Just unloaded the van and trailer and lets have some more fun.

Now that I am back at home base, that is back at my yard in Essex, it is time to unload the van of the  bits I brought back from Chance this time. The bits and pieces I brought back were the rest of the doors and the drawers from the cabins and the drawers and door from the locker below the chart table. 

That now means that all the loose woodwork is back at my yard so that it can be worked on over the winter between trips to Woodplumpton to work on Chance.

In the most part they will just need the old varnish removing from the doors and drawers and then re-varnishing. however, like last time I inspected the doors one of them has damage and rot in one of the doors which means that there are going to be at least two doors that will need to be remade. I will not know for until I make a start on stripping the old varnish of the doors and drawers I have brought back with me this time.

Also this trip I brought back the Dickinson diesel cooker and the original Baby Blake sea toilet form the boat. these are going to be restored and sold on when restored as either of them I wish to keep. The Dickinson diesel cooker is not original and is not the correct size to fit in the place for a cooker in the galley area and the Baby Blake toilet is not my idea of an easy toilet use with people who do not know how they work and the modern toilets are easier to use. 

So if anyone wishes to make me an offer on either item please DM me to talk about the items. The same goes for the Dorman engines I have taken out of the boat as these are up for sale as well.

So this coming week at the yard is going to be a time of taking stock of the parts I have brought back and making plans to get parts sorted and cleaned up and put on eBay or other such websites for people to buy the parts I do not wish to keep and give me money to fund the project over the coming months.



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