We arrived the following morning to find that the boat had been lifted out, held in slings and had been powerwashed, and the transport was waiting to load.
We were told that her weight was 11.5 tons after powerwashing, but was just under 12 tons before !!!
Nearly half a ton of barnacles and weed etc. !
It was nice to see just how solid the hull was, but made us realise the work needed to prepare her for sea again. The hull looks enormous and she is very flat-bottomed, probably the cause of the bad handling.
Berthed at Gosport before lifting out
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