It is Christmas time again, a chance to have a break and plan for the New Year.
This past year has been a busy year with trips to and from Woodplumpton to work on our other project boat Chance. Chance is now back in Essex at Titchmarsh Marina less than a mile from my own workshop. Before you ask why is Chance not in my yard, the answer my yard is not large enough to fit her in and so Chance is in a nearby boatyard where I can work on her between my clients boat jobs or when I have any spare time to work on her. Now it is the time when most people put their boat restoration projects to bed until after the Christmas break. We are doing the same. Like other people we all need a break and a rest from working on our projects and the weather is not conducive to working outside in the cold weather unless you have too. Simon as done this for the past 46 years as a boat builder and this year is going to take a well earned break from working on boats over the Christmas break. We have not stopped planning what the jobs we wish to achieve on both Mai Star II ...