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A heartfelt thanks to everyone for their kind and supportive comments. I’m sorry for not replying to you all as I normally do, but I’ve been busy getting all my tools and equipment off of Lady Jane. It’s amazing just how much I’ve amassed over the year…

No, it’s not a prank.With Lady Jane now out of the water, and her hull properly cleaned off, it’s obvious the hull is severely corroded. The jetwash alone blew a few holes in the hull!It’s a fact that the hull is too far gone for me to be able to affor…

I can hardly believe it myself, to see Lady Jane actually inside a shed!Hythe marine park makes the old girl look quite small really.There had been some discussion about possibly cutting the mast off, or at least trimming it, but in the end she fitted …

Here is Southampton Water, first thing in the morning.It is such fun having a different view from Lady Jane, for a change.’Proper’ work will commence shortly.

Being at Hythe Marine Park provides an ideal opportunity for a bit of ship spotting.Here you see the Queen Mary 2 nosing her way out of Southampton, bound for more northern climes.I have spent a few pleasant evenings on my back deck in the late afterno…

Here’s another view of Lady Jane, taken just after she was taken out of the water.All that marine growth is now gone, built up over the years since I came round from Fareham over four years ago.The people standing to the left there give some idea of th…

With Lady Jane now out of the water, the next step is to clean her bottom and assess what needs doing from there.As soon as Lady Jane has been cleaned up, she will then be side-slipped, using the railway tracks you can see, into the big shed there.Boat…

LJ is out the waterhttp://m.flickr.com/#/photos/timzim/5932756121/in/photostream/Check her out

I thought it might be fun to make a clip of our short jump across to Hythe last week.This is really as a result of John’s request to replay the journey.It sort of worked from the webcam images…The wobbly images are probably on account of the webcam b…

Here is Lady Jane in her new, temporary, berth.On Thursday we moved the old girl round from her mooring on the River Itchen and across Southampton Water to Hythe, where she is now alongside at Hythe Marine Park.My special thanks to both John, skipper, …