It was -6.5 when I left at 6 0’clock this morning, my first delivery was South Eastern Galvanizing in Essex, and  it was actually positively warm there at -3.  I met my first customer at 8, and then back on the A12, it took 62 miles with the heater on max for me to get sensation back to my feet.

Am I still Living The Dream?       Absolutely!!!

On the weigh bridge!

We are working on the web site so I have spent the day photographing anchors and fenders!

We are in the process of servicing MRX’s from the Harp, this one is now 20 years old and still competitive, it just proves how well Ovington Boats build dinghies!

We have had some delays over the summer months with getting trailers tested, however we are hoping that the situation improves in September.

We travelled up to Woodbridge over the weekend and visited the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company, who are actively celebrating  Anglo Saxon craftmanship with a full scale 88ft long rowing ship,  these images are of the  scale model. We became familiar with Sutton Hoo after seeing the 2021 film The Dig staring Ralph Fiennes;   standing beside the actual work in progress vessel  really gives a sense of its enormity, it was really worth the visit!

We have been with the same Galvanisers for over thirty years, but sadly they are no longer prepared to collect from sunny Hendon, so we have had to find an alternative.

We are struggling with the new company called Acrow Galvanizing  they are polite, there galvanizing is very good, they are efficient, the prices are good and therefore nothing like the last lot!

We are just not used to this sort of  service!

                                                                                  This is Thursday morning  at Parkstone Yacht club unloading and assembling Flying Fifteen trolleys.

           As I say not exactly living the dream.

This is the third year  of the Dinghy Show at Farnborough , and I think we are used to this modern format.  I really enjoyed my visit, and not working on a stand  is a bit like eating  supper  it’s always more enjoyable when you haven’t had to prepare it. Loved the interactive Cadet and  the  beautiful  artwork on the Synergy Europe, best of show was an easy decision it was the The Great Fish and Chip Bus. I always feel  it’s  jolly  important to keep a sense of proportion!

I know we are hardly in spring, but we need the space so we hired a skip, and threw out all of our old showroom clothing models.

All good,  except one tried to climb  out!