Not sure where to start with it all really, last year was not good at a personal level (RIP MUM) so, it is probably best for me to just start again with this summer's news/updates on life aboard Warrior.
On top of everything else, last years 'summer' was a total wash out, meaning our annual painting regime had to be cancelled. By the time winter mingled into spring, Warrior was looking rather drab & in need of a spruce up. We were hoping to get at least one side of the outside repainted & began with the port side, with ease of access from the pontoon. The preparation is the most important part in my mind, the green, red & grey areas shown in the short video, taking nine afternoon's/evenings of sanding, scraping & one hour on the killer needle gun!
With the weather forecasts looking good for July & into August, we decided to do as much as possible this summer & with the help of good friends, we turned Warrior around to gain easier access to the starboard side & as you can see from the next video, things were not looking as good as we always hope.
In total, this side took four weeks to complete, it's not something you can carry on doing day after day at our ages!
It might have been done faster, had we also not had to take the tender out for maintenance too. I knew we had a leak somewhere, as the bilge pump kept coming on at regular intervals. Needing Warrior turned around & TT Warrior taken out, the usual thing happened, with both being done the same weekend. This meant we were doing a couple of hours a day on the tender & a few hours late into the evenings on Warrior.It turned out that the tender had a small hole just beneath the transom, this was soon fixed after a short course on how to repair holes in fiberglass, courtesy of YouTube! The photo shows TT Warrior back on the berth, after all the works were completed (new transom plate, metal reinforcing brackets & woodwork varnish)
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