New Year, New Beginnings

So with all the preplanning done over the Christmas break. It is now time to put the preplanning into operation. Starting with all the unfinished jobs from before the Christmas break. This means that with all the cabins emptied of much of the loose items such and drawers and locker doors. It just leaves the framework of the doors and drawers  to be removed before the hull can be made accessible to work on the planking which needs replacing in different areas of the hull. 

So one of the first jobs will be to finish off taking the last of the framework out of the interior so that we can see the hull from both sides and do any repairs to the frames of the boat as is necessary before removing any planks. 

The other job that was not done before the Christmas break was the removal of the fuel and water tanks, as we ran out of time before Christmas to get them out. We will have to engage the services of the Crane yard owner to help get the tanks out of the engine bay of the boat as they are of a size that is not easily removed by hand and they weight quite a weight for their size. 

However, once these last few bits are out of the boat, it will be time to get on with the hull planking and get that underway and any repairs needed to be done before Chance is transport south to Essex. 

In the meantime It will have to So all I need sort out my tools and move the tools I am going to use of Chance over the coming months to Chance so that they are to hand when I need them to work on the boat and not carry them around in my van. So keeping the van clear to move other bits around as necessary over the coming months to get on with other jobs on Chance. 

All I need to do now , is get back to work after New Years day and plan the work ahead over the coming months to get as much work as possible done to get Chance in a condition to move south to Essex. 


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