30/05/2026
Weโve just finished a couple of boats and weโre already half way through a batch of oars. Weโve done sleeves, collars, handles, and even managed a snapped loom. Weโve now progressed on to painting, and you can start to see some lovely blades. ๐๐๐๐๐ผ
29/05/2026
Dare I say it, that might be another boat good for the river. Jez will be back at Warrington Saturday morning in time for the morning sessions โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
26/05/2026
Very nearly there with Jez. Only beaten by the mosquitoes today as we approach the final stretch. Looking forward to having another boat ticked off โ
24/05/2026
Day two and first puncture repaired and drying off in the evening sun. This one was a pleasure to do, and behaved like itโs supposed to. The second one on the other hand is being a brat, and putting up a fightโฆ
23/05/2026
End of day one in Southport, and weโve covered a lot of ground. Internal skin, and two external skins down. Itโs took a full day at it, but should hopefully ready to start moving onto paint in the morning ๐
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23/05/2026
Today weโve run out to Southport to get one of the clubs fours back on the water after picking up storm damage earlier in the year. Two reasonably sized impacts to the hull with one going straight through means we have a busy wkend. Weโre looking forward to seeing the end result. ๐๐๐ผ
21/05/2026
All skins down and what should be a nice watertight single. Next job up is paint prep, and our Hudson should start to feel much more like itโs super self again ๐๐๐ผ
19/05/2026
This afternoons exercise, exploring anything that might be causing our little friend issues on the water. Considering the volume of water that was inside the boat there was no gaping holes which one might have suspected.
A few hairline cracks and one small puncture, itโs likely to have been a combination of the three proving too much to handle.
Next, we will be patching him up and begining the fairing process ๐๐๐ผ
17/05/2026
Next boat up for some TLC is a Hudson single taking on lots of water with a few suspect areas including the fin area. We will be stripping it back, drying him out and making him water tight again.