--- In [email protected], Captain Beeky <captain.be...@...> wrote: > > The idea was to get out from Church Minshull for a week or so, > starting yesterday. > > Plan A - Llangollen and back. Aborted when uncertainty about visitor > moorings was trumped by the breach at Bettisfield. It seems that, per > Waterscape, the contractor and British Waterways staff involved in the > works at Cornhill have, after an immense effort, ensured that this > section of canal will be open to navigation over the Christmas period. > > Plan B - Chester & back. Aborted by threat of very low temperatures as > new year approaches and subsequent risk of getting frozen in. Still > predicting minus 5C by the weekend. > > Plan C - a gentle chug to Middlewich. Aborted by prospect of a snow > hit 5 hour (or worse) drive north through the Midlands > > Maybe it's namby pamby but we've decide to stay at home in Dorset to > enjoy the best of the country's weather as predicted by the BBC > > Tue - light rain > Weds - heavy rain > Thurs - light rain > Fri - sleet showers > Sat - sunny intervals > > I'm usefully spending my time planning a) Ribble Link excursion and > the Lancaster - April to June 2010 and b) the merits of 2 pack > blacking for UM's emergence from the water in early spring. > > All the best for 2010 > > Beekies
Hi Beeky, Don't forget to put your "Merits" on this post when you have ascertained the pluses and minuses. I too are thinking along the same lines (Grit blasting the hull first), together with replacement anodes whilst it's out of the water. (Does size matter regarding anodes?) I think the builder originally put less than full size ons on my shell but I don't have the details to hand. I am thinking of a 2-pack system up to and including the gunwales, cut off point being the bottom of cabin sides - then a matching finish coat from the cabin sides down to the fist strake, over the 2-pack system. I believe that single pack can be applied over 2-pack but not the other way around. Your assessment of what you are going to do is of interest to me too - Let me know please - in due course? Hope you had a good Christmas in lovely Dorset, a favourite County of mine and Have a Great New Year. ~Allan~ >
