Those of us with enlightened little helpers will know that a list submitted to SWIMBO will quickly find its way up the chimney, but perhaps for those that are not in possession of a fine flue the forum might offer us the facility of a delivery service to Santa.
Dear Santa,
My International canoe needs a repair to the trailing edge of the centre plate, and a new coaming on the bow where it T-boned a sleepy fibreglass YW14. Thank you for the deep skirted cover last year from Mr Razorback Boats, but I need to get inside now for the winter. Please can I have some wide comfortable webbing straps to sit on in the Garage rafters.
Oh yes. I want to convert the Mast foot to take an adaptor for switching from fixed to rotating mast.
I promise I am going to be especially good next year as I need a Free pass for the Nationals at Weymouth and the Worlds at Pwlheli next year...


Flycatcher F3184 needs a big job to repair a leak around the plate case. It probably needs to come out and should have been done when I had all the other work done, but that made me such a bad boy I still feel lucky if I'm given a brass shackle at christmas. I also took a knock on the Port shroud and cracked the veneers. It will need some re- epoxying.

Blue Moon has been promoted to the Upper garden in readiness to slip into the Garage underneath Torment. Never mind Garage therapy, the Window frame needs to be replaced as it is rotten, before any work gets done, and there are new hinges needed for the doors and new woodwork needed for the Coal hole

Blue moon will need a gallon of "imported" Dichloromethane, so perhaps while I am applying that, the windows should wait as I will need plenty of fresh air! I expect the Epiphanes will wait until next year.
I promise to be good,