Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[goosehd]

…and something else to check: https://www.compositesworld.com/news/mel-composites-infusion-strategy-enables-sasga-yachts-fiberglass-hull-designs

Edit: Specifically the naval architect Barracuda Yacht Design.

Might be able to reach them for specs on the transom repair. They should have details on materials used.

[Giles]

I just emailed Mel and asked them.

Guess what ?

Gracias por contactar
Permaneceremos cerrados hasta el 24 de Agosto
Gestionaremos su correo a la vuelta

Thank you for contacting us
We will be closed until 24th August
We will deal with your email when we get back

[goosehd]

Serious question for our European brethren: when everyone goes on holidays like this, what is open? Are daily commodities still available like milk, bread, etc? Restaurants closed as well?

Really curious as I’ve not experienced this before and the concept is difficult to understand.

[Giles]

Yeah, the restaurants close, otherwise they would be super busy with all those people on holiday.......

Seriously, when I spent some time in The Netherlands in the 80's, the local burger joint shut at lunch time, so that the staff could go to lunch.

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd Restaurants may take a couple of weeks holiday at some point during the year. Supermarkets are under state law in Germany, so in Bavaria for example that means open Monday-Saturday. Restaurants in general may have one designated closed day a week

[louisbosco]

love it when half the people at work in Paris goes on holiday for a month or so in summer and another over christmas. nothing in nothing out. their world stand still but ours go on...

[sabergirl]

Begs the question, “why does our world go on?”. Wouldn’t we all be better off with a month holiday twice a year? At least?

I’m sure that I’m just a dense hedonist—but I don’t think it’d be a great loss for humanity to lose a few trillion out of our productivity/exploitation engine. Maybe the planet would start to recover, and we could all just, like chill more?!

Anyhoo, I hope you’re able to get the boat fixed without the help of the whole company on vacation. So that you can get back to chillin’ more ️

[DeeDee85]

Super upvote for two monthly holidays a year ️ all time favourite comment on this forum.

[NickD]

There are 22 working days in a month, so people in the UK often get over a month of holiday a year, just not taken all in one go. The shutdowns in Europe are mostly just in factories I believe, I'd imagine you can be more efficient doing it that way - you need fewer staff as you don't have to allow for holiday cover, and the costs of running a closed factory will be much less than a running one.

For my American friends' sake I wish the US would catch up on the need for work life balance and proper worker's rights.

[Giles]

Well, in this specific case, it is a factory, a design studio and wholesaler of marine foam.....

[Giles]

State of the nation.....

The interior skin and high density foam middle layer have been rebuilt. Now, "just" the exterior skin to be rebuilt, then Matt and I can start on replacing the mechanicals...

[Aetas]

@Giles said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

Long story short, Paula and I tried to pull the starboard rudder off the transom last Thursday. Rapid, unscheduled disassembly …

Seeing the damage and the huge effort you’ve to take for the repair, I would like to hear the long story now @Giles.