Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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@Giles mans got 6 tugs. can't be that bad.
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@goosehd said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:
@Giles …so you’re saying that the sea is a moody mistress who can be a lot of fun when she’s in a great mood, but if you let your guard down can kill you?
Yeah, sort of
The sea scares me, floating on it, diving under it, at times standing next to it. I treat it with great respect, everything is fun until it isn't..... -
@goosehd said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:
how small and insignificant we really are
You talking about me
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There are many schools of thought as to how you should treat a boats running gear (props, rudders, shafts, brackets etc). SAKURA came from the factory with it all anti-fouled, last time we anti-fouled the hull, we slapped another coat onto the running gear. It does protect those parts, but it gets gnarly with time. So I have decided, that because we use the boat a lot, protection is less important than have clean polished surfaces. I'm persuaded that nice polished surfaces will improve fuel consumption and performance. So todays job is to remove all the old shit. It is going to be a long, nasty job
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@Giles Crikey, someone's gonna have achey arms this evening! Good Luck!
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@Alex I guess now that it's out of the water, it's different. but I thought that these stuff were preventive maintenance that is usually done time to time in the water?
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We can swap anodes and clean the hull, when she is in the water. But stripping, grinding, painting, putting in or modifying through-hull fittings etc etc , she needs to be out.
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Loads of shit....
Most of the flat faces I can do with a flap disc on an angle grinder. Then the difficult bit to get to, various steel and brass wire brushes, manual and cordless drill.
The shaft I did with long lengths of #120 sand paper roll wrapped around the shaft and back and forthed....
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@Giles said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:
The shaft I did with long lengths of #120 sand paper roll wrapped around the shaft and back and forthed....
Sounds like a different version of Karate Kid. It would make Mr Miyagi blush.
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do most boat owners just pay to have this done @Giles? or do they do it themselves less frequently? Does the marina require boats to be taken out and maintained a number of times per year? or do you simply not have a choice if you want your boat operational?
maybe it's like getting a vehicle serviced. every 6 months you have to take her out and give it a once over?
