Working on Robinetta, Day 5

 Alex's last day working on Robinetta. He used the rollers to paint on a full coat of antifoul on Thursday. That took three quarters of a 2.5 litre tin, so this morning he just put a second coat on the rudder, before using the remainder just below the water line, where more weed grows. He also covered the patchwork of prepared areas above the water line with blue paint. Robinetta is not getting a complete paint job this year, and the fresh paint is slightly darker than what is already there, but the difference is invisible from a couple of metres away, and will be gone by the time the sun has been on the hull for half a season. He also patched the white paint where it needed it.

The mast varnish needs time to harden, so no more coats went on there after Thursday, but the tiller did get a layer. Alex then passed up the fully painted toilet bowl and support, and that completed his part on the fit out and I drove him to Inverness, and put him on a train to go home.

I had planned to go to the chandlers while in Inverness, but failed to check when they closed; Gaelforce Marine close an hour earlier on a Friday, at 4pm instead of 5pm, so they were closed by the time Julian and I met up there. Very annoying, but my own fault.

Julian and I then drove back to Ullapool. We have one night in the cottage, then will move on to Robinetta; in the shed before her launch, then properly aboard.