New Main gaff throat halyard and Jib halyard spliced and blocks rethreaded ready to go back up when the wind drops from 35 kts.
Also some nicely repainted, by David Allen, locker sole boards.
And, while one of those coats of oil on the blocks was drying I end for ended the mainsheet and re-spliced the thimble in to it.
Three coats of Danish Oil on the mainsheet blocks.
Turned out to fit in 3...
A nod to both my mum on the soon to be fourth anniversary of not having her around, and my grandfather who was around long enough for me to have memories of him and hearing his stories of sailing, ships and the river and sea.
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So feeling I should keep her name I have named my new tender after my mum instead.
'Enid of Red Gables' t/t Dawn.
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When I was first looking for a boat I'd thought I would rename whatever I acquired after my mum, and the house her father built in the early 1930's, as a memory to her.
Dawn has always had the same name since she was built and her history is tied to her story.
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Back on the wall for a week or so.
Many thanks for the shore based support, Tim; and boat based support Roo.
It was slack tide, but blowing upto 35 kts. Pushing us on to the wall. Plenty of moorings to avoid and also, hidden by the water, a couple of wrecks and shallow water.
Not quite the first registration of Dawn, which was March 1905 in Falmouth. Date known, but no documents. This is the original Certificate of British Registry from July 1924, Falmouth. Just one of the original documents I have from down the decades.
Just now.
After the squall.
Very bouncy day here. Strong Westerlies blowing down the River Lynher.
It's my home now.
Ah yes, I've seen some of their YT episodes.
The photos are from around 2015, the previous owner. Although her lines are just the same, she's a few rougher edges now...
I'll look up Sarinda.
Dawn is now re-registered on the National Historic Ships database:
www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/236...
Being registered opens up a number of opportunities for Dawn. The general NHS website is an interesting place to explore lots of different vessels.
The tender floating out on its painter this afternoon.
'Turks Head' knots on my oars.
Plans for this spring/summer...
Launched ignominiously over the rail of the Weir Quay workboat at 7pm last night.
This morning I took the first journey around my boat and back. Slightly tender, quick to row. Might have to move the seat closer to the bow + a little higher.
Fits well over the butterfly hatch, easy to get aboard.
I just have the rowlocks to fit, and I'll be done. The boat yard will fetch the tender down river for me in the next few days.
Today's progress.
2nd coat on the inside and 1st coat on the outside. One more outside coat should do it.
Small tender/dinghy build progress. 1st coat of primer.
Today's progress. Keel glued and screwed on, more sanding done, first coat of primer on the inside of the hull applied.
Boat on a mooring
Boat at anchor
Boat at anchor
Boat at anchor
At anchor in various places between the Isle of Wight and Plymouth last year.
Boat building, clamps holding glued parts together.
An old sailing boat in it's mud berth.
Low tide on the river Tamar
Latest progress. Rear seat/watertight compartment glued in, last of the gunnels glued on. I also now have the rowing bench positioned. Not much to do now...
Views up and down the River Tamar at Weir Quay where I'm building the tender.
Bowl of popcorn
Pre-dinner Popcorn...
Currently building a new tender for my boat.
I've spent the winter sub-letting a mooring in Plymouth, UK.
Currently I am catching up with a long list of jobs on the boat, trying to get ship shape for leaving in late April.
Destination then is loosely Eire. Whether I turn South or North then, who knows...