'Chortle' is our family sailing boat since 2016. She is a Sadler 29, with bilge keels, twin skinned and polyurethane filled hull (apparently unsinkable) and was built in 1984. She has received considerable amounts of work in her refurbishment from dad and we now enjoy taking most of our holidays on her in the waters of the west coast of scotland.
Wow a lid that lifts its self not sure how happy i am with its enthusiasm to lift, flip the latch and its up. Hoping the oak and stainless steel cock pit bench tops will calm that.
We now have a sea water pump at the sink to save fresh water. We can also re-plumb it to pump the fresh water should the pressurised hot and cold fail.
Not a place i would choose to hang out laying in the bottom of chortles cockpit locker but after tightening so many jubilee clips one needs a little rest. And look at those brand new robust skin fittings, these will give me a little more reassurance chortle is not about to sink while on the water.
With the same rig i lifted the engine in with i could conveniently load test my battery cable terminal crimps. Bounced about on this one, thats 90kg anyway. Thanks to my friendly electrical contractor who loaned me his hydraulic crimp tool all is fine and dandy.
