Ramona said..
Not sure whether Everdure has the biocides in it still these days. I think it's just expensive thin epoxy now. Just slop cheap engine coolant, glycol over the area. The concentrated small tins older cars used is fine. Soaks into damp wood well. Wait till it dries before using epoxy.

Indeed Everdure is outrageously expensive. You could use any form of liquid epoxy, being mindful to use it heavily diluted in the first coats then reduce the dilution. The Norglass version was significantly cheaper than Everdure last time I looked. I think Everdure did indeed have some sort of biocide years ago, but doubtful there's a need for it given organisms unlikely to survive a soaking in epoxy.

You went pro furler? What part you missing is it second hand? The boat looks really neat. What was cruising speed when you launched?

Continued cutting holes in my boat, this time to replace the motor. Found a place for the fuel tank under the bunk. Resealed the windows which required ripping out part of the interior woodwork to get to the inside Perspex , they were double glazed. Maybe I should have just gone up north on my mates boat lol

Flow coated the fridge cabinet side been crook as a dog so not much done

it's finally out , so now the reconstruction of what was only a few weeks ago a usable yacht can begin.

Hopefully that's the last thing to be taken out.

oldboyracer said..
Not mine, but I consider it as part of my family. The yearly antifoul and tidy up of my mates boat over the weekend . 36 years I've been helping with this boat and I still get to crawl between the bilge keels Nice day sailer for round the bay. Old pic but it hasn't changed. she was built by his father 50 plus years ago, this boat is what got me into sailing all those years ago.

Good strong keels for support old boy while your cleaning the prop

HG02 said..

woko said..
I read somewhere along the line that the best way to enjoy boating is to get a mate who has one

That's all right for you but what if you don't have any mates or you don't want any so they don't board you boat

Well sir g in that case you'll be like the rest of us, patching, preparing, painting etc etc etc etc. it's about then that Any mates you do have seem to disappear recently have been busy end for ending all halyards and sheets. A win was I was starting to think that the main gaffsil had blown out, read a nasty curl in the leech ! But a redoing of head, throat, tack and a major rethink of the clew / out haul set up has once again gave me a nice if not old fashion airfoil

finally starting to go back together, new engine bed done thanks to my mate who's boat we did on the weekend. The advice from the engine installer was to put a packer under the old engine mount points to build it up and bolt a 10 mm aluminium strip on top. My mate decided it would not be strong eneogh if " you turn turtle on your trip" ( thanks for the vote of confidance) so he made up a hardwood infill the entire length of the old bed . Bolted and epoxied down , might do the job




Yes I know it needs a good clean and paint , 40 years of bilge sludge from where you can't reach is not pleasant to remove. This is after the second clean.

oldboyracer said..
finally starting to go back together, new engine bed done thanks to my mate who's boat we did on the weekend. The advice from the engine installer was to put a packer under the old engine mount points to build it up and bolt a 10 mm aluminium strip on top. My mate decided it would not be strong eneogh if " you turn turtle on your trip" ( thanks for the vote of confidance) so he made up a hardwood infill the entire length of the old bed . Bolted and epoxied down , might do the job




Yes I know it needs a good clean and paint , 40 years of bilge sludge from where you can't reach is not pleasant to remove. This is after the second clean.

That's a nice job old boy. While you are going to all the trouble of rebuilding the engine bed you might want to think about cages for the engine mounts. It would be nice to know that your engine couldn't break free in a knock down. I got so worried about mine after a few gales that I ended up lashing the engine down with dyneema but cages would have been so much better.

Hopefully fixed leaking window
removed old hard gunk
cleaned
thick layer of butyl mastic
screwed together
all done!
actually very messy stuff to work with
maybe next window will be easier

Hopefully fixed leaking window
removed old hard gunk
cleaned
thick layer of butyl mastic
screwed together
all done!
actually very messy stuff to work with
maybe next window will be easier

cisco said..

andy59 said..
That's a nice job old boy. While you are going to all the trouble of rebuilding the engine bed you might want to think about cages for the engine mounts. It would be nice to know that your engine couldn't break free in a knock down. I got so worried about mine after a few gales that I ended up lashing the engine down with dyneema but cages would have been so much better.

Jeez Andy, you are talking Southern Ocean bullet proof there.

I think there are a few mid motor mounted ss 34s who's engine mounts look like an after thought?,, matches their 5 1/2 feet of 1" prop shaft,, fine for swan river race boats.

much better head jode i think i recognize that lump of cedar

Chris 249 said..
I didn't work ON my boat; we worked for my boat, sending yet another request for QBE to contact us about our insurance claim. We have had no written information on it since March!

At some stage, being ignored like that goes from being appalling customer service to downright rudeness.

Sometimes the insurance ombudsman is the only way to go! Tends to get their attention.