Cruise and Maintenance Log

Cruises undertaken
91 East Coast rivers and Holland
Finisterre
92 Brittany- Douarnenez/Brest festival Biscay coast.
Russia
Navy Yacht Club, St Petersburgh
93 Russia and Baltic states
Hastholmen
94 West Country and Scillies
Mariveg
95 W.Coast of Ireland
96 NW and N coast of Spain
97 Holland, East Anglian Coast
Aeroskoning
98 Denmark, Friesian Isles, Holland.
99 East Coast Rivers
00 Brittany Douarnenez/Brest festival. Overwintered in Salcombe.
Ardgroom Ireland
01 Ireland and W Coast of Scotland. Overwintered at Kerrera island, Oban
02 Outer Hebrides, return via Caledonian Canal and East Coast.
03 East Coast Rivers.
04 East Coast Rivers Holland.
Routine fitting out:
All external varnish and paintwork has been rubbed down and re-done every year, cockpit varnish every 2 years. Bilges cleaned and painted every year. Internal paintwork washed down and touched-up every year also rolling programme of renewal. Diesel tanks removed cleaned and replaced every 2 years, water-tank washed out and purified every year. Engine layup and run-up routines followed every year including replacing filters and oil etc. Antifouling is Blakes Tiger Extra.
Major work done:
1992 New engine installed, roller furling gear and genoa, sail cover, cabin heater and stowage lockers. New rudder and sternpost fastenings.
1993 New Instruments, VHF. New mizzen, and awning. Improvements to interior stowage. New main-hatch. Improvements to wiring.
1994 New Autohelm, interior stowage, hatch-boards.
1995 Scraped all varnish to bare wood and revarnished 5 coats Schooner. Re-chromed window surrounds, new windows. Re-made gas locker, trim to forward bulkhead. New Mainsail. Renewed fastenings and deadwood bolts.
1996 Removed keel bolts, rebedded keel, new keelbolts. New iroko floor-boards. Midships diesel tank fitted. Altered trim of main mast.
1997 New lower shrouds. Rebuilt alternator. New fresh-water piping. Internal paintwork and varnish.
1998 New upper shrouds. New fairleads, new liferaft. Rebuilt starter motor. New chrome fairleads, boarding ladder, saloon bunk cushions.
1999 New mast-collar. Replaced roller-furling drum and line.
2000 Engine stripped and rebuilt by Frenchs. Antifouling stripped back to bare wood painted 5 coats metallic pink primer, 2 coats Blakes Hard-Racing AF. 7 timbers repaired/replaced by Halls, all metalwork in engine area (floors, thrust plate etc.) galvanised and refastened.
2001 new exhaust pipe, new backstay fitting. New sprayhood.
2002 routine maintenance only
2003 Improvements to bow-rollers, internal paintwork, main hatch lock. Liferaft serviced.
2004 Improvements to chain locker, internal stowage.