Episode 8 (11-06-14)

I've woken to the beautiful dawn chorus of the New Forest. The field of rapeseed is tall and green, it looks like it may be ready for harvest soon. I can hear the girls playing in their room. It is time to get up and head for the ferry to Dark Horse. I am both excited and nervous. Will she have her masts back in, will the hull be anti-fouled? Will we be able to put her back in the water on Wednesday? We'll just have to wait and see, but I hope we are pleasantly surprised.

Later the same day

Pleasantly surprised we were. The mast were in, the engine was being prep'd for testing, the primer for the anti-fouling was on and they were getting ready to put on the first coat of anti-foul. So, it looks like we are on track to be ready to launch this week, but it would appear that we will be launching on Thursday rather than Wednesday. That is okay, it still gives everyone time for a sea trial and for us to get Dark Horse to Berthon's over the weekend before John has to head back to Nigeria to finish up and I up to Edinburgh with the kids to pack up the house. 

All in all a great day!