Splash!

Finally, the day has come to put Ty Dewi back in the water. Dad was over to help, and a lot of busy work on board left us almost, but not quite, ready to go in. A boat is never ready, so you just go anyway.

At 11am, the travelhoist trundled up to us and wrapped itself around the boat, lifted her up and trundled all 13 tonnes of yacht back down towards the water.

The last job of all is to put antifouling paint on the bottom of the keel. I volunteered dad for this job, so he gallantly stuck his hand under the boat as she swung in the air, and painted the keel. With that done, there should be nowhere for the little beasties to hide and grow, and in we went.

Back in her native environment, nothing leaked, thankfully, and the engine started first time. The new log gave us boatspeed, the depth sounder worked and all was good. We motored down the river, found our mooring, tied up and enjoyed a well earned late lunch.

Now I just want my mast back then we can actually go sailing again. It's been a long winter...