Simon working on some of Chances' hatches especially the lids and other work he has around his workshop
We were going to go down to Chance this morning, however, the weather is against us working on Chance itself today as it is very damp and wet on the boat especially the decks, which are like an ice staking rink as it would be not good to work on even if it was dried later on in the day. So it was decided to do some work around the workshop instead. Since we had been working on the deck of Chance removing the butterfly hatch lids and the aft hatch lid and bring them back to the workshop. Simon has had a chance to dismantle the butterfly hatch lids and remove the glass out of the hatches and start to sand down the hatches removing the moss and other discolouration on the outside faces of the hatches to get back to the clean teak under the discolouration on the surface of the lids and remove all the old putty and sealant holding in the glass into the frames. The butterfly hatch lids are in good condition given the fact they have been neglected for the past 20 years without any mainte