Boats are amazing they have the ability to take you to amazing places and to create wonderful memories however they need love and this requires time and energy. So in others boats are no different to everything else in life, if you want a good an easy time you need to put in the effort to maintain your boat and that’s what we’re presently doing onboard our trimaran Spirit XL. She’s having a two month spa on the Gold Coast in Australia. She’s been a bit neglected over the years and the plan is to change that and to breath some new life into her. The first step was hauling her out of the water. The next step was removing her engine, which my amazing father is going to cleanup and paint while we rebuild some deck areas and the cabin top. These areas are made from fibreglass that has a balsa core. Balsa is a great material very light and stiff but it’s also a great material at absorbing water and unfortunately a lot of that area has rotten core. The next few months are going to be hard work but a lot of fun 👍😁