Not all doom and gloom

Despite all of the challenges, work has progressed steadily over in Spain. Phil and his team have done some great work, and Dan has produced a wonderful looking new bimini. The bimini has been designed both for the Valent cockpit, but also to take the 2 x 200W Solar panels. All got ready for the end of July and the proposed relaunch and sea trials.

Phil then got everything organised, finished all the jobs that had to be done under the waterline and everything was ready for the launch and my trip out. The change in travel restrictions scuppered my trip out, caused the cancellation of sea trials, but Valent did go back into the water.

Over August the last few jobs were finished and the new electronics all installed. Due to the difficulty in travelling between countries in the current climate I outsourced an inspection of works to the Marine Surveyor. David has a wonderful eye for detail and did the original purchase survey so was able to check the completed works against his original survey. Currently Phil is doing a few snagging items and she will be ready to go in early Oct. I am currently planning to get Valent delivered back to Haslar Marina before the end of Oct and working with PYD to make it happen. So all looking quite positive this week, and all being well, Valent will be in the UK before the clocks go back.