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Copyright © 2012 Charles McGrory<br />
Keel damage was a wee bit of a shock.<br />
Worse than we thought<br />
Now fully repaired<br />
After the sanding etc three coats of new Gelshield were applied.<br />
Gelshield Topside and Gold Coveline applied<br />
The mountings for the Hydrovane can be seen on the counter<br />
The topsides were repainted with ‘Awlgrip’ to a superb finish; actually it is ‘Awlcraft’ which is easier to<br />
retouch which was put to test after an incident at the dock. A novice sailor though they were doing me<br />
a favour by applying power as the boat was being handed off the dock; the power caused the bow<br />
cutwater to collide with the dock and scuff the paint; this was buffed off with no additional painting;<br />
the Awlcraft is soft enough and was thick enough to be moved over the scuff. The yard Suffolk Yacht<br />
Harbour had applied four coats of paint, baked on. The novice has not been invited back as yet… still<br />
thinking about it…<br />
We had a lot of concern as to where the waterline was truly since she was on the hard when I bought<br />
her and she had a massive boot-top which made the boat look clumsy and inelegant. The yard gave<br />
me a free hoist and dunk and Nick Fairhurst marked the LWL as she floated, with a margin of some<br />
50mm for safe loading.<br />
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