Well, here we are again, hauled out at Gulf Harbour for antifouling.
Took off the prop and replaced the wearing ring (bague d'usure) and the seals, changed the oil in the C-drive, cleaned the rope cutter(new zinc), greased the Autoprop and put it all back together. Serviced the bowthruster, changed the oil, changed the shaft seal and the up and down seals and the trunk lip seal...and then today spent 3 hours adjusting the myriad of interacting bits - cables, sensors, pins - to get everything to sit right with the new seals...what a pain in the a.s.!
The painters have sanded the hull, ground and primed the rust spots on the keel and the odd spots on the rudder, so we're all ready to go for painting.
100m of Italian Maggi Aqua 4 10mm ISO chain arrived this afternoon, that's all hooked on and stowed.
Took off the prop and replaced the wearing ring (bague d'usure) and the seals, changed the oil in the C-drive, cleaned the rope cutter(new zinc), greased the Autoprop and put it all back together. Serviced the bowthruster, changed the oil, changed the shaft seal and the up and down seals and the trunk lip seal...and then today spent 3 hours adjusting the myriad of interacting bits - cables, sensors, pins - to get everything to sit right with the new seals...what a pain in the a.s.!
The painters have sanded the hull, ground and primed the rust spots on the keel and the odd spots on the rudder, so we're all ready to go for painting.
100m of Italian Maggi Aqua 4 10mm ISO chain arrived this afternoon, that's all hooked on and stowed.
Inside, new lockers under the companion way steps and shleves in the corners of the seating in the saloon to stop stuff disappearing into the bilge when cupboards are opened - all done just waiting for veneer
Picked up the new Victron 100 Amp 24 Volt charger this morning, installing it is tomorrow's job.