Mar. 6, 2008 - no sailing this weekend

Skipping a visit to the boat this weekend.... firstly the forecast looks pretty ropey... and secondly, the fence blew down in all the wind earlier this week, so that needs fixing...

Still... the old VHF and ST50 compass have arrived at new owners... and many of my bits and pieces that i've ordered over the last few days have arrived... including the 2008 alamanc, a set of code flags and 2 very large shackles..

I ordered these shackles, as when leaving last weekend, I walked past the bow, and noticed with some horror just how badly corroded the existing shackle attaching the anchor to the chain was..... ideally, i'd put own of the stainless anchor swivels in... but reading the PBO/YM report from the middle of last year about the inadequacy of the cheaper ones left me only trusting the expensive ones like Kong... and they are really expensive.... and besides its been fine with a shackle up to now... I've not had any trouble with it twisting up at all...

The weather really does look like it'll be very windy over the weekend.... so i'm quite glad we are back in the water....

I guess we'll be down the following weekend though, as SWMBO wanted us to do a bit more cleaning... wiping down and polishing wooden faced bulkheads etc etc before easter..... which would be the weekend after that.... not sure what our plans for Easter are yet.... but maybe a trip up the Ore/Alde or Deben.....