain). For some reason ive never…
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August 2023 – The work continues, so does the fun!
This month has been a mix of work and play. Finally the log burner is bolted in place, and is ready for the winter, the gaff has been reasembled and refitted and more paint and tidying up applied to the exterior. With a crew available two days sailing has been acheived at the end of…
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July 2023 – Not So Much Work
July has been a relatively quiet month for work on Ferryman, a bit of a rest with only little thing being done. The decks have been repainted and are now turning a nice dark shade of grey – at first I was sceptical but it looks nice… Construction of a rack to store the tender…
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June 2023 – sailing
June seems to have disapeared fast. Whilst some maintenance has been done the main focus of June has been sailing. Early June saw the topsail being rigged and a few test sails and some tidying of the rigging. The 16th-17th was the Old Gaffers Assosiation 60th aniversary meet in oban, Ferryman sailed out round Lismore…
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MAY 2023 – More fitting out
with ferryman due to take part in the OGA 60th in oban there has been a great move towards getting as many jobs done as possible onboard. By mid June ferryman will still have much work to be done, but she has come so far. Mays work has consisted of contining to build the cocpit…