Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Giles]

But, I did not need 6 tugs like this loser does......

[jordanscollected]

@Giles yeah, but if you and Paula got tired of each other on that ship there'd be enough elbow room to separate for a bit.

[goosehd]

@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?

[louisbosco]

@Giles mans got 6 tugs. can't be that bad.

[Giles]

@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]

@Giles It's the fear and respect that keeps us alive...and makes us realize how small and insignificant we really are

[Giles]

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

how small and insignificant we really are

You talking about me

[Giles]

I guess my head was touching the hull as I applied ant-foul yesterday. Trophy cap...

[Giles]

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

[IH-GARY]

@Giles Crikey, someone's gonna have achey arms this evening! Good Luck!

[Giles]

Let's get started.....

[louisbosco]

@Giles why don't you get @Alex on the job when he gets back from Japan

[Alex]

If it was in the water, maybe. Out the water - not my comfort zone

[Giles]

This really is a labour of love......

Starboard rudder, props and shaft, not yet attacked....

Port - done (really want to do the P bracket (but it does not move, so is not essential, but it would look pretty)....

[louisbosco]

@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?

[Giles]

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.

[tody]

@Giles what are you using to clean that up? flap disc on an angle grinder?

[Giles]

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....

[Bridger]

@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.

[Giles]

Before and after. I decided to do the P brackets after all. I also added an anode to each shaft,, better safe than sorry....