First on the list was to take a decent hoover down to the boat which I then
proceeded to wield on all under floor area's..
I'd noticed when I was painting the cabin that they really were filling up
with dust and crap.. OK so hoovering your boat may not be the most
seaman'like/necessary of activities, but I take the view that the stuff holds damp
in a marine environment so I'm better off without it, than with it.. by
the time I'd finished the hoover was full, so it clearly needed doing..
Other stuff..
- she is filthy, utterly green, for shame.. I'm holding off doing it until last as while I'm tramping on and off her all I'll do is undo the good work
- I found a persistent drip in the fore cabin and traced it to what I think were the screws holding the grab rail - eased them off, packed with butyl tape above and below and screwed back in - job should be a good'un..
- so after the fun and games with the starboard cockpit locker lid [clicky] in spring last year, I was putting some stuff away in the port cockpit locker and I noticed that it looked like the paint was lifting on the inside.. picked it off, and found it was the epoxy coming away, and the corner was like a sponge.. double buggeration... two coats of epoxy makes no difference when clearly the ply I am using is utter cr*p... I'll replace it, the new one is made and sized.. I'll paint it and expect a season out of it before I replace again, but next time with either plastic board, or proper marine play if I can find a dealer..
- outboard pad has lasted two years and completely delaminated... stripped it off, and have made another (same applies as per locker lid)
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The antifouling is done! From this :
..too this:
