Yesterday, I picked up the Bosun just before five and we hit the road for Essex. It was a slow run down but by eight we were in the pub and blowing the froth off the first of several pints of Maldon Gold
I usually drink IPA but it'd been replaced with another golden beer making three out of three. Mutter grumble.
A late night led to a late start this morning but once we'd consumed coffee and bacon butties we got stuck in to scrubbing and scraping the hull. The lads do an excellent job when they lift out and pressure wash so it didn't take long to clean the last few bits
Then it was paint mixing time. I'd got half a tin of blue Jotun Seaqueen and a bit under half a tin of red. Mixing them together with a bent coathanger in the cordless drill produced... a nearly full tin of blue Jotun Seaqueen!
Nope, I don't know how that works either!
Anyway, on it went nicely and then whilst that coat dried we popped up to Marinestore in Maldon to get a new shaft anode. The old one had largely departed the boat leaving one small piece hanging on.
We also nipped into Wickes for some fresh rollers and brushes then it was back to the boat for lunch.
We fitted the new anode and gave the prop a coat of hard antifoul then set about applying a second coat of Jotun to the hull. The heat was sapping to work in but allowed us to get two coats on in the day.
With such excellent progress, we stuck our heads around the door of the office to let Toby know that we can go back in the water on Monday.
Then it was on with the work. We gave the topsides a polish and touched up the scratches and dings in the paintwork and by the end she was looking quite smart
Theres just the boottop (the white stripe along the waterline) to do tomorrow which should leave time for some jobs off the to do list
It was off to the pub again for food and beer and I was delighted to find that the IPA had staged a comeback!
Earlier night tonight methinks
I usually drink IPA but it'd been replaced with another golden beer making three out of three. Mutter grumble.
A late night led to a late start this morning but once we'd consumed coffee and bacon butties we got stuck in to scrubbing and scraping the hull. The lads do an excellent job when they lift out and pressure wash so it didn't take long to clean the last few bits
Then it was paint mixing time. I'd got half a tin of blue Jotun Seaqueen and a bit under half a tin of red. Mixing them together with a bent coathanger in the cordless drill produced... a nearly full tin of blue Jotun Seaqueen!
Nope, I don't know how that works either!
Anyway, on it went nicely and then whilst that coat dried we popped up to Marinestore in Maldon to get a new shaft anode. The old one had largely departed the boat leaving one small piece hanging on.
We also nipped into Wickes for some fresh rollers and brushes then it was back to the boat for lunch.
We fitted the new anode and gave the prop a coat of hard antifoul then set about applying a second coat of Jotun to the hull. The heat was sapping to work in but allowed us to get two coats on in the day.
With such excellent progress, we stuck our heads around the door of the office to let Toby know that we can go back in the water on Monday.
Then it was on with the work. We gave the topsides a polish and touched up the scratches and dings in the paintwork and by the end she was looking quite smart
Theres just the boottop (the white stripe along the waterline) to do tomorrow which should leave time for some jobs off the to do list
It was off to the pub again for food and beer and I was delighted to find that the IPA had staged a comeback!
Earlier night tonight methinks
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