Hi all, I just thought I would give a bit of an update on how things are going with the swap as I have had several messages asking how things are going and is the swap on hold as they had heard about me starting to restore the Seaking.

Quite simply the swap is sort of on hold, by that I mean I am performing a little restoration on the Seaking, ploding away with sorting out the seams, the seat and tidying up the repairs in order to make it that bit more appealing to whoever is sensible enough to take it on.

I have stripped back all the black diamonds as they were looking very tatty due to them being just painted on with Duluxs’ finest gloss.
Also I have removed all the ancillaries hatches, rigging etc and I am cleaning them up.

I am just trying to source a kind paint sprayer (there will be one out there somewhere) who will be willing to gun a few coats of paint over the craft and I will give her a good polish then. Believe me when this is all finished whoever takes the next swap will have a cracking sea kayak.

In the meantime the swapping will still continue should someone want to take over the restoration works as a bit of a project but be aware as the project moves on then whatever you have to swap will have to be just that little bit bigger and better.
See you all soon.