Making a start

Post by **Silkie** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:43 pm

Going up to the boat tomorrow for the first time since before Christmas to make a start on the job list.

Bit worried about what I might find and about the length of said list. How do people cope with bigger boats - or is the length of the list the same but the jobs just cost more/take longer?

ljs · Post by **ljs** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:20 pm

I tend to give mine a damn good dehumidifying first. Seems more civilized when its not so damp.

Other than that I find leaving everything to the last minute makes all those little jobs happen quicker. And you have no alternative but to leave some of them to the boatyard.
Does this qualify for Tip of the Week? (Sort of describes my boat at this stage...)

FullCircle · Post by **FullCircle** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:22 pm

Bit worried about what I might find and about the length of said list. How do people cope with bigger boats - or is the length of the list the same but the jobs just cost more/take longer?

Some of the jobs take the same time and cost the same, like seacocks.
Some of the jobs take the same time and cost more, like halyards.
Some of the jobs take longer and cost the same, cleaning and polishing the topsides
Some of the jobs take longer and cost more, like antifouling.
I cant think of a single job that costs less or takes a shorter time.

My list, even from new 3 seasons ago, has never dropped below 60 items, although the list does include all the major projects I want to do.

garredfox · Post by **garredfox** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:42 pm

We may well venture the few yards to the yard at the weekend if only to supervise the jobs on Silkie!

Post by **Silkie** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:50 pm

Bring yer dungarees lass.

T25 · Post by **T25** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:18 pm

My list has as top priority, fixing the hole in the deck

But at least I now have the sticky stuff to do it with, early start methinks

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