What's Next?

Project Manager Steve with Jackaroo

Jackaroo is now laid up next to the Mylor Sailability classrooms, giving us more room around her to work and more convenient for accessing equipment. Moving the boat required us to overcome brakes that were binding on the trailer wheels but she is now on her winter hardstanding, with views on deck Northwards up The Carrick Roads. We spent time planning fundraising with Tracey as this is now the priority because we need to buy things to continue. If successful, we will be able to prepare Jackaroo for hopefully many more years on the water, serving the needs of our Sailability clients (http://mylorsailingschool.co.uk/mylor-sailability/) by adapting her to maximise accessibility and enhance performance. We would love to hear from anyone who would like to support the renovation and adaption of Jackaroo. 

If you would like to see where your contribution would be used please view this document

Chandlery Choices

With several seasons in one afternoon bringing driving rain, strong winds and calm sunny spells, we made the best of each: In the rain, a productive visit to nearby Mylor Chandlery & Rigging (mylorchandlery.co.uk) allowed us to discuss anti-foul, deck grip and other options. In the clear patches, we opened up Jackaroo to finish up the drying process, hastened by the strong winds, while starting work on cleaning up the teak trim. We moved the mast back on top of the boat to keep it away from danger and dirt.

Off With The Old

We removed the old name and continued to clean down the hull. Rory began the task of cleaning out the loose paint inside. We are waiting (what may be many weeks) for the interior to dry out properly before we decide what further sanding is required to prepare her for interior decoration. The exterior looks bright thanks to a lot of hard work from Jonathan and Ben, our wonderful volunteers this week.

Roped In

This week, the first task was to ensure that our boat remains secure and stable, especially when the team are working on her. We propped the stern carefully to minimise any movement before we started cleaning up inside. Meanwhile, all of the ropes received a good clean. Ropes are never called ropes on boats because each has a particular job to do and gets a name associated with that role (such as warp, sheet or halyard). However, when they are all off the boat and getting a bath, they do look remarkably like ropes!

The painstaking job of cleaning out all of the flaked paint we removed last time was begun. A BIG thank you to Paul, Eleanor, Rory for their excellent work on 'Jackaroo' today, plus everyone else who got 'roped in'.