Before we could get away for the late may Bank holiday there was a pile of work to be done: the usual spring clean below and cleaning all the upholstery.
I was also able to finally fix the forward bunk hinges. One had failed on each side and Nautor had supplied some replacements over the winter. Sadly they were close but not quite the same with two of the screw holes slghtly smaller and with a different spacing. These screwed into a tapped 5mm thick stainless plate that is in turn bolted to the bunk frame and acts as a spacer. I’d spoken to Rob, the local marine fabricator, about making up some new plates but he had a better and cheaper plan: he’d simply weld up the existing holes and then redrill and tap the plate. He promised me I’d not be able to tell where the old holes were. Suffice it to say he was right and they allowed me to put it all back together.