Just a short trip to the boat this afternoon but some good progress made...
Prep started for job #19 ("GRP damage to nose rebuild") - not really warm enough yet for epoxy, but I rubbed down the bow to remove those stains left by the anchor chain...
From this:
To this, following the gentle application of a little 1000 grade wet and dry.. very pleased at how clean it came up:
Main job of the afternoon however, was job #2 (missing fair-lead) which I managed to complete following the (very timely) appearance of fellow club member Julian who was down at the club anti-fouling his boat ("Billy").. this allowed me to bolt from the inside while Julian pressed down and held the screws steady from above... cheers Julian!
The fairlead is (well) bedded on some butyl tape - probably too much to be honest, but the fitting doesn't need to be massively load bearing.... Over the summer as the butyl warms up I'll tension up the bolts a little more and take some more excess from round the edges.... I wanted to do the other side as well but the screws (??) are brass, and look to be original as they are stuck solid - working on the principal that it's better not to fix stuff that isn't broken I've left as is...
Separately - my sis advises me that she has the following sitting on her desk - hope to pick it up this weekend as I need to get a couple of coats on soon to allow it time to dry before lift in (so that we don't get partially dry antifoul being transferred from boat to boat via the hoist slings)
Other progress:
Prep started for job #19 ("GRP damage to nose rebuild") - not really warm enough yet for epoxy, but I rubbed down the bow to remove those stains left by the anchor chain...
From this:
To this, following the gentle application of a little 1000 grade wet and dry.. very pleased at how clean it came up:
Main job of the afternoon however, was job #2 (missing fair-lead) which I managed to complete following the (very timely) appearance of fellow club member Julian who was down at the club anti-fouling his boat ("Billy").. this allowed me to bolt from the inside while Julian pressed down and held the screws steady from above... cheers Julian!
The fairlead is (well) bedded on some butyl tape - probably too much to be honest, but the fitting doesn't need to be massively load bearing.... Over the summer as the butyl warms up I'll tension up the bolts a little more and take some more excess from round the edges.... I wanted to do the other side as well but the screws (??) are brass, and look to be original as they are stuck solid - working on the principal that it's better not to fix stuff that isn't broken I've left as is...
Separately - my sis advises me that she has the following sitting on her desk - hope to pick it up this weekend as I need to get a couple of coats on soon to allow it time to dry before lift in (so that we don't get partially dry antifoul being transferred from boat to boat via the hoist slings)
Other progress:
- Sent off payment for Chichester Harbour fees this morning... £38'odd for the year for Sparrow and tender... up about £6 from last year, but I still reckon it's amazing value... just over £3 a month to sail in one of the nicest harbours you can imagine...
- Lift in date is confirmed as 17th April - lift in forms handed in - need to put some lifting marks on before the day...
- Just ordered a new tricolour for the mast head - they were the same price as an all round white and seeing it as it saves me having to install a whole load of lights at deck level it seemed a no brainer... deck plug is new, as is in mast wiring (last summer).. so it makes sense to get this done before the mast goes up.... need to also sort out a windex/burgee/wind indicator...
- ordered some gel coat filler to fill up some of the little blemishes and holes...
- ordered hinges for job #11 (cockpit locker lids), I already have the hasps.. the lids are 11mm ply with a lip round the outside to fit in the recess around the mouth of the opening... I'll try to use the existing lids...
- washboards (job #10) are also 11mm ply
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