Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Giles]

[Giles]

We need to cut a section out of the transom, the fibreglass layers have delaminated from the high density foam inboard and outboard (the hull construction from out to in is gelcoat/fibreglass/high density foam/fibreglass . Only a small area, but we need it cut out and rebuilt, otherwise the repair is structurally suspect. It's not an overly massive job, but does require time between process for stuff to cure etc. So we are looking at 2 weeks.........

I've heard from the machine shop, the bracket is an easy fix (just needs a shit ton of pressure and some straight edges), but the bend in the rudder stock (the bit that connects the rudder to the boat) is potentially problematical. They will try to straighten, but in the process may make it worse. So, I told them to go ahead, and if it is unsuccessful, we tum a new rudder stock and weld it to the rudder....

[jordanscollected]

@Giles If everyone took care of their shit like you do, there would be much less of a need for newly built boats.

[Giles]

BOOM.

The bit that I thought was going to be the most difficult part of this whole escapade, to fix, is done.

The rudder and rudder stock assembly is fixed and unbent. I can pick it up in the morning.

[Giles]

Something I forgot to mention. SAKURA is literally 300 yards away from the house on hardstanding (not SAKURA in the pic,because Google Earth did not fly over this weekend ), so I really am blessed.....

[endo]

added some useful additions

[Giles]

Hahahahahahaha

[Inorganic]

@Giles what is this knot called? I'd like to have a go at making some...

[Giles]

It's a Cobra knot:

I have also made a few of these which are great:

[Bridger]

@Giles said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

I have also made a few of these which are great:

I think Dita von Teese wears something similar.

[Giles]

Progress so far.

Mat and I took the rudder assembly off the transom on Sunday, leaving GRP and bolt damage. Oh and a big hole under the waterline (that is where the rudder arm comes through from the engine room and rotates the rudder)...

Was given some heat and 10 tonne pressure treatment yesterday, and is back waiting for the transom rebuild. Keen followers of this thread (all one of you) will remember that last time she was out of the water, I decided to polish the running gear and leave it bare. With her out of the water again, I have decided that I will polish the shafts and the props, and then coat with Lanolin, and prime and antifoul the P brackets, rudders and rudder housing. So I have started prepping the port rudder and housing for priming...

Started to buy the hardware required to reattach the rudder and housing. The original bolts are either bent and/or had to have the heads ground off to enable us to get the housing off. Top 2 are old, bottom one is new. I have also decided to increase the diameter of the penny washers...

Starboard prop and shaft before polishing...Carl, the GRP guy, suggested that I moved the shaft anodes back a foot or so, so that the forward section of the shaft gets more cathodic protection. Also, where I had originally placed them, would have caused turbulence near the props, making them less efficient.

Starboard, polished...

The Sasga factory is closed for annual summer break, so we can't ask them what type of high density foam they used, so we took a core sample and will try and determine what it is ourselves, you can clearly see the delamination too...

[goosehd]

@Giles don’t know if this helps:

[goosehd]

…and something else to check: https://www.compositesworld.com/news/mel-composites-infusion-strategy-enables-sasga-yachts-fiberglass-hull-designs

Edit: Specifically the naval architect Barracuda Yacht Design.

Might be able to reach them for specs on the transom repair. They should have details on materials used.

[Giles]

I just emailed Mel and asked them.

Guess what ?

Gracias por contactar
Permaneceremos cerrados hasta el 24 de Agosto
Gestionaremos su correo a la vuelta

Thank you for contacting us
We will be closed until 24th August
We will deal with your email when we get back

[goosehd]

Serious question for our European brethren: when everyone goes on holidays like this, what is open? Are daily commodities still available like milk, bread, etc? Restaurants closed as well?

Really curious as I’ve not experienced this before and the concept is difficult to understand.

[Giles]

Yeah, the restaurants close, otherwise they would be super busy with all those people on holiday.......

Seriously, when I spent some time in The Netherlands in the 80's, the local burger joint shut at lunch time, so that the staff could go to lunch.

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd Restaurants may take a couple of weeks holiday at some point during the year. Supermarkets are under state law in Germany, so in Bavaria for example that means open Monday-Saturday. Restaurants in general may have one designated closed day a week

[louisbosco]

love it when half the people at work in Paris goes on holiday for a month or so in summer and another over christmas. nothing in nothing out. their world stand still but ours go on...

[sabergirl]

Begs the question, “why does our world go on?”. Wouldn’t we all be better off with a month holiday twice a year? At least?

I’m sure that I’m just a dense hedonist—but I don’t think it’d be a great loss for humanity to lose a few trillion out of our productivity/exploitation engine. Maybe the planet would start to recover, and we could all just, like chill more?!

Anyhoo, I hope you’re able to get the boat fixed without the help of the whole company on vacation. So that you can get back to chillin’ more ️

[DeeDee85]

Super upvote for two monthly holidays a year ️ all time favourite comment on this forum.