Skylark's hull arrived on 16 September 2011 at Mick and Gena’s workshop at West Row. After months of planning, this event confirmed it was all going ahead. Up until then, it was just a plan - thoughts, discussions, notes, emails, drawings and so on. We arrived dead on time to find that the low-loader had arrived about 15 minutes early and was already unloading Skylark. What a sight. About 4 tonnes of narrow boat hanging in mid air above the trailer.
Skylark was lifted slowly off the lorry with Mick guiding with a rope. Their son Peter was driving the crane - he'll be involved in the build too. The internal and external metalwork has been primed but this will not keep the rust away so plans are already underway to paint her.
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