No, not diamonds but the loan of an industrial Hoover and a generator to power it. This will be invaluable in sucking the last of the grime and dust out of the hull and also the debris raked from out of the deck seams. Thank you Neil! Best of all it will stop my hands looking like this…

  
This picture gives you some idea of the work involved over the last couple of weeks…  

The right hand side is before, the left after…