It has been a busy few days at the marina. The new travel hoist arrived in pieces and was then assembled last Friday and Saturday by a team from Marine Equipment Trader. Basically like a giant Meccano set! Yesterday the guys received some training and today the first lift took place - John Cutler's Uncle Eric which came out for a short time to allow him to scrub the bottom. It was only once his boat was safely back in the water that John realised he had been our "guinea pig" boat! The hoist is looking very smart with its new Emsworth Yacht Harbour sign and logo and we hope to put it to good use. That definitely completes our purchases of boat handling equipment for the time being.