I will never forget the day David Bowie died, the same day my plans to buy a baba 40 also died. The connection is strangely real for me, as if today I had committed to buying Wanderlust, then I would be saying goodbye to ‘Lady Stardust’, a boat named after a song by David Bowie about Mark Bolan.
Yes, we had a lovely motor for 2 hours up to the boatyard, and a rather harrowing ordeal getting her into the travel lift slip, then once out and pressure washed, we could see that most of the hull was covered in blisters. Big blisters, and lots of medium blisters, and lots of small blisters, probably still growing.
This is a massive blow, to fix this properly, means peeling the hull, then drying her for a few months (probably weeks in these temperatures), then layering on fiberglass, and resin, fairing and then primer and antifoul. I don’t think I have the time for all that unless the seller makes a massive discount. Also I don’t think there is anywhere nearby that can do the work.
Oh well, we will see what happens tomorrow, but by Wednesday, I expect to be just be another tourist
Oh dear. That’s a real bummer.
I had been looking forward to reading your post.
Who knows, maybe he will throw in a big discount. Or maybe you might see something else out there? Are you wedded to getting a tashiba?
Yeah there is more than a bit of bitter coincidence with poor old David Bowie. That was sad news to wake up to.