Spring at last

Alison has been working on her most days but there still seems lots to do. We got the fore-stay chain plate fitted on Saturday. We had to wait until past high tide to get across the Strood. This spring tide is very high because the moon is at perigee - a 20 year earth-moon minimum. The sun was warm and there is blossom on the trees.

On Saturday evening we went to the East Coast dinner at the Royal Burnham. Sat opposite "Harry" who remembers working on Robinetta at Burnham in the 1960s. He said the Heriot's were a respected family with two boats being looked after by the yard, Robinetta and another, larger boat.

Got the new bulward primed on Sunday.