Next week will be  our last Wednesday evening, I cannot believe how quickly the summer has passed.

It seem like yesterday that I was writing  a post celebrating the beginning of our mid week sailing season.

I love looking in old workshops, this one from the Weald and Downland living museum, where they shoot The Repair Shop.  I  remember driving down to the West Country and collecting an absolutely beautiful wooden Merlin, the boat builders workshop was more modern than this one, but I can see some similarities.

Randomly I have a suit  just like that  one!

We are increasingly asked to manufacture one off  aluminium trolleys to suit an existing trailer, to replace a heavy steel one.  It is really not a problem. but they  do take a lot longer to make, we cannot make stocks of components  like axles and draw bars because they are most probably the wrong size. Everything has to be made individually, the average time that an ally trolley takes from the first cut to a completely finished item is a day and a half.

To the team at Chartwell Marine for achieving Quality Management System for Naval Architecture Consultancy, presented to Chris  O’Neill by Professor Bob Cripps.

Chris was a valued  part of the team here at Sovereign  for best part of 12 years,  but decided to move on soon after his 18th birthday.

These two rib trolleys are on there way to Merseyside!

Last week’s image was of Caroline and Faye  having just crossed the line  overwhelmed with  relieve and joy  for being  first over the line. This image is of Hamish Mackay and Andrew Lawson 100mtrs from the line with 4 boats  close behind and is an image of extreme concentration.

Caroline and Faye  well done you!

Chichester Harbour in a force 4 with lots of sun is an exceptional place to sail  (and take photographs).

Spent the weekend at HISC where  the conditions were absolutely perfect for the 29ers!

It is incredible how quickly accidents  can happen, from  seemingly  a very safe sailing day.