We had the inside of the boat replaced a few years ago and at the same time, all of the windows were taken out and resealed. For 3 years, we had no damp, but last year there were signs that water had come in over the winter and some of the new fascia had cracks and a bit of peeling. Rod spent weeks and weeks resealing and then repainting the outside of the boat. Then on Monday, he found yet more damp, despite all that hard work last year.
He has got to the stage now, where he wants to just sit on the boat and relax. When he was doing all the repairs last year, he got an infection and he just could not shake it off, and I am sure that was part of the reason...he just got too run down. I did suggest then that perhaps he ought to sell her, because it is so much work and expense when we have such a limited amount of time on her.
9 years ago, Rod had an operation to remove a benign brain tumour. While on the operating table, he had a small stroke. He also lost the hearing in his right ear and was left struggling to balance. Over the subsequent years, his balance has got much worse and with my health problems too, we have been limited to short trips on the Sharpness canal. So the decision makes sense.
Nevertheless, poor Rod is devastated at losing his "baby" and we are both going to miss our days just chilling and watching the world go by.
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