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Ships and sailors rot in port

Ships and sailors rot in port

We’ve had a rotten week.  Despite vowing to view this extra month in the marina as a holiday, we’ve all feel feeling stuck and cranky. Our lifting day got moved back every day until another whole week had passed and we’re still not in the…

Hard at it

Hard at it

We finally got lifted onto the hard on Friday afternoon.  This is something we’ve been waiting for since the beginning of July (read more here) so we were delighted we finally got a slot. Iron Will has a vey long (and substantial keel) and there was…

Clean bill of health

Clean bill of health

We’ve had a couple of pieces of good news over the last few days. The day before yesterday, the surveyor came out to have a look at Iron Will while she was out of the water.  As I mentioned before, due to a combination of…

Boat Puzzles (or Getting Ahead)

Boat Puzzles (or Getting Ahead)

Life on board can be cramped, uncomfortable and inconvenient.  Despite this, I still LOVE it.  To be fair, we’ve only been on board Iron Will a few weeks, but over the years I’ve lived on many boats full time while employed as crew in various…