This blog is about my trials and tribulations of owning a 18 foot trailer sailer. Both have been Bradwell 18's that I grew up seeing on the River Trent in Nottingham. I first owned Holly a mk1 that I had lots of fun with and was sad to see her go. After a brief try of a larger Jaguar22 I decided to return to Bradwells and recently bought Y.KNOT a mk2 and have been impressed so far with the improvments over the older mk1 boats. Hope you enjoy reading my exploits as I share them.
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Holly Has a New Paint Job
Went over to see how work is progressing on Holly Today, I forgot to wright down last two weeks events and what has been done so far.
The cabin has now been refitted with the kitchen area and sink put in with drain out through the side and has had a nice coat of paint so this looks very nice. The electrics are well on the way into being completed so when the boat is slipped onto the river Trent we will be able to use the boats navigation lights and I have also had installed a 12volt to 240 volt power inverter so will be able to use the laptop so not bad for a 18 foot trailer sailor, might even put the electric kettle in the boat as well but i do think that is going to far.
The top has also been sanded over the last few weeks in preparation to for painting, this has also uncovered all the previous scars that the boat has had over the years, I would say the boat is approx 30 years old as the company that built Bradwell 18's went into liquidation in 1985 and the Mk1 were made between 1972 and 1977.
As the pictures will show the boat has now been painted on the top in white and the hull has been painted Blue, Did hope to sort out some Red anti foul paint but the local Chandler's only had Blue at a price that i was willing to pay so Blue it will be, this will be done during the week.
We are stating to source the sailing parts we need, first to be put onto the boat has been the winches. When we move the boat down to the sailing club we will be stepping the mast and putting the rigging back onto the boat, after we can then look at replacing the missing pulleys and blocks finding a suitable boom that will fit, then we can then look at sourcing sails.
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