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Love Me Tender 26 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
We took a trip up the M6 to somewhere just North of Stoke-On-Trent today and returned with what I hope will become a trusted and valuable addition to Gledas inventory. It’s a 7’7″ nutshell pram dingh...
3119Hrs – Slowwwwww Day 24 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am
For some reason I seemed to be working in slow motion today, I felt a bit tired physically but my brain had come out in sympathy. I just plodded around picking up this, putting down that, wondering a...
3113Hrs – Double Decker 22 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
Time has flown again and I genuinely thought it was Wednesday today, I’m not sure where I lost a day but then again my lifestyle means that days of the week are somewhat irrelevant these days. Gone ar...
3106Hrs – Full Ahead Both Engines 20 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
Once again the magic of doing things twice came into play today and I breezed through assembling engine box #2. I won’t say it went into the right place on the first time of asking but it was close, ...
3100Hrs – Half Ahead Port Engine 17 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
It’s amazing what a difference a nights sleep can make, within a few minutes of arriving at the barn this morning I’d got clear on where the engine box needed to sit and what I needed to do to get it ...
3095Hrs – Engine Room Challenges 17 Aug 2013 | 12:57 am
I was at the barn for a good spell yesterday but as far as boat work went I just spent a couple of hours with the paint brush touching up and finishing areas I hadn’t been able to reach previously. T...
3086Hrs – Enclosed and Weather Proof 14 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm
It’s been a busy couple of days on and off the boat but two good work sessions have seen another significant step forward on the road to completion. All the hatches, ports and vents are now fitted an...
3071Hrs – Finishing Hatch Covers & Coamings 12 Aug 2013 | 10:55 pm
A steady day today with progress that should see me ready to re-fit the hatches to the boat tomorrow. I got another two coats of white on the hatch covers, washboards and slider/hinge mountings. Mos...
3064Hrs – A Record Run 11 Aug 2013 | 09:42 pm
I’ve now worked on ‘Gleda’ for 15 of the last 17 days, 106 hours of work in total. When I started this run of work ‘Gleda’ just had holes in the hulls where the hatches would be, now all the coamings...
3057Hrs – Trundling Along Nicely 11 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am
Another decent work session today, I feel like I’m making good progress overall and I’m happy that I’m making the most of the weather while it lasts. Today I removed all the main hatches and slider m...
