Painting!
Or maybe not. After arriving at the boat today, I started marking off the waterline with green painters tape, and then abruptly decided to get someone else to do it. This was for 2 main reasons: – Firstly, for maximum… Continue reading
Cleaning!
After a long few days of sub-zero temperatures, meaning the water at the yard wasn’t working, it finally warmed up enough so the water started running again. Which meant that I couldn’t postpone cleaning any longer… here are some example… Continue reading
Weather
Ok – so I need it to be fairly close to 10c for the bottom paint to dry fast, and the water stops working at 0c apparently in the boatyard, so anything over 3c should be good, right? … Continue reading
Frustrations
So I arrived Saturday morning, laden with cleaning products, ready to start scrubbing the HELL out of the boat. Except – the water was off at the yard. For the forseeable future. Argh. I tried scrubbing with a bucket of… Continue reading
Finishing off
The last couple of days have been spent finishing off the two things I started – mainly filling the below-waterline holes, and removing the holding tank. First, the holes – I’d filled them with marine-tex, and left it to dry.… Continue reading
Marina! Good. Holding tank spills, Baaaaaad.
Yesterday I got some good news – there was a slip at Fisherman’s Wharf available! This was great news since there is a waiting list for most of the liveaboard places in Victoria. I had to submit a ton of… Continue reading
Weekend Work
First order of business – fix the holes in the boat. I had drilled them a couple of days before, and let them dry out, since it had to be dry to create a secure bond. Bright sunshine was predicted… Continue reading
Doing thangs (cold wet gross thangs)
My next trip to the boat had two objectives – finish removing the exhaust elbow, and get that damn plate off the bottom (it was leaking, and I have no need for a HF radio grounding plate). For the first… Continue reading Continue reading