Yarmouth Marine Services on the Isle of Wight

Yarmouth Marine Services is currently working on making Eileen of Avoca ready for her Atlantic crossing. The to-do list is ambitious, but I’ve the know-how of the people who originally built Eileen on hand, so I am confident the work will be of the highest standard. I guess I’m betting my life on it… hmmm… looking it it that way, I vow to haunt anyone responsible for cutting corners or shoddy workmanship if it leads to my untimely demise… 😉

How’s that for an incentive?

The job list goes something like this:

• Fit new 13.5HP Beta engine and ancillary equipment.
• New rigging
• Deck and mast fittings acid dipped and re-galvanised
• Stanchions removed and re-mounted to prevent leaks
• Mast and teak areas varnished / painted to handle tropical heat
• Inner linings waterproofed
• Companionway washboards strengthened
• Hatch locking mechanism reworked
• Companionway step reinforced
• Pushpit lockers waterproofed
• Fiberglass stress points reinforced
• Seacocks and cockpit drainage pipes replaced where necessary
• Second (internal) bilge pump fitted
• Second VHF aerial added
• VHF radio tested and repaired
• Solar panel mounted
• AIS receiver fitted
• Life raft serviced
• Tillerpilot to vane gear fitting in addition to the existing mount.
• Anodes replaced
• 3 coats of antifoul
• Dodgers made
• Foresails serviced
• Non slip decking material re-painted
• Jackstays replaced
• and more…

If I have any money left over I’ll buy a new EPRIB and some extra anchor rode / chain… ha! big if…
This list will be updated as it changes, and as soon as I get back to the boat I’ll take photos to show everyone how the work is progressing.