Back in October 2013 when Gratitude went into her wintering barn for renovation, the spring seemed too far away and there was plenty of time for all the work. Come March, much progress had been made and a date was fixed with a friend for our sea trials.

I'd bought Gratitude, my first sailing boat, at the end of last year after borrowing her for a few test sails. There was a bit of work to do, but essentially she was sea worthy. As the winter wore on, the paint was stripped…

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Grand PHA   travel in channel

Pilot boarding time 1745/28th

Arriving Gatun locks 1916/28th

Clearing Gatun locks 2035/28th

Anchoring Gatun lake 2100/28th

Resuming transit 0630/29th

Completing transit 1401/29th

I am getting to the end of the main hull build, have my bamboo spars and outrigger drying, paddle carved out for sanding. Lots of fun bits just to go. Read how I got this far on my blog. Cheers.

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Cynthia and Jean-Paul

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finished hulls. no cross beams. rig and sails a complete... 

boat is lying here in the ACHM sailing cub on the hard...

if somebody is REALLY interested, i can make the contact... i guess it is quiet cheap...

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