May 2010

Update 21st May

Phone Taymara Head of Unit Bob Richmond 01382 542516

Gna gna gna. Don’t talk with your mouth full....I know, ....Males can multi-task, tho’, right?.


		E-mail Taymara webmaster, Ken Bushe contact@taymara.org



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		Regular meetings on Marigot, berthed alongside North Carr Victoria Dock, Dundee - Thursdays 7.30 pm and on Sundays throughout the winter





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	Phone Taymara Head of Unit Bob Richmond - tel. 01382 542516

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		Phone Taymara Head of Unit Bob Richmond - tel. 01382 542516

		E-mail Taymara website - contact@tyamara.org

Before you ask - Yes, they’re still here doing the boat’s refit. Muppets. If you want to see what they did last month click - News Archive. If you want to see what they’re doing now, look on this page. Now....... leave me alone or you’ll be sorry.


	Marigot gets her new lettering, the application of which is a difficult and highly skilled job, only possible for someone both clever and gifted.....


	.....obviously.....


	Photo - Paul Smith


	The hull’s close to finished now


	We’re not sure how Norman’s going to get his clackers to work


	Oh that’s how.


	Irvine does some painting


	.....while Bob marks our jotters.


	This is a very disappointing website, Bushe. You’ve not only let yourself down, you’ve let the unit down as well.


	Port side again - seen from Badger


	Jim came up to visit us after work to see if we’d any buns.

	Update 9th May - Refits continue


	First things first. We’ll use electricity from the generator. That wasn’t first though. First we repair the pull cord which er....pulled off.


	Next we all check our epaulettes. Tummies in folks ..... “Photoshoot !!”


	Thanks Ross.


	Then our integrated lift system comes into full operation.


	Away we go - Lindsay sands all the filler that is standing proud


	Dave scrapes off more loose paint


	Linda paints on white primer


	Joel uses the detail sander between two top rails on the hull - here he’s tying on his ladder.


	Ross and John shine up each brass fitting on the hull after they’d been cleaned with the cup brush on the angle grinder.


	Linda and Dave and the swan....


	The swan who couldn’t stay awake


	Last of all - the bit the ladder couldn’t reach.


	The bridge guys contact aliens again.

		Update Sunday 2nd May


	OK listen up. Both vessels are being refitted at the boatyard where I live. You can see Marigot behind me as I speak, that’s Norman up the ladder and Badger’s in the water just off camera - they’re working on her too.


	...see?


	Photo - David Paterson


	The Red Army began antifouling at 9.00. The hull was scraped and pressure washed yesterday


	Joel, Irvine and Dave join in the antifouling


	Half done


	Irvine and Dave rollering


	Ross looks ready for action....


	but Joel’s got spots.


	The work’s going well so some public denunciation’s in order, lest we get bored. Running Dog Richmond, Enemy of the People .... Ayaa ayeei !! .


	Props need sanded and Brassoed, can you do it?


	I’ll do that, Paul



	Heroic Taymara Workers show no fear, surmount all difficulty



	....even when grinding own feet off....





	Badger’s getting done too. Belinda T- cuts the fibreglass superstructure, one of our least favourite jobs



	......just like that



	Susan painted the whitework inside...



	...then the sides of the rear cabin .....but she wouldn’t fall in the mud even though the camera was ready.



	More crisps for one hero in particular



	More work for the others - Ian and Dave taking the worst off Marigot’s paintwork before priming.



	That’s the propellors done !



	Lastly, we got some wet bread before they all went off. Well, the wife got most of it ‘cos I bite a bit, so, Ach, I just sat on the eggs and had a good think.

			That’s all folks !

	Images and web design are protected by copyright - Ken Bushe, webmaster (e-mail)


	Taymara is a charity run entirely by volunteers on a not for profit basis for the benefit of the local community.


	We aim to provide a community boat service and maritime experience through sightseeing and dolphin watching trips which allow great opportunities to see the river and its wildlife as it should be seen - from the water!


	In addition, we aim to provide sea training for individuals and vulnerable groups who might normally be excluded from this experience. We also work closely with organisations who provide recovery and rehabilitation programmes which encompass drug and alchohol abuse.

		(Taymara is registered in Scotland, Charity number SC039319. Company number SC334650)


	Thanks to all our sponsors and all those who have supported us -


	Mr Clive McKeag, The DC Thomson Charitable Trust, The St. Katherines Trust, The Mathew Trust, The Tay Charitable Trust, The Alexander Moncur Trust, The Robertson Trust, Forth Ports and the Port of Dundee, The Apex Hotel, Dundee City Council, David Winch and Gareth Norman of Secureforce Controlled Environments