We really are aboard! - but not in Gweek

Getting aboard is a little tricky at the moment, 

Xavier is finally in Cornwall and at its temporary mooring at Mylor Bridge boatyard.  The boat arrived at Mylor on Sunday 29 May

We are on a tidal mooring next to the barge you see above on the left, and we have started to get to know the boat.  Julian has been looking at all the technical stuff and thinking about how we will get hot water through batteries, solar panels and shore power, as well as how we will renovate the interior.  

I have been desperate to remove the peeling varnish on the wheelhouse exterior, so that's what I'm focussing on, using paint stripper (trying not to get the scrappings on the painted deck or in the environment).  Many of coats of paint stripper are required and each needs scrapping off, followed by scrubbing with a metal sourer and finally sanding before applying a thin coat of Indial Rosewood Coloron wood dye followed by Osmo UV protention oil. The maintenance on the wheelhouse has been neglected, but the wood is all hard and there is not a sign of rot, except on one cornern of the wheelhouse roof, which is not the actual wheelhouse and we are going to replace the roof.

Here is a video of the boat coming to rest on the tidal mooring.  Note the hand signals from the bank!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/JELUuveAN1z1txVv5

We have had two days of brilliant sunshine, but today it is cloudy and wet, so we are going over on our bikes, it's just a few miles from Falmouth, to have a tidy up and wash the decks and side rails.

We are at this mooring waiting for a really high tide so the journey to the top of the creek at Gweek will be easily achieved with plenty of water to manouver in.