Got back to Robinetta today for the first time in weeks. Everything in the cabin seems fine, although the washing up bowl and mugs were a bit mouldy. Boiling water soon sorted the problem out though!
The cleat we make the main sheet off on, on the port side of the cockpit, felt a bit wobbly, and when I went to tighten up the nuts holding it in place I realised the plywood the bolts go into had gone rotten. This is annoying, since it is part of the cockpit top that was replaced in 2014. The problem seems to be that I did not seal the bolt holes against water ingress, as the rest of the plywood away from the holes is fine. Julian added a piece of solid wood beneath the ply to spread the load and found some washers to stop the wing nuts digging in. The wood came out of a skip because the only piece we had on board was too thick. The cleat is now solid again and safe to use, but I must remember to do a proper repair of the rotten plywood over the winter.
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