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Tanker "Overseas Sophie"

Exercise with B/F Lifeboat

Boat Maintenance April 2008

Hogmanay

The decision was made to work on Marigot at Davy Anderson's slipway, as we reckoned it would take 3-4 weeks to complete all the work required below the waterline and to repaint her hull. This meant going up on the slip as night fell to get the best tide. A good turnout of members was essential and each had specific tasks to perform. She had to be positioned exactly the right distance up the slipway and the distance off the wall was also critical so that she would lean on her fenders at the correct angle as the tide fell.

Update 22nd February 2007

Marigot approaching David Anderson's Marine Boatyard Pier at the start of her refit

Coming alongside

Lines fore and aft help position her

Chris White, Callum Grant and two Yellow Rabbits pushed battens with ropes attached under her bow

She begins to settle on the battens pulled along her keel with ropes from her deck

Checking the distance off the wall.

Derek Lees checking Marigot's rails are clear of the old railings on the top of the slipway wall

David Kett examining one of the paint blisters on her hull that need attention

All done until tomorrow.

Next phase of refit - click on Marigot's Refit 2