The temperatures have done an about face and this morning when I looked at the outside thermometer at 6.00am, it was 14.7C, quite a change from Saturday's 4C at the same time. And as an added bonus, it is sunny as well. Our thinking is that these warm days will be few and far between from now onwards so we took advantage of the day to haul Fiona out of the water and check out her hull and see how our epoxy work was holding up. So just after brekkie, we took off and sailed from the pier around to the boat club.



Lars-Göran picked up the mobile crane, drove it down to the pier and with me holding on to the ropes, we raised her out of the water.



We were really surprised to see that there was almost no barnacle growth on the hull. We usually raise her twice a year to clean her and there are always patches of shells on the hull, but not this time.



The hull was smooth and looked good with no sign of the tell-tale bubbles that signify the onset of osmosis. Hopefully we have fixed that problem. So it was out with the high pressure cleaner and in a very short time, the hull was washed and Fiona was back in the water. How great to be able to do this on a warm day. I feel sorry for the poor sods who have to do this in the freezing cold. There are some advantages to being able to drive the crane.



After her wash, we took her back out past Nynäshavsbad and after doing a quick snoop around the guest harbour (nothing interesting there) we took her back to her pier spot by Smörpundet. It was still sunny, bright and warm.



We've checked out the forecast and later in the week looks good for sailing again. We have social engagements this week and a party on Sunday, but will try and squeeze in at least a day out on Saturday.

Meantime, I think my sofa and bottle of red is calling out my name.