I have decided to leave the sanding of the forward cabin sole for a rainy day the main aim this week was to finish the internal clean and then start externally. I began by cleaning out the wet locker in the heads which was pretty grotty after sanding the sole, the interior is now looking fairly presentable. On Wednesday I went for a brief sail along the Swale as far as Milton Creek this was the first time out since I came out of hospital and so I was using parts of me that I hadn't used for some time. Basically most of my exercise regime has been walking whereas sailing involves a lot of pulling fortunately the weather was benign and the wind direction such that it was one tack out and one back usually with the predominant south westerly one way can involve a lot of tacking. Anyway all went well but I knew that I had done something a bit different. Today the plan was to clean up the exterior she was beginning to get that green colour that comes with external neglect so I set too with the hose and a scrubber, I use a 'Tough Scrub' available from Lakeland it is basically a foam pad with what I think is stainless steel wire anyway they are most effective in removing the muck and that lichen type growth that seems to have an affection for things fibreglass. My apologies for the lack of photographs but we all know what boats that require a good scrub get to look like every boatyard has a few lurking at the back of the yard. That is it for this week I hope to have something a bit more interesting to report next week.
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