Well, the boat has taken a little longer than expected to get sorted out at the engineers due to waiting for parts to be delivered, But they have all arrived now & the engine is being put back together.
I was lying there this morning at that stage where your not quite asleep but your not quite awake, There I was dreaming away when the phone brought me to reality, debs passed the phone over & there was this familiar voice on the other end, after a couple of seconds I realised who it was I was talking to, "Hello Tony, how you doin m8." it was the engineer about the boat.
As soon as he asked if I was sitting or lying down I had this uneasy feeling that all was not well & I probably wasn`t going to like what he was going to say.
Sometimes you can be so painfully right in your first impressions, Tony had phoned to tell me that he had assesed the wiring work needed on the boat and that it was going to cost me a whopping £1500 + vat.
after a short conversation with him, I got up, cleaned up, had a cuppa & got ready to leave & head down to the boat yard at Portland.
When I arrived Tony took me through all the work needed and showed me the problems that the boat had. So now a few quid lighter I have to wait for another 4-5 days before the boat will be ready to use.
At least I know when the job is done I will have a boat that will be safe & reliable, & console myself with knowing that really its a small price to pay for ones safety.