So after my boat arrived back in Victoria (the person who moved it commented it felt smoother, so I guess that prop fix did help), he mentioned there was a lot of water in the bilge! Oh no! My first… Continue reading
So today I went to check on the gelcoat, and sanded it down. To be honest it looks pretty bad, like someone splattered paint all over the side but I don’t care since it was mainly for protection anyway. Next,… Continue reading
So I took a half day at work today and went to work on my boat. First of all, I stuck my head into the office of the boatyard to see if they had done anything on my boat yet… Continue reading
Back in Friday, everything willing. Though i’ve learnt with boats never to make your plans too firm…
As seen in my last post, Windchime wasn’t going anywhere without fixing the cooling system. I had established that water was running through the system ok, so I crossed my fingers and waited for the pump to be returned to… Continue reading
*still not moving As an update to my last post, here is a diagram of the front of the engine – I have drawn a box around where the seawater pump was (this is post removal) And this is… Continue reading
*spoiler – not actually moved. So after my last decision to haul out, I made one last stab at slowing the leak. I slowed it, but realised that there was a ton of water trapped under the new fiberglass, so… Continue reading
So after 5 days and around $100 of various epoxys, putty and fiberglassing, it’s still leaking. And I got epoxy all in my beard 🙁 So I’ve decided to admit defeat and get hauled out again, ugh. I’m just going… Continue reading