Jet Boat Slipping and G&T on the Rocks!

This month Ashley and I had to slip both the Jet Pilot Launches and bring them into the Boatshed for repairs and servicing.  The jet launches are around 6 tons gross weight, therefore they have very sturdy, specially made launch trolleys which are attached to a winch wire and the JCB.  On this occasion it was my job to pilot the launch on to the trailer, allowing ashley to secure it and drive the telehandler and the boat back up the slipway.  Both went very smoothly, and a lot of work was carried out including servicing of the Jet Propulsion units, changing anodes, changing oil and filter on the Yanmar Turbo Diesels, Inspecting the ground tackle (anchor), scrubbing the hull (they were exceedingly weedy this time around, so much so that George the last boatman {currently working with the SGHT rat eradication} said he had not seen anything like it in his 2 years here.  It was decided the unusually warm summer had prompted greater than average growth)  Tommy the awesome electrician also fitted a repeater alarm to the outer helm position for the Fire Flood and Overheat alarms.  Oh and one cool thing, the red waterproofs im wearing in the cheesy photo below were once worn by Sir David Attenborough on his visit to South Georgia in 2008!  I was truly humbled by this experience!
Once the boats were re-launched I took them to sea for sea trials and while I had this free time, took the opportunity to collect some glacier ice from the bay for use in Gin and Tonics!  Its the best ice available in the whole world.