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Yellowfin arrives in the UK

Friday, November 4th, 2005

First photos as Yellowfin unloaded in Hamble

After a few false delivery dates Yellowfin has now arrived in the UK and is on the hard at Hamble Yacht Services (in Hamble, near Southampton)

As you can see - Yellowfin arrived in the back of a massive lorry!

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The photo above shows just half the lorry!

The next challenge was to get Yellowfin out of the lorry. I had a conversation with the guys at Hamble Yacht Services (HYS) and they were not expecting this kind of lorry - we were not sure how the travelhoist could be used!

A couple of minutes consideration later and out came the fork lift truck:

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After a delay over the summer due to factory holiday periods in August I had hoped that everything would be ready to come over in one go - But no - the sails are stil in Spain - and so is the rigging!

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