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Ready for the lift
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On Monday 11 April 2005, Wendy & I travelled up to Orion's
boatyard to see our new boat go into the water for the first time. It was the
first time Wendy had seen the boat, and when it came out of the shed it was my
first opportunity to stand back and see the whole boat at once. We were
absolutely delighted with what we saw.
The boatyard was having a busy day of craning. In addition to our
boat there were four others to be put in the water, four to be taken out for
hull-blacking and two to be taken out for hull surveys then put back in. It was
a delight to see the confidence and precision of the work by very experienced
boatyard staff and a crane-driver who works with them regularly.
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Still in the fabricating shed |
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The roll-out from the shed |
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The lift |
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Afloat ...
.... and christened. |
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Next the engine was craned into place. |
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They didn't waste much time. Once the crane had finished
what it had to do for us, the steel for the base-plate of the next boat to be
started was moved into the fabricating shed. |
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We shan't see the boat for about three weeks now, by which
time we expect that she should be ballasted and the interior battened out ready
for lining. |
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