Sorry to all for the long gap in updating this.

The refurbishment work is going quite well.

Getting the old paint off the decks, cabin and cockpit have been a nightmare.

She had been painter with household gloss and masonry paint!

Nearly all off now thanks to £120 worth of Dilunett paint stripper and a large roll of industrial cling film.

Just one side of the cabin, most of the vertical surfaces in the cockpit and a few patches on the decks to complete.

The only way to keep the Dilunett active for long enough to eat its way though the paint is to cover it in cling film and make sure all the air is excluded.

On the wiring side the main batteries are installed.

We have fitted a BEP master battery switch system with a split charging relay included.

2 switch panels are made up and installed.

One has a maintained supply section for 2 bilge pumps, an alarm system and a heater.

We have installed an commissioned a Standard Horizon chart plotter, A SH DSC/VHF, and a FM/CD/MP3 radio.

There is a Nexus NX2 instrument system in the process of commissioning.

We were sold the system with the assurance that it can use the existing Navman Transducers.

This is proving difficult to achieve.

The supplier is trying to sort the issue at the moment.

The alarm system has a mobile phone in it and 4 alarm zones, 4 gauge inputs, and 4 outputs.

Once it is all set up the system should contact me if a bilge pump runs.

It has been fun working out how to interface it with the bilge pumps.

I will be able to get the system to send me a text with the status of quite a few things on the boat.

I will also be able to turn thing on and of via a text.

The heating will be the main target of that.

The heating is a 2nd hand Eberspächer D2 unit.

I have had it running on the bench and have worked out how to get it to start via the alarm.

Just need to install it and get it running on the boat.

Still to install.

New paint to deck, cabin top etc.

All the deck fittings.

NASA AIS engine linked to the plotter.

Autohelm

Engine to go back in.

Engine wiring to install along with new control panel.

All deck fitting

New mast, boom and standing rigging.

re line the cabin roof and sides.

As so on and on.

Had hoped to get back on the water at Easter.

I now think that it will be some time in May.

Good News.

I have been offered my own mooring at Ramsholt.

Needless to say I have accepted.