Here is  Two's Company, sailing peacefully down the Bay of Biscay on her trip down to Spain and Portugal, after her renovation at Foss Quay

Two's Company is not a standard

Bobcat, she has had a small 

wheelhouse, as can be seen from

the photos. This gives full standing

headroom and a feel of much 

larger boat.

Two's Company has now been sold to John who lives in Brittany. Its good to know when you sell a boat the new owner will still care for her. I'm hoping John will send some accounts of his sailing in Brittany.

I would like to say thank you to John, he is getting a new engine, and is giving his old one, to put on Wave Runner.  For the story and renovation of Wave Runner click here

For the official,  Bobcat and Catalac Cruising Web Site   click here

Two's Company trip to Spain      for the story and pictures  click here

Two Bobcats to Brittany,  Tom and Mary Lack           for details of their trip click here

The first Bobcat cruise in company in 1966

On going Project.       Roger doing a major renovation on Wave Runner

Click here for details

Renovation of Two's Company       Click here for details

Martin taking on Cresta Mancy, a big repair job     Click here for details

Kevin and Dave taking on a major renovation on Carbonnel   Click here for details

A little verse from Dave

Said Roger and Graham ‘we have a dream,’

To create a Bobcat sailing machine,

We’ll lower the mast and strip the deck

And build our boat out of a wreck.

The hulls will gleam the decks will shine,

This will take hard work and time.

Every fitting and every screw

Will take us both awhile to renew.

This time, next year, sometime never,

‘Wave Runner’ will sail as fast as ever.

From Graham and Tina  

There was a man called Martin

He didn't have much a clue,

Martin was a Bobcat skeptic,

Floating pallets, a phrase from him.

But a story of a Bobcat through Biscay

A severe gale 9 in her stride

3 months in the sun, having fun

Now Martins getting wise.

MARTIN DO IT.

Well Martin has gone and done it, He's taken on Cresta Mancy

for details     click here

Sailor's  Weather  Rhymes.    

 If clouds are gathering thick and fast,

Keep sharp look out for sail and mast,

But if they slowly onward crawl,

Shoot your lines, nets and trawl.

For more weather rhymes click here

In most cases the cost of renovation is not too much, the main materials being 9mm plywood, 2"x1" softwood, 2"x2" softwood, stainless steel screws and epoxy glue, filler and glass cloth. For about £ 600 you can do a lot of work, but work is the problem, actually doing the work is the hard bit.  It normally takes time,  there is no quick fix, but stick with it and you will end up with a wonderful little cruising boat, which if done properly will last a lifetime.

  The first thing to do is to keep all water out, by either

  building a shed, or drop the mast then build supports

  to use it as a beam to drape waterproof covers over.

  Then make sure all the water in the boat is mopped

  up and the interior is completely dry.

  Start hacking all the rot out, it dosn't matter how

  large, the rot must be taken out, to at least 6" into

  good wood. On the left is a photo of the hole in TC

  where I chopped out all the rot. The reason to cut the

 Are those her ribs through which the Sun

 Did peer, as through a grate?

 And is that woman all her crew?

 Is that a Death: and are there two?

 Is Death that womans mate?

I

 Her lips were red , her looks were free

 Her locks were yellow as Gold:

 Her skin was as white as leprosy,

 The Night Mare Life-in-Death was she,

 Who thicks man's blood with cold

Don't shoot the Albatross