Blaming the weather for not a lot of work being done on Chance.

In England, we always blame the weather for not being able to work on our boat projects, especially if you us you are not able to afford to have the boat project undercover because of the cost of shed space or able to afford the cost of the materials to build a shed over the boat to keep the weather off the boat while you are working on her.

During last winter and into the spring we tried to keep a cover over Chance, as soon as we got her a cover over her and tried it down then came a series of strong gales which were more powerful than normal and each case removed the cover again after each gale. so in the end we gave up trying to keep her covered up.

Since as happened we have left the cover off her. Also the problem now it is too hot to work on her as the temperatures are in the high 20's degrees and it is impossible to work for more than a a hour or two in the intent heat without stops to drink lots of liquids and sunblock.

So we have given working on Chance until the temperatures fall to a point when it is going to be able to work on her again. The only problem will be that the weather will change and we will not be able to work on her because it will be wet and windy as the Autumn and winter set in. So we dammed if we do not work on her or if we do. So we are hoping for a calm Autumn and winter so we can work on Chance again. In the meantime we will try to fill in the wheelhouse windows with some leftover perspex from a job we did early and refit the wheelhouse roof and cover the other holes around the boat to keep the weather out until we can save up the funds to build a temporary shed over Chance.  

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