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Date:Sat, 04 Jun 2022 22:05:00 GMT
minor refit
Work and more work
The last few days have been busy. We have removed and stripped the boom to
fix the outhaul and re-build the reefing system. The old outhaul was a 6/1
with two blocks but the rope used was oversized double braid and it twisted
up inside. It was impossible to move in or out. We have rebuit it with
single braid dynema and it's much smoother and will not twist the same way.
We are also moving the bail/blocks to the end of the boom to facilitate
moving the traveler to the deck in front of the wheel back to its original
location.
I have re-oiled the decks again we are now at 3 1/2 gallons of teak oil and
I think it's finally soaked in.
Yesterday it rained hard and we developed a small leak around the deck water
fill fitting/through deck. So today I took it apart and re-bedded it
properly. I also re-caulked more of the teak where I found minor water ingress.
This is something that you just have to constantly keep up with.
This morning I was looking at the through hull for the knot log. We
purchased new nmea2000 wind,log,depth sending units and B&G gauges. But as
I was checking the size I found that the log was not even fastened into the
through hull. vibration/pressure or whatever could just bounce it out and
sink the boat. Needless to say we are going no where till that is fixed.
I'm a bit loath to mess with it when the yard is empty as if I have a
problem I can't call anyone to bail me out. I'll wait till Monday to mess
with it.
Sam has been recording videos so we will be posting them as soon as we edit
them.