I had a call from the 'nice man' at Volvo Marine to tell me our engine was very sick and the best think we could do was to sell it or use it for a paper weight.
Oh well it's not that I hadn't expected something like this, the poor old thing was quite old.
We have now completely cleared the insides, the new galley has been fitted.
The engine bay has been re-lined and now looks new and shiny, with it's new soundproofing.
The hull has been fully insulated and re-lined and the internal furniture is starting to be fitted.
All the plywood seat covers are sanded and varnished.
Last weekend the weather was perfect and we were able to take all the usable swab foam out of the container together with the newly varnished covers out in the sun, the newly painted covers were dry within an hour, role-on summer.
To date my biggest mistake has been the repair of the portholes - I should have followed my instincts and done them the same way as our last yacht (Farr 1020), which was to seal and bolt them through the glass hull.
So it's do it again
An expensive mistake, lets hope this is the only one!
Just had a good news phone call, the motor has been sold to someone who wants the gearbox, so from a complete loss I have now have a $1000.00 to put towards the new engine, only another 11K to go!.
