On Tuesday 3rd May we set off for North Kilworth Marina for the booked blacking. We had been given the time of 1045 but I wanted to be early, so we left our countryside mooring two miles away at 0915.
I had a vague recollection that the workshops area was on the north side of the marina close to the canal so, once I had turned left into the marina entrance, I navigated my way to the right place with the help of
Waterway Routes.
We were initially directed to the bay beside the lifting bay as a boat had to be taken out of the water for a hull survey.
As we waited we had a good view of the surveyor making his measurements (presumably of hull thickness) and chalking his results on the boat. But what do the marks mean?
With
Jubilee raised but still mostly over the water Ollie pressure washed the hull. Here's before and after in one shot.
When the boat needed to be moved more, Ollie drove the crane while Paul positioned the blocks onto which
Jubilee was to be lowered.
Yesterday (Wednesday) was showery; Jan and I spent most of it in the Moorers' Lounge while Ollie finished pressure washing. He managed to black the underneath too.
The facilities here at North Kilworth Marina are excellent. The Moorers' Lounge is under-floor heated and has leather settees and tables and chairs. There is a fully-kitted out kitchen with free tea and coffee (although the milk is long life), spotless loos and showers. We chatted to a couple who had had their boat in the marina for a year and were planning to use it more.
On the hardstanding we talked to a young couple called Sam and Alice who had just blacked their boat, Harwood. They were very friendly and "lent" us some Ferrozinc rust treatment. It's a bit like Fertan, apparently, but you can apply it to dry metal and paint it directly. I made a start on attacking some of the rusty bits on our bow and gunwales.
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