[Stephen McCann]

Thanks all – took your advice and did a lot of scraping down! The main benefit of A89 is the fact that ‘Uncle Bernard’ sheathed Colchide in Marglass when she was being built.  I had a short window in which to do it – which involved dodging end of Apr/early May showers – i did not quite get everything sorted – but my deadline was a rigger and this weekend in Portsmouth!! So when you do see her – please be gentle about my craftsmanship 🙂 – that said – really delighted at how fresh she’s looking.