Props & Anodes Fitted - 26th March 2024

 With half a day predicted to remain dry I arrived at the boat to refit the Props and Anodes before the rain comes in again for the next four days.

Props & Anodes on

Quadrant Anodes on

Looking new

Rain held off all back together

All antifouling done

Hull Antifouled - 22nd March 2024

 With the weather holding I decided to get the hull fully antifouled before the predicted wet weekend, just the props and anodes to go.

Stern complete

Looking good

Glad that's sorted

Looking clean

More Polishing and Drives Antifouled - 21st March 2024

 Finally a dry day with little or no wind so went to the boat to spray the drives with antifoul and complete the polishing of the hull and upper skirt above the rub rail. All completed just need to antifoul the hull and were ready for relaunch.

Drives sprayed with Hempel Eco Power

Drives ready for the props

Starboard Side Complete

Boat looking shinny

Top skirt polished

Gleaming bow

Looking Shinny

That looks better

F33 on the left looking grubby

Greek Princess is 5 years older but a lot better condition

That's the polishing done on the sides

Hopefully not much more to do

Cutting and Polishing - 19th March 2024

 The March weather has been one of the wettest on records and despite being predicted to be dry it rained again so had to call off halfway down the starboard side. Managed to sand the bottom for an hour or so to get out the rain but in the end had to pull off the job.

Portside cut back and polished below the rub rail

Greek Princess left looking shinny

One side done, if only the rain would stop

Got halfway down the Starboard side and down came the rain again

VP290A Drives Primed - 8th March 2024

 Drives all primed up ready for antifoul finish, bit windy to day so wasn't able to finish the legs as need a calm day wind wise.

Drives primed

Just need a calm day

Annual Maintenance Begins - 3rd March 2024

 The rain finally stopped so we headed to the boat to make a start on the annual refit work removing the props and anodes, the washed the hull in preparation for cutting and polishing.

Washed the hull

Removed the old anodes

Checking the Bellows

Well we've made a start

Well time for tea and yum yum's

Annual Lift Out at Haslar Marina - 26th Feb 2024

After 18 months in the water we finally lifted Greek Princess for a much need lift out for maintenance and polish at Haslar Marina. We ere due to be lifted on March 1st but due to predicted weather conditions the yard lifted her early.

GP moved to the waiting pontoon

Calm day just waiting for the tide

Perfect still day for a lift out

Up we go on to dry land

Legs pretty badly fouled

Up for a jet off

 

Drives extremely fouled after 18 months

Gardening time

That a bit more like it

Beautiful calm morning

Fouling being jetted off

Antifoul has done its job

All looking a bit cleaner

Off to be blocked off

Line of 90's Sealine's - Greek Princess (1992) with an F33 (1997) and a 275 (1993)

Night on Board - 17th/18th Feb 2024

 With the weather proving very mild for the time of year we headed to Haslar Marina for a night on board, first stopping at M&S for provisions. This was our first visit to the boat this year, pleased to say the engines started well and went into gear.

Greek Princess survived another winter 

Great to be back on E pontoon

Bacon Sarnies for Breakie

The End of a Very Rainy Season - 29th Dec 2023

This year has been very poor 'weather wise' with constant wind a rain and generally very unsettled. We only managed eleven hours of sea time which is the lowest hours we've achieved in over 15 years of boating, lets hope 2024 brings a better season. Since the end of August it seems to have rained constantly, hence the reason we haven't been to the boat through the autumn period.

We managed to remove some of the green algae today.