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Moonfleet is still under refit at Boat Lagoon but our blog is to be changed. Thanks to Ley from Crystal Blues for her help to get me started on the new blogsite.  To see our old blog site click here.

The external paintwork is now finished except for anti-fouling below the waterline which we will do before she goes back in the water.  However Nai's guys still have work to complete inside - painting and varnishing but we have halted that whilst we refit all the deck fittings and transfer all our belongings from the apartment back to the boat as we return to the UK for a couple of months on the 8th July.

Moonfleet new stern

Mr Oh's team, led by Luck at the Boat Lagoon Marina, painted our decks and hull - a long 3 month job, but we are very pleased with the shiny new finish. Using Alexseal paint, Moonfleet is now Whisper Grey with Matterhorn White decks and Astra Blue boot-line.

To see more pictures of our refit click below ....

Boys stripping off the old paint before the sanding starts

Everything is stripped off the decks including windows and hatches

Mr Oh's guys sealing the gaps left after removing the hatches

A small area of corrosion on the stern which is removed, and a new piece of aluminium
is welded in by Luck KarnChang - excellent engineers in Phuket who are very popular
with the cruisers refitting here, and are affectionately known, simply, as Luck's.

One of Luck's guys fitting a new aluminium rope guide which he has made
in the workshop

Some areas of surface corrosion were taken back to bare metal

Bogging and sanding, Moonfleet looks very sad at this stage

More bogging in the cockpit

Final sanding before the topcoat

Moonfleet is completely enclosed in her tent for paint spraying, with extraction fans running to remove any dust particles

Gleaming new hull - painted in Whisper Grey, but work continues on the decks.

Another Luck but this one is the project manager for Oh' s workers.  Seen here masking out for painting the 'boat line'

Alan refitting the hatches.  The non-slip areas of the deck still have to be painted

Putting back the cockpit winches

STD engineers at Boat Lagoon assist in refitting the stern arch with the help of a large fork lift truck.  A very precise and anxious time, as the space to get it under the tent framework is very tight, and the forklift has to get very close to the stern of Moonfleet

The guys have to carefully manoeuvre the arch forward off the fork lift truck 

Once the arch is in place the davits are refitted and the dinghy lifted into place. The outboard engines are also lifted on board.