tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75873515186946239292024-03-22T02:15:49.290+11:00Nahani BlogWeblog of the mate of sailing vessel NahaniNahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-32134845229277106282022-04-21T17:03:00.001+10:002022-04-22T17:15:16.420+10:00Hull blasting: Finally done and back in the water<p> We drive up to the Cleanlift fairly early. While we're waiting for the transporter to be free, we sign the paperwork and pay the bill. Then we're ready to watch them pick up <i>Nahani</i> drive her across to the pen and lower her gently back in - we climb aboard as she goes down.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T3GwsFMI8mqj7WmOLAY-btueboLs1Hc2YN4gACn4aiFeJfGjwt0cYjUKkzJZb89g4BJt_45N3y_ZYAaaTcM8kMskF3CLSC1wLO_42i8-zhawr58KdYjneEJQI7dMsvMb79UJ7X5N535_ps0L9abOp0D-P1e9E3KGMyYhpv1zuJE5r8W5b81mZbiL/s4032/PXL_20220420_233637778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T3GwsFMI8mqj7WmOLAY-btueboLs1Hc2YN4gACn4aiFeJfGjwt0cYjUKkzJZb89g4BJt_45N3y_ZYAaaTcM8kMskF3CLSC1wLO_42i8-zhawr58KdYjneEJQI7dMsvMb79UJ7X5N535_ps0L9abOp0D-P1e9E3KGMyYhpv1zuJE5r8W5b81mZbiL/s320/PXL_20220420_233637778.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z0uYHHUGK4dBxGZ-NbtXJL4E67o5SZgovmVgtN3a2PC57KumUMMYaDZhW_K1vCzryiCeeU7iAgTYyWllr0MlyMVnLiY4Uuhmh40knVB6tiq0mEqjzxLnJrn5z-ISbnte9ZYTJvIHTXqWQLmTNTZLPsw5J-n-6b0z0lVsALGMk6bKicaZglOVbqTS/s3264/IMG_4357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z0uYHHUGK4dBxGZ-NbtXJL4E67o5SZgovmVgtN3a2PC57KumUMMYaDZhW_K1vCzryiCeeU7iAgTYyWllr0MlyMVnLiY4Uuhmh40knVB6tiq0mEqjzxLnJrn5z-ISbnte9ZYTJvIHTXqWQLmTNTZLPsw5J-n-6b0z0lVsALGMk6bKicaZglOVbqTS/s320/IMG_4357.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-0oibwmWGns9YHkQ9kUmYOvYaBnbzpO32JJoGwZQ9_RSUN_RJ5vavaV8aEIWuC_74flkfWm66EZbNbSAEUZnXdrH4H_Ru-3tTmbGu4wJ2kP99gKSulVfSrq3n40P6kDxP_xyOaJjakzmb6V18n0U48mMQLUEI-mkFO31r0UQIAN0Mr-RpZd5Y_fn/s3264/IMG_4358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-0oibwmWGns9YHkQ9kUmYOvYaBnbzpO32JJoGwZQ9_RSUN_RJ5vavaV8aEIWuC_74flkfWm66EZbNbSAEUZnXdrH4H_Ru-3tTmbGu4wJ2kP99gKSulVfSrq3n40P6kDxP_xyOaJjakzmb6V18n0U48mMQLUEI-mkFO31r0UQIAN0Mr-RpZd5Y_fn/s320/IMG_4358.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtQNu8GN_7psozoJk91xDIPN3NYTypwqhtv_32Yyv50Lqz3NeLRuzlcv_hXSVHimVzxXsSKJz0O8nnDX8AR1XK3x7g18NCo7PyFt4Se0sUYgIK8iBGm_eyQOh2PCGVN2eA1pZYU7vg0nZMMZ-QhBrTARnC24Ws4RUfBKLgbURdzO0onYFIsPMG2DK/s3264/IMG_4361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtQNu8GN_7psozoJk91xDIPN3NYTypwqhtv_32Yyv50Lqz3NeLRuzlcv_hXSVHimVzxXsSKJz0O8nnDX8AR1XK3x7g18NCo7PyFt4Se0sUYgIK8iBGm_eyQOh2PCGVN2eA1pZYU7vg0nZMMZ-QhBrTARnC24Ws4RUfBKLgbURdzO0onYFIsPMG2DK/s320/IMG_4361.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Once she's back in there's a flurry of preparation - turning on seacocks, getting the fenders out of the lazarette, removing the engine cover and then we're ready to start her up, back out of the pen and set off down-river. There's a stiff southerly but it eases a bit as we enter the marina. It's our first entry to the new pen and we don't get it quite right, but John Casey is there working on <i>Grace</i>, so he gives us a hand and we are soon safely berthed. We're just about to shut down the engine and finish sorting out lines when we realise that our new neighbour <i>Black Label</i> is about to come back into her half of the double pen. It's a big stinkboat that hasn't moved all summer, so we thought we could leave dinghy and kayaks tucked behind her. It obviously hadn't hampered her when leaving the pen, but we think we should get them out of the way before she tries to come back in - another flurry of activity to lift one kayak off the dinghy, pull the other out of the water and then move the dinghy across to our side. We give them a hand with their lines as they come in. Only when they are tied up do we realise that our engine is still running. Turn it off, adjust more lines, paddle the dinghy round to the stern and pull it up on the davits, paddle the kayak round and remove the bungs. Finally we're ready for lunch and a return to the Blichfeldts to do our washing and pack up our stuff.</p><p><br /></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-34679959066914689882022-04-20T16:59:00.001+10:002022-04-22T17:02:46.034+10:00Hull-blasting: Day 10<p> Another trip to the Cleanlift, arriving just in time to farewell Ashish and Saurav, and see the great job they've done on the bow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquqHifWNl8GFd1VQu3cwOoW-MfYMnC9FzJZPeO1oG5DnUI0WTc_EBDd4LBdDWnKslCwO2G0ZOyjivlDb77uCIkLCMsQg3H-GpReQAg-DPlO_aBP4DjyISQvIeBUQYjYVwObp1iG37jwhg4Ke1vUFnKliRo5ODcSb6-CXZv-0aCyUfFo_u2jVR96ce/s4032/PXL_20220420_014511942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquqHifWNl8GFd1VQu3cwOoW-MfYMnC9FzJZPeO1oG5DnUI0WTc_EBDd4LBdDWnKslCwO2G0ZOyjivlDb77uCIkLCMsQg3H-GpReQAg-DPlO_aBP4DjyISQvIeBUQYjYVwObp1iG37jwhg4Ke1vUFnKliRo5ODcSb6-CXZv-0aCyUfFo_u2jVR96ce/s320/PXL_20220420_014511942.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1nFw3dcinCwKIaAN-EU8MXqjNr5WxFI1Ge5eZbHF95OqLQqHRyI8iwA_7k2eIawNoOCQGGBIhzEFJjwsB8NohHQctVac4yEOldzJtTlkoY6rHPWdy8jrWYWW1mcSJdHVogaKFIbE1-p7lg_-5P2qgTGOL7X0kHCiA_GkxmBt0DZGvVqCSGThIXnq/s4032/PXL_20220420_014546126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1nFw3dcinCwKIaAN-EU8MXqjNr5WxFI1Ge5eZbHF95OqLQqHRyI8iwA_7k2eIawNoOCQGGBIhzEFJjwsB8NohHQctVac4yEOldzJtTlkoY6rHPWdy8jrWYWW1mcSJdHVogaKFIbE1-p7lg_-5P2qgTGOL7X0kHCiA_GkxmBt0DZGvVqCSGThIXnq/s320/PXL_20220420_014546126.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tomorrow she will go back into the water. Before heading out to the Cleanlift, we spend the morning preparing her new berth for her return.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENX6dZaVsJlsThdeAE8lXhdhNGTak9K91-RwQjAEM62iOD6cFxIR3ddy7QHsftfAChWAy0iGOdp3NaoI42JDQwayKTrBEKT7nT0Cb2BaEPxwvPkHTtF6n8eLK63sC68bQk3mCfVTNPtRalDNdnAn8aS0J4gzd9RboE2A4dbuz1iXnKE_ISMFoQ-Nt/s4032/PXL_20220420_044934275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENX6dZaVsJlsThdeAE8lXhdhNGTak9K91-RwQjAEM62iOD6cFxIR3ddy7QHsftfAChWAy0iGOdp3NaoI42JDQwayKTrBEKT7nT0Cb2BaEPxwvPkHTtF6n8eLK63sC68bQk3mCfVTNPtRalDNdnAn8aS0J4gzd9RboE2A4dbuz1iXnKE_ISMFoQ-Nt/s320/PXL_20220420_044934275.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaBJd3p-HdI4vGemtyDW0JzXU-9kfuQPnTDQ6pDpuGrvvw4-_iewKVJfLEQN-oobrVUE85_qu08-8nyQAItCzYB7YeyWcsbonYyTpXd5ZbVa4iQBzI4bzran07ldveYqzAFj1YU1_-DvmKL5eQu94hQKZbD1Hq2v-YCfU3AsZT8A0BsCPuEdjKUJv/s4032/PXL_20220420_044939914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaBJd3p-HdI4vGemtyDW0JzXU-9kfuQPnTDQ6pDpuGrvvw4-_iewKVJfLEQN-oobrVUE85_qu08-8nyQAItCzYB7YeyWcsbonYyTpXd5ZbVa4iQBzI4bzran07ldveYqzAFj1YU1_-DvmKL5eQu94hQKZbD1Hq2v-YCfU3AsZT8A0BsCPuEdjKUJv/s320/PXL_20220420_044939914.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-13833739614245736072022-04-19T22:33:00.002+10:002022-04-22T16:58:54.935+10:00Hull-blasting: Day 9<p> After the Easter break, we're back to see what she looks like with the second coat of anti-fouling done. Answer: very sleek. And the raised water-line looks perfect.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyVY_amPlnpetuNkhMuoVsvRrEw9vjYKuVnUeWFq8j035T_-8lkxQFRJOvy9RgEWDn8O2LNQvOftnA2ROZ8cEGE0r3PHwTYQ49oFQhkIoQyImLAzoG4rFO6L9ebe2W25AE4mmlYP_30NMdRxjgb9zv5W1U05waT3mmrEsE1HQUIR-jtyD1qCkxomf/s4032/PXL_20220419_025558696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyVY_amPlnpetuNkhMuoVsvRrEw9vjYKuVnUeWFq8j035T_-8lkxQFRJOvy9RgEWDn8O2LNQvOftnA2ROZ8cEGE0r3PHwTYQ49oFQhkIoQyImLAzoG4rFO6L9ebe2W25AE4mmlYP_30NMdRxjgb9zv5W1U05waT3mmrEsE1HQUIR-jtyD1qCkxomf/s320/PXL_20220419_025558696.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Especially at the stern:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGbbX9w19PU5CwBLDdH4URYWF9-An3LDDI2AmoRTqhXVuFqEQT6F1aKuYChXaAG_D91Ra_o1Ebj-hFtRzhJLCVC2M5cI7SUq1JN7AtXvpUWNajg7eq7nD6HjRnQAefYRbNZUl2ebVTeP55H8TfERnlLSgW58ImNTFuO63mQoGDgM_kkSLpzpINiGe/s4032/PXL_20220419_025443314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGbbX9w19PU5CwBLDdH4URYWF9-An3LDDI2AmoRTqhXVuFqEQT6F1aKuYChXaAG_D91Ra_o1Ebj-hFtRzhJLCVC2M5cI7SUq1JN7AtXvpUWNajg7eq7nD6HjRnQAefYRbNZUl2ebVTeP55H8TfERnlLSgW58ImNTFuO63mQoGDgM_kkSLpzpINiGe/s320/PXL_20220419_025443314.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Today they have removed all the protective covering from the topsides and started on the paint repairs there. You can see where they are working on the bow, now smooth and free of dints caused by close encounters with jetties.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRE9CHHktJlilWygurUEDyHGtUU6LrTF3lkciE1WANixrr5DO-DThaWa4rUYp8Tj_oTeCCOQPQj5Dxa75_HYrVFtfUgsnkrGsPEYGj0ml6Hq8N5XQheFpGNBH3HjvLsyvRqamGQK8pga0pR-UF5w2jA4LSHB5XttJtKTBkIUqbefB6inG1TvqVLGp/s4032/PXL_20220419_025532058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRE9CHHktJlilWygurUEDyHGtUU6LrTF3lkciE1WANixrr5DO-DThaWa4rUYp8Tj_oTeCCOQPQj5Dxa75_HYrVFtfUgsnkrGsPEYGj0ml6Hq8N5XQheFpGNBH3HjvLsyvRqamGQK8pga0pR-UF5w2jA4LSHB5XttJtKTBkIUqbefB6inG1TvqVLGp/s320/PXL_20220419_025532058.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p>We're expecting/hoping that it will all be finished tomorrow, and she will be put back in the water on Thursday. Today we checked out the pen we are supposed to be moving in to, and the current occupant tells us that he's leaving Wednesday morning. We'll be down to take possession, even if only with the dinghy and kayaks. We plan to set up our lines so we're ready to go straight in on Thursday.</p></div>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-60058864754506249622022-04-14T18:17:00.001+10:002022-04-14T18:17:12.047+10:00Hull-blasting, Day 8<p> We go mid-afternoon on Thursday to see the boat before the Easter break and arrive just as they finish spray-painting the first coat of anti-fouling. They are using two different colours - blue first, black second. They tell us they will wait for the blue to dry, then do a black coat before the end of the day. Next week there will be work done above the waterline, and possibly another coat of anti-foul.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL49sTHM43BKw_GZfwzT2zlfpWW1D2hS559y9TGZaisuIrTg3c2oIR_sZWhLih_MTkBIr2AeZGW_xDsGhSKdUqXsIuMcQQ4GBOqmJR9wUeo9qbHpEbv_jEoxkdoOv8aVwKuYV8d0Y7zT5gH_kbFi-zzvKjREA7S7GfoHGZj6mosC6iqD8NuUchpcih/s4032/PXL_20220414_042228621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL49sTHM43BKw_GZfwzT2zlfpWW1D2hS559y9TGZaisuIrTg3c2oIR_sZWhLih_MTkBIr2AeZGW_xDsGhSKdUqXsIuMcQQ4GBOqmJR9wUeo9qbHpEbv_jEoxkdoOv8aVwKuYV8d0Y7zT5gH_kbFi-zzvKjREA7S7GfoHGZj6mosC6iqD8NuUchpcih/s320/PXL_20220414_042228621.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Y8agCYg_Y8CaqikyWxP5xEEoW8JoOo0O-MR1KWS9l50wS9ykqkkl4WBy9LkRWbGplD5Tk9O828KIsEuR9SbYr2QN6LGx3SyfZ3mulmBC9PKCm1A2t13QL7X-Dykd_IyaE98WnHUNy7bC-AGPVQKhcfayUD1qYdLLPeaOiBfHWzsePtcKdnz5IEkh/s4032/PXL_20220414_042154097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Y8agCYg_Y8CaqikyWxP5xEEoW8JoOo0O-MR1KWS9l50wS9ykqkkl4WBy9LkRWbGplD5Tk9O828KIsEuR9SbYr2QN6LGx3SyfZ3mulmBC9PKCm1A2t13QL7X-Dykd_IyaE98WnHUNy7bC-AGPVQKhcfayUD1qYdLLPeaOiBfHWzsePtcKdnz5IEkh/s320/PXL_20220414_042154097.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApSvqU6RED1hwbWWUxR4jncHo8wgSlh-GVXGJzfDqL9DFWvnGCwbgM5-u85yLdK3nMQC3mHNr4xEF7M8PFyVE0I_auuQDaMwZvC2WVoB9SV_aWYgowomZXT3TCoyK7El26wqnghGA-VkkVeT_udDLDwUqjjW6Br7e2SZV6TXsCcyVzg-J2C639CsI/s4032/PXL_20220414_042137283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApSvqU6RED1hwbWWUxR4jncHo8wgSlh-GVXGJzfDqL9DFWvnGCwbgM5-u85yLdK3nMQC3mHNr4xEF7M8PFyVE0I_auuQDaMwZvC2WVoB9SV_aWYgowomZXT3TCoyK7El26wqnghGA-VkkVeT_udDLDwUqjjW6Br7e2SZV6TXsCcyVzg-J2C639CsI/s320/PXL_20220414_042137283.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-4956410421122448392022-04-13T22:56:00.001+10:002022-04-13T22:56:22.243+10:00Hull blasting, Day 7<p> One interesting challenge in all this painting is that the boat is propped up on stands. To coat the entire hull, the stands have to be moved regularly.</p><p>When we check in today, no one is working on the boat. But there are interesting ochre stripes on the hinges of the rudder and all along the chine lines, and you can also see that they've moved the stands to do the patches that were covered by the stands when they spray painted yesterday.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmqo7rUJfrvlR7oL7zLhcyAyUMfPB_-muy7j4WWMr2ZKgd17zt49CCCqjXo8Iy_bDtPQGHoxHidfshXxsUMCDryw9sQ1_-MelS1V0xy8LccTrtwS1lhfvvfhefwRRvAfLoDXf-yGTAsHnIGSmcOMRSBfD85NC9TXU7TNOhBLwOOryKApboLBtkcjh/s4032/PXL_20220413_003821246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmqo7rUJfrvlR7oL7zLhcyAyUMfPB_-muy7j4WWMr2ZKgd17zt49CCCqjXo8Iy_bDtPQGHoxHidfshXxsUMCDryw9sQ1_-MelS1V0xy8LccTrtwS1lhfvvfhefwRRvAfLoDXf-yGTAsHnIGSmcOMRSBfD85NC9TXU7TNOhBLwOOryKApboLBtkcjh/s320/PXL_20220413_003821246.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQrGnnfFmuYTT2xvw8SgGdNX4t32WduCX4Bi24TuhHxjHbHa_F1py45BgpKGWwoKHKwj8jNChUDpBKPt_UDvjBUuKIaXmF3rga4EmSkl3vDwewPlHOW0UER_J_SF816QclmYyC_yiSQic_igB00nPPkxnEV0kHZgjwCAckrz51RDhZTCqCxzBzjEN/s4032/PXL_20220413_003838301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQrGnnfFmuYTT2xvw8SgGdNX4t32WduCX4Bi24TuhHxjHbHa_F1py45BgpKGWwoKHKwj8jNChUDpBKPt_UDvjBUuKIaXmF3rga4EmSkl3vDwewPlHOW0UER_J_SF816QclmYyC_yiSQic_igB00nPPkxnEV0kHZgjwCAckrz51RDhZTCqCxzBzjEN/s320/PXL_20220413_003838301.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrjQauSYd-16kmTvsPXMlwsUz4HHnS8MHWb0LSZnnz5iuf4oTmq6Fq5YTS_EBTBjVKGo-uv12GUipDfVKdmOl6q4qQkz9C93xRSayq17F4wGlmdWP81xy2E_mFoYt3gDkZvunkBOzeA_VPyiyTZEmeWPu9_kqA6yMH6LmRHTywAp8Ku9L1ik2PA5I/s4032/PXL_20220413_004034657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrjQauSYd-16kmTvsPXMlwsUz4HHnS8MHWb0LSZnnz5iuf4oTmq6Fq5YTS_EBTBjVKGo-uv12GUipDfVKdmOl6q4qQkz9C93xRSayq17F4wGlmdWP81xy2E_mFoYt3gDkZvunkBOzeA_VPyiyTZEmeWPu9_kqA6yMH6LmRHTywAp8Ku9L1ik2PA5I/s320/PXL_20220413_004034657.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRzlKSPoBgLjOi3Rog0p5MfyymmTnLyQsjLznHEgZ3XwyRMomCNt4ULi3Ll7BZLmI18RG3mrKwpFecCYx_C4Q3QZdnLjzcCLupD4Q2DSDTy9Joj3LzSZqHGCxha0oQ2wwIhOrfn75ABQcdvcIqO6S3fagAXBGMTJEvK8mWDRU1Nu3tQjENIcQXB4M/s4032/PXL_20220413_004112354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRzlKSPoBgLjOi3Rog0p5MfyymmTnLyQsjLznHEgZ3XwyRMomCNt4ULi3Ll7BZLmI18RG3mrKwpFecCYx_C4Q3QZdnLjzcCLupD4Q2DSDTy9Joj3LzSZqHGCxha0oQ2wwIhOrfn75ABQcdvcIqO6S3fagAXBGMTJEvK8mWDRU1Nu3tQjENIcQXB4M/s320/PXL_20220413_004112354.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>And we can see that the cost of all the different paints is going to be considerable...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWTOSHxkvZpgbOf36WdwHf-Srn6J7p3Kzz1gT6aIDfxxb3dLsRDBYcGVz-wXnxSSxOVxCZ5FeEHVcfbYHhuNaEc4hOKDJSwzJEjX-oCU4opf0gANeYcxHZulb6dyv_cxecYwk1Kb7EADYDlGHb46t_rWyVezTWiPzRoZnDuQ66dN9DlOI1NYOnfLM/s4032/PXL_20220413_004126463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWTOSHxkvZpgbOf36WdwHf-Srn6J7p3Kzz1gT6aIDfxxb3dLsRDBYcGVz-wXnxSSxOVxCZ5FeEHVcfbYHhuNaEc4hOKDJSwzJEjX-oCU4opf0gANeYcxHZulb6dyv_cxecYwk1Kb7EADYDlGHb46t_rWyVezTWiPzRoZnDuQ66dN9DlOI1NYOnfLM/s320/PXL_20220413_004126463.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-79862753688013383282022-04-12T22:46:00.001+10:002022-04-13T22:51:08.306+10:00Hull blasting, Day 6<p> Build coat day.</p><p>There has been an ongoing issue with a tiny oil leak from the keel. After the cleaning and blasting, there were a couple of spots along the front edge of the keel where the weld had broken, and oil was seeping out (the keel is filled with lead and oil). This had to be fixed with a new weld, which proved very tricky with oil trickling out all the time. But today it is finally fixed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQySjfCDs8fZAF7L-XZuTAa9LvsddtnseGyzIoSMSp280puGENU0P7ReD3IHGNqENJyU8WbuUAELd8iMx68whfUt4Zo_VBK-MU8skC7Sj3SY8C9WCe5OG-xG0fOwsOqcxsMNA-NctKfS5QfCKEe34ccY2zIoHF6FsYgTYJt6P2EgyzIvnNwQYQppdj/s4032/PXL_20220412_014718433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQySjfCDs8fZAF7L-XZuTAa9LvsddtnseGyzIoSMSp280puGENU0P7ReD3IHGNqENJyU8WbuUAELd8iMx68whfUt4Zo_VBK-MU8skC7Sj3SY8C9WCe5OG-xG0fOwsOqcxsMNA-NctKfS5QfCKEe34ccY2zIoHF6FsYgTYJt6P2EgyzIvnNwQYQppdj/s320/PXL_20220412_014718433.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qiT41WyIz-291sV8pz70sKr-Spo0_6GYx085Ih8chRzKZZaFWR5erdlqByQXmGxJ_bbqQ4nFhlC2NjXJr8bOD8_KAcmwm_cZgq5N4X33XlEtalduQrtFFVE8vKWnSi1gYSiH_JfEHo-NP17hM2Y5ZlI3uQ39tKIqpKrdkjUvol-p6dZf8RPe2mF1/s4032/PXL_20220412_014625690.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6qiT41WyIz-291sV8pz70sKr-Spo0_6GYx085Ih8chRzKZZaFWR5erdlqByQXmGxJ_bbqQ4nFhlC2NjXJr8bOD8_KAcmwm_cZgq5N4X33XlEtalduQrtFFVE8vKWnSi1gYSiH_JfEHo-NP17hM2Y5ZlI3uQ39tKIqpKrdkjUvol-p6dZf8RPe2mF1/s320/PXL_20220412_014625690.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-31053021410962227692022-04-11T22:44:00.001+10:002022-04-13T22:46:48.944+10:00Hull blasting, Day 5<p> After the weekend, work continues on Monday, getting the hull as even and smooth as possible before beginning the build coat.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIR3KR5PkiWWs__hdN08Wj1acc39X0RAdsjfc5O36Rttz4oMKj8fgLnj_euAFJgvRh4YXlxh1UzqnrLk6Lo-wj3ufV7Y-8shS_VmuAuar_oIgJCSCDXrTBigk1-ywrDVlNrvbNUSzbRfPBh6xrSbXBGUnQy8QTpEDXYUYfdSA5QHjDk2L53IXzlKL/s4032/PXL_20220411_021500593.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIR3KR5PkiWWs__hdN08Wj1acc39X0RAdsjfc5O36Rttz4oMKj8fgLnj_euAFJgvRh4YXlxh1UzqnrLk6Lo-wj3ufV7Y-8shS_VmuAuar_oIgJCSCDXrTBigk1-ywrDVlNrvbNUSzbRfPBh6xrSbXBGUnQy8QTpEDXYUYfdSA5QHjDk2L53IXzlKL/s320/PXL_20220411_021500593.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrNlWNS3FB-OGuliXOH7gy2XEr5UPCj2UIONrMeh0H0wA_dXpauUUCSVOXXmV-2RPZU0bQ1_g7Auvyv6nTSW8C1DCP4hb3Ku8D2cyebWutilzFfD4Xn40RwUXNdWhatV0mZET6vF3wkmc0ZC3Iy1l33FennsEWLQ_vbbCxDby_Y84RjeHhIIxVTAy/s4032/PXL_20220411_021514150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrNlWNS3FB-OGuliXOH7gy2XEr5UPCj2UIONrMeh0H0wA_dXpauUUCSVOXXmV-2RPZU0bQ1_g7Auvyv6nTSW8C1DCP4hb3Ku8D2cyebWutilzFfD4Xn40RwUXNdWhatV0mZET6vF3wkmc0ZC3Iy1l33FennsEWLQ_vbbCxDby_Y84RjeHhIIxVTAy/s320/PXL_20220411_021514150.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlKetxCAKywj-pPgDgQYLrPD3Nxs_Mz4vZ8ktm5ifzwEUDX4egZCfqPacBDbbvaqhl_RqLfSKiyz4FI09EjyRd7mjbLYDIBm7CFzxC5sejroatu6alpjQLf_w1VcETscyzrdp-Ac5Jq94c710tJjO3qLgJj1rhvtgRkMDpO9lj6T_xhvFJ-C-2Jby/s4032/PXL_20220411_021542803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlKetxCAKywj-pPgDgQYLrPD3Nxs_Mz4vZ8ktm5ifzwEUDX4egZCfqPacBDbbvaqhl_RqLfSKiyz4FI09EjyRd7mjbLYDIBm7CFzxC5sejroatu6alpjQLf_w1VcETscyzrdp-Ac5Jq94c710tJjO3qLgJj1rhvtgRkMDpO9lj6T_xhvFJ-C-2Jby/s320/PXL_20220411_021542803.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-56407677558338571422022-04-08T22:40:00.001+10:002022-04-13T22:44:20.575+10:00Hull blasting, Day 4<p> When we check in on Friday, we find that all the hull has been primed, but there is work to be done to patch some tiny pits and dips where the steel is welded. This is done with grey stuff called bog.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7f43CUy_a8k-XJmIcD8bA-0f2UKZp8RnvsPyEDTsPWAq08IDDfYktqtY-IIiKJ3zNQKTp_5JqTZS_iNqahdVeznYQ77aGYO7JUBhV7rVH1HsHBkFUQ-nFbS7xTHBYcjM_etOiF3h5kQbtgpzOUFZ8d2OUMywEkbfDSOyZwM074qIgaAV2fVztKZm/s4032/PXL_20220408_042944947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7f43CUy_a8k-XJmIcD8bA-0f2UKZp8RnvsPyEDTsPWAq08IDDfYktqtY-IIiKJ3zNQKTp_5JqTZS_iNqahdVeznYQ77aGYO7JUBhV7rVH1HsHBkFUQ-nFbS7xTHBYcjM_etOiF3h5kQbtgpzOUFZ8d2OUMywEkbfDSOyZwM074qIgaAV2fVztKZm/s320/PXL_20220408_042944947.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaKxcenZPr6vPEONvE7DroFPjJifLIrcMW53YJ8RIALxFLfpJqk9xw__qQoFLOFzsGOxwTznqrtLWn-E89anRHI0jQf3Avz7zYtEUNmIuhBZBUBhXIMroZ_yxi0moivPcc9CHGj4IkgUm7buiOeIrqcCCVJQ6WVCGO5PqDLw511EFuh-dKPAp7_a2/s4032/PXL_20220408_042924311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaKxcenZPr6vPEONvE7DroFPjJifLIrcMW53YJ8RIALxFLfpJqk9xw__qQoFLOFzsGOxwTznqrtLWn-E89anRHI0jQf3Avz7zYtEUNmIuhBZBUBhXIMroZ_yxi0moivPcc9CHGj4IkgUm7buiOeIrqcCCVJQ6WVCGO5PqDLw511EFuh-dKPAp7_a2/s320/PXL_20220408_042924311.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9Ik99fPtonuFG6rIDsl6IL2RHQ4m23xsLNgL9PAqjglHkY6g6Bnb71RUnuYC99CoBIzSEUiWeSg__slHptnQeossy28JPvL2UmdTIp9Xx17HbgSdc_haUCvmwP00H_XOeXPRniZ0UDFQUfeHZniXO4GWnDbUYKGImwZP4OdE8Ez01mhSZWL-9su3/s4032/PXL_20220408_042931895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9Ik99fPtonuFG6rIDsl6IL2RHQ4m23xsLNgL9PAqjglHkY6g6Bnb71RUnuYC99CoBIzSEUiWeSg__slHptnQeossy28JPvL2UmdTIp9Xx17HbgSdc_haUCvmwP00H_XOeXPRniZ0UDFQUfeHZniXO4GWnDbUYKGImwZP4OdE8Ez01mhSZWL-9su3/s320/PXL_20220408_042931895.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-73865338307482827142022-04-07T22:34:00.003+10:002022-04-13T22:40:28.033+10:00Hull-blasting, Day 3<p> The actual blasting gets done, and it's clearly very hard work getting all the layers of anti-fouling and paint off. But when we see her, there's just dull grey steel, which they are starting to cover with olive green primer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9M5aA1rJN2uPHRZh7xKAOgjnt-lM39TMKxa-NR7itKtbKC2xm4II3IRHP3JbfXrl9SSADOzMssltqinyw66DaJQpGzqmo3adjEg5UMgUeeLYtfRxMIgWpFiU0RmKXC30Ddvy-dvBiEtUY45NlNcyzcmmRO2SQprWFdw5neb_qS8bCNbL_Sd-IbYU/s4032/PXL_20220407_035033912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9M5aA1rJN2uPHRZh7xKAOgjnt-lM39TMKxa-NR7itKtbKC2xm4II3IRHP3JbfXrl9SSADOzMssltqinyw66DaJQpGzqmo3adjEg5UMgUeeLYtfRxMIgWpFiU0RmKXC30Ddvy-dvBiEtUY45NlNcyzcmmRO2SQprWFdw5neb_qS8bCNbL_Sd-IbYU/s320/PXL_20220407_035033912.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcaHsn16fKT0k9qDhSQKjl8GvEndqXtEoNajFWBX_gnbW-cfrRrdvsr8-0GA-4pxHJjkdbuDooyTWjL_nsIwEf1sYTIQu7S-FBeE4Lqvu3qEnDPYi1OMlydcLNUP8MlvX5B2NkWtaX7On-yg7shKbMYdysQQ8jKY9hOzdXWlzAXarTgI3-iQNC_Nq9/s4032/PXL_20220407_035442679.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcaHsn16fKT0k9qDhSQKjl8GvEndqXtEoNajFWBX_gnbW-cfrRrdvsr8-0GA-4pxHJjkdbuDooyTWjL_nsIwEf1sYTIQu7S-FBeE4Lqvu3qEnDPYi1OMlydcLNUP8MlvX5B2NkWtaX7On-yg7shKbMYdysQQ8jKY9hOzdXWlzAXarTgI3-iQNC_Nq9/s320/PXL_20220407_035442679.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwAVSUGR2KyxdbKwWYNFYBLZQ1w8uUiFa3T2SQLkDQAjKcq7Pv7awu9Q4L0XtOBKayDpCkEjcnUXyA2FCJ2eA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-60446449707107851312022-04-06T22:28:00.001+10:002022-04-13T22:34:28.517+10:00Hull-blasting, Day 2<p> A quiet day - lots of preparation by the ABC boys. </p><p>They wash down the topsides with acid. The boat is moved into the blasting bay. where they mask off and cover all the upper part of the boat down to the waterline. We are raising the waterline about 3cm, so there is work to be done to measure and mark off the new waterline. All this is in preparation for the actual blasting. Captain is pleased to find that they won't need to remove the rudder - that can be blasted in situ.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxE1Za9e3LlzNwaVdC-wB5xj_MSojX6z_yMxRqnFQTiQ1rCJ-KN0aNTFEAgoqodVi92d3BKDjzEuLHp_xODXCw8ALRKBayE2Awq6JKnt4i0PY-A6TXaAUSZ_RbmnQgEavW8mDe1R3ghKNJqPnYcBtgamfjehPZPqznLW8qZl9FLAH2cQaJvVxUZ6t4/s4032/PXL_20220406_053235314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxE1Za9e3LlzNwaVdC-wB5xj_MSojX6z_yMxRqnFQTiQ1rCJ-KN0aNTFEAgoqodVi92d3BKDjzEuLHp_xODXCw8ALRKBayE2Awq6JKnt4i0PY-A6TXaAUSZ_RbmnQgEavW8mDe1R3ghKNJqPnYcBtgamfjehPZPqznLW8qZl9FLAH2cQaJvVxUZ6t4/s320/PXL_20220406_053235314.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's in there somewhere behind the curtains.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-31752995936071208602022-04-05T22:00:00.001+10:002022-04-13T22:28:03.100+10:00The hull blasting project: preparation, waiting, and Day 1<p>Hopefully this is the last major project that we undertake on <i>Nahani</i>. Not that we are actually doing much of this one apart from emptying our bank accounts, but it still occupies our time.</p><p>We are in Melbourne in early March as we both have commitments in late Feb/early March. We arrive back in Hobart on Sunday 13 March, hoping that we will be starting the hull blasting project in the following week. We have a couple of days of preparation - taking things off the deck, removing the dinghy etc and taking clothes and other gear to the Blichfeldts, where we plan to stay while the boat is out of the water.</p><p>We are due at the Cleanlift on Wednesday. That morning we decide to drive the car up to Prince of Wales Bay for a look at where we have to bring the boat in, intending to leave it there and return by taxi to the marina to get the boat. We chat to Glen at the Cleanlift, then call a cab and we're about to jump in when we get a call from Stuart (Abrasive Cleaning & Blasting) to say that the weather forecast is for we weather, and we'll have to cancel. We send the cab away and return in the car. It's annoying, but it would have been much worse if we'd been half way up the river when we got the call. </p><p>The next possible start date is 6 April. We rebook and we then have two weeks of waiting, watching the weather, hoping that by some miracle it will improve and we will be able to start earlier. But it doesn't and we just potter about doing other maintenance jobs. The weather is intermittently wet, which is some consolation, and as we get into April the forecast for the period starting on 6 April looks very promising.</p><p>On Monday we contact the Cleanlift again, and get agreement that we can bring the boat up and have it lifted out on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday is the Captain's birthday, which makes a nice present for him. And we have time to repeat some of the exercises of a fortnight previously, packing up clothes and gear, removing dinghy and kayaks. We're all done in comfortable time to take the boat out of the pen around midday, but have a lot of difficulty getting out of the pen in a quite strong southerly. As soon as we release our lines, we blow across the pen towards <i>Eclipse</i>. But on the third try, we get out safely and head up through the Tasman Bridge to Prince of Wales Bay, the first time we've been this far upriver. We slot <i>Nahani</i> into the cleanlift dock without an drama and watch with some amazement as she's lifted out of the water with slings, then trundled across for a washdown.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvjF8Q9FGn8P3rC0MGDtnCQlKRyMAlgtRFb_lFCiDo61vQTxaaUX3LrsNnkjAM6ztKj-l4tBdFAe-dEiiyhfbA8K3w9AxL0p2axlUo4mkwb7e6NKZXHswL4RB9Kw7uUS8kx-oyCO7zdyTEm8H7O7sMelfbbDtLpaEgBZz0jWWMueY9G1iD1yhFcWa/s4032/PXL_20220405_041804624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvjF8Q9FGn8P3rC0MGDtnCQlKRyMAlgtRFb_lFCiDo61vQTxaaUX3LrsNnkjAM6ztKj-l4tBdFAe-dEiiyhfbA8K3w9AxL0p2axlUo4mkwb7e6NKZXHswL4RB9Kw7uUS8kx-oyCO7zdyTEm8H7O7sMelfbbDtLpaEgBZz0jWWMueY9G1iD1yhFcWa/s320/PXL_20220405_041804624.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLpkcYQLlfGnJnXGvlsoZFXvqGjNCFPfVhih0csxBVIAUPZR1YuygKTQYIJCETVceUaEl0G5zjm0l4WiOiTTVIYe0lMrQ6SABEiiWAFF2HMDGAoG364Ck5CAK40_Nogj2Yjop0JxtmGwLkreRlxC7jWs4wBxPiJOI-s4fRHh1W3uPmap2fTSiEh53/s4032/PXL_20220405_044327298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLpkcYQLlfGnJnXGvlsoZFXvqGjNCFPfVhih0csxBVIAUPZR1YuygKTQYIJCETVceUaEl0G5zjm0l4WiOiTTVIYe0lMrQ6SABEiiWAFF2HMDGAoG364Ck5CAK40_Nogj2Yjop0JxtmGwLkreRlxC7jWs4wBxPiJOI-s4fRHh1W3uPmap2fTSiEh53/s320/PXL_20220405_044327298.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-19752412879162743622021-04-07T12:06:00.001+10:002021-04-07T14:30:08.670+10:00Heater project: The last post?<p>Well we hope so!</p><p>One might expect that the final post would simply be recording the successful installation of the controller in the saloon. But one would be wrong.</p><p>The engineer aka electician extends the wiring, and there is another exercise of pushing things through the lockers in shed and head to bring the wires through into the saloon. After a bit of discussion we agree on the best location for the controller, and here it is, looking very neat.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmwEoeZdAtYsE46DZ4Lz3WaMl5qZG6wzINwlUUY9sT3pEj7pn7uPv9icm0WYoPId81cCOgVsslQtDm3e7sHKrmxLKnhVkXezdTbKyQ7zKoGXKnaIq1KmTMGTT1c3p-GdIYxOZTwKCJZw/s4032/PXL_20210407_022432267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmwEoeZdAtYsE46DZ4Lz3WaMl5qZG6wzINwlUUY9sT3pEj7pn7uPv9icm0WYoPId81cCOgVsslQtDm3e7sHKrmxLKnhVkXezdTbKyQ7zKoGXKnaIq1KmTMGTT1c3p-GdIYxOZTwKCJZw/s320/PXL_20210407_022432267.jpg" /></a></div><p>Then we finally get out of the pen and head down the Channel a few days before Easter. Although we have beautiful sunny weather and barely need the heater, we turn it on to take the chill off the boat in the mornings and to continue to test the system out.</p><p>The engineer has some concerns about the engine, and when we pull the companionway steps out to look at the engine, we see a bright green streak of coolant. At first we hope it is old, but no, it's fresh and keeps coming. The engineer eventually tracks it back to its source. This time it isn't a hose clamp. One of the carefully constructed manifold assemblies is leaking. It appears that the engineer had to take this particular valve assembly apart after first putting it together, in order to change the way the individual fittings were arranged. When he reassembled it, he omitted the Loxeal sealant (liquid equivalent of plumber's tape) on one of the metal joints, and it is leaking very slightly. </p><p>The good news is that we've now diagnosed the problem. The bad news is that fixing the problem requires (you guessed it) clearing of the shed shelves again and one of the shed lockers, removal of the newly constructed aluminium cage, disconnection of the hot-water system from the heater, drainng the coolant fluid out of those connecting hoses... The engineer has another day cooped up in the shed doing all that before he can get the manifold out, take it apart and seal the joint properly. And then the process has to be reversed. At least this time he can put double hose clamps on every hose as they are refitted. With the hoses in place, we pour the coolant back in and top it up. Finally the engineer can put back the cage, the shed shelves and their contents.</p><p>So have we put everything back in the shed and tidied up for the very last time? You might think so, but you'd be wrong again. Two days after we return from the Channel, we are having the engine serviced. To give easy access to all the side hatches of the engine compartment, a number of large objects have to be moved around or removed from the shed, and the doors of the head, shed and guest cabin removed. But once Tim the nice bloke from Spectrum, finishes, everything will go back for the last time. Really.</p><p>We placed the order for the heating system in January, started with the drilling of the hole in the scuppers for the exhaust pipe on about 9 Feb. The project has extended over about 2 months, longer than almost any other project.</p><p> </p><p><br /></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-48034049348868561292021-03-24T13:25:00.006+11:002021-03-24T22:57:42.282+11:00Heater project: keeping on keeping on.<p> Another week passes, progress continues, but slowly...</p><ul><li>Plumbing - coolant has been added and we are watching nervously for any sign of green liquid under the cabin sole or in the bilge. Nothing yet. Fingers crossed.</li><li>Fuel - as noted last week, all done</li><li>Electrical - controller not yet installed, although the extension of the cabling has been done.</li><li>Exhaust - New length of pipe arrives - now need to catch up with Alan Perkins and ask him to make good his offer of putting a long thread on it.</li><li>Shed final arrangement. The aluminium mesh arrives and is cut and fitted into the space in front of the burner. Engineer decides that it needs framing - yet another trip to Bunnings for some aluminium edging. Another day's work and the mesh is framed up, and is fitted neatly in place. Engineer is now thinking about a way to fix the back corner firmly in place. Once that's done, we could put the shelf back, and then all the stuff currently in the guest cabin could return to the shed, hopefully for the last time.</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YFtGvmUuikPzQ99lVHr5tEYx5diNa6fvJU2HQ19Ljoxh7ez7-Hq_nX5THVId-hCy9lLmo2dxzTO9ZtM7wjjuHigQmm7jEbEL7sHeFQS6l4iMIzJ5fHuIIjSzG8DX6VH8KUXdT7tyMMI/s1632/IMG_3854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1224" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YFtGvmUuikPzQ99lVHr5tEYx5diNa6fvJU2HQ19Ljoxh7ez7-Hq_nX5THVId-hCy9lLmo2dxzTO9ZtM7wjjuHigQmm7jEbEL7sHeFQS6l4iMIzJ5fHuIIjSzG8DX6VH8KUXdT7tyMMI/s320/IMG_3854.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a beautiful thing</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Later... the engineer decided he could face another day in the shed after all. Cage is now fixed, shelf is back in place, the things that reside on the shelves are back, the guest cabin is free of stuff that doesn't belong there. Hooray!<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZ23cwHgr-QlsJ8FKZfDwd5YX7U_sMzU10Tn7m8o09NpMDOVS3tsrDw-CVylGPD76rlhf_xzc0iirq3cXoQlOJYV1Y1qHr4T1u-RHUZ9X2_Nfa4M1Bl4CoOJdq11DW2tVhEzNLvSdFnk/s4032/PXL_20210324_044201620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZ23cwHgr-QlsJ8FKZfDwd5YX7U_sMzU10Tn7m8o09NpMDOVS3tsrDw-CVylGPD76rlhf_xzc0iirq3cXoQlOJYV1Y1qHr4T1u-RHUZ9X2_Nfa4M1Bl4CoOJdq11DW2tVhEzNLvSdFnk/s320/PXL_20210324_044201620.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full frontal of the cage, showing the fixing bolt at the back, and the silver tape protecting the cut edges of the cage and the panel - cut to make space for the exhaust pipe,</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Just the wiring of the controller to go...<br /><div><br /></div></div>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-13154585978662150582021-03-17T16:00:00.004+11:002021-03-17T16:00:48.653+11:00Heater project: still going<p>One week and a day since the system started working. The engineer is still disappearing into the shed on a regular basis. Things are still coming out of the shed, being put back, then coming out again.</p><p>Status?<br /></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Plumbing - all done, nothing outstanding in construction, but we have yet to put coolant into the fluid in the system..</li><li>Fuel - all done.</li><li>Electrical - connections have been tidied up and wires encased in cable protectors. The master on-off switch which was loose in a cupboard is now mounted on the bulkhead above the shore power charger in the shed. However there are still a collection of wires attached to the new controller hanging out of the shed cupboard. The controller needs to be relocated, but another length of wire is required to complete that exercise.</li><li>Exhaust - Friend Alan Perkins has offered to put a long thread on to a piece of pipe so that the engineer can fasten the exhaust using the technique he originally planned, of nuts tightened on the threaded pipe above and below the deck. Another piece of pipe has been ordered, is on its way. The thread cutting and re-fitting might not be completed on this trip.</li><li>Shed final arrangement. Shelves have been cut down to accommodate the burner and header tank. The engineer wants to put an alumnium screen between the end of the shelf and the heater apparatus to prevent things on the shelf from making contact with the burner. The aluminium mesh has been ordered, also on way.</li></ul><div>One day, it WILL be 100% done...</div><p></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-20524759066973537632021-03-09T22:50:00.003+11:002021-03-17T15:39:50.923+11:00Heater project: heat at last!<p>We plan our sailing trip with Steve and Chrissy to take in Cygnet, arriving there the Tuesday after the long weekend. The engineer leaves a message for Dieselheat on Monday night, and they reply on Tuesday morning when we are all still in bed, enjoying a lie-in. We rapidly arise, dress, remove everything from the shed for the umpteenth time, and then the captain goes ashoare in the dinghy to collect Juan from Dieselheat.</p><p>He's very interested to see the final installation, and in no time he has the whole system working. We have a celebratory coffee before taking Juan back, then organising ourselves to go ashore and into Cygnet for lunch. Steve and Peter walk up to Dieselheat to purchase a controller of our own, which means we can now reset the system if we ever need to. </p><p>When things cool down in the evening, we turn the system on and yes! we have heat. We also still have a tiny leak, but Steve goes to work on the hose clamps and it's fixed. As he says, his "tight" is different from the engineer's "tight".</p><p>Captain and mate celebrate the completion of the project with hot showers before bed.</p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-67480013088429979292021-03-04T22:39:00.001+11:002021-03-09T22:43:59.391+11:00Heater project: halted<p>We start Thursday with topping up the fluid and checking for leaks (again), but when we try to start the heater for about the third time, we are shut out. We need the guys from Dieselheat to come and reset something with a special code before we can try again. And of course, they are busy today and tomorrow.</p><p>Having an enforced halt is probably a Good Thing, as we need to tidy up the boat and restore it to some kind of normal before the arrival of our guests Steve and Chrissy, builders and original owners of <i>Nahani.</i></p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-69487209474187853922021-03-03T23:36:00.003+11:002021-03-03T23:36:58.869+11:00Heater project: still only 95% complete<p>Leaks! We spend the day filling up the system and finding leaks, leaks and more leaks. If the engineer knew at the beginning what he now knows, he would have put two hose clamps on every hose. As it is, he tightens clamp after clamp, but still water trickles down the shed floor, and we have a bit of a leak under the chart table as well. Eventually he decides to move the entire unit in the shed, so that the hoses are under less pressure and the clamps are easier to get at.</p><p>There is a major interrupt late afternoon when he has a long Zoom meeting. By the end of the day, we reach the point where water is circulating through the system, hoses are getting warm, and the leaks seem finally to have stopped. But it's after 8pm before the engineer agrees to stop and eat dinner. After dinner he starts to get ready for bed, removes his trousers, but then decides to have one more go at topping up the fluid. He won't let me take a picture of him sitting in the shed, looking weary in his socks and jocks. So no pictures in this blog entry.</p><p>Time to call it a night, and try it out again in the morning. Weather is cold and windy, so the heater will be really welcome when it finally functions.</p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-82723597609531039142021-03-02T11:17:00.002+11:002021-03-02T21:33:55.623+11:00Heater project: final tasksHopefully for the last time, the drawers are removed from the chart table. This time everything <i>on </i>the chart table has to move as well, so that the engineer (now wearing his electrician hat rather than his plumber's boots) can connect up switches and wires to the fans in the outlet registers (heat exchangers).<div>Here's a picture of what now lurks behind and under the chart table drawers.</div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaLcSC2kOKiu_vCRBYLzfT015079yJ1ht6fCioD6p_5f6XR9fSNiSp6EOsrxdHKpsjBIpGVB7DdUZCVZ2wEZ1OwjiKUovkpc-iJ3GU4ia1WvOLS9CLIx2L19WR1ImjsMAWLVLqbxfT5I/s1600/1614644263238557-0.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sweeping loops of PEX hose behind the chart table drawers....</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>By evening, all the electrical connections are completed and checked, and we're ready to turn on the diesel, fill the pipes with fluid and test the whole system. The mate suggests that things like seats and drawers are not replaced until after the water has been put in, just in case we have any leaks. The engineer is confident, but agrees that this is a sensible precaution. A hose is rigged from the deck through the lazarette and into the back of the shed. The mate goes up on deck with bucket, jug and funnel, and starts pouring water in. After a couple of litres it becomes apparent we have a leak somewhere in the connections near the burner. The search for the cause is postponed until after dinner, when the engineer turns back into plumber modus operandi and goes back to tightening hose clamps everywhere. We decide not to retest until the morning, when it will be easier to see if there is any water still escaping.</div>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-20039413536326521682021-03-01T09:21:00.003+11:002021-03-02T21:47:30.645+11:00Heater project: almost thereEngineer makes yet another trip to Map 11 for a collection of small items: the right size connector for the fuel and assorted electrical bits.<div>In a very long afternoon he completes connection of the fuel line and most of the wiring.</div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpl1wI_vPTMoOMuxYxK6SRNWyxovwclLsBCD6xDQjjKAbX7UGJWeibKSUpPYzJ88gJ6G-6f3kY9hf6ZMgdM-FZ7yO_3-lYvffCDXMgcqeFMMI92ivhxvwNbzHjrsQCi41XkofXRsfAoTU/s1600/1614643859202056-0.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Header tank, pump, burner, manifold, exhaust, fuel line all connected</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br /></div><div>All chart table drawers are removed (again). Second outlet register connected, with bypass manifold under the bottom drawer. All chart table drawers put back (again).<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While the engineer is plumbing, the mate has the job of vacuuming all the sawdust from under the cabin sole. While the floor is up she cleans out lots more age-old dust and grime.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>The galley foot pump started playing up today so after dinner and some rubbish television, the cook clears out the undersink cupboard so that the engineer can fix the pump, which means he spends yet more time lying on the floor. Once done, cook restores the cupboard contents.</div><div>Life seems to be an endless succession of taking things out and putting them back again at the moment.</div>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-73849406996014755342021-02-26T19:33:00.002+11:002021-02-26T22:23:06.066+11:00Heater project: Only Connect!<p>There is a project pause on Thursday morning. The engineer has to prepare and record a 2 minute talk as part of a memorial event for a colleague who died recently. Winston Churchill famously apologised for sending someone a long missive because he didn't have time to write a short one. We know what he meant. It takes us most of the morning to reduce Peter's speech to just over 2 minutes, and to record it satisfactorily.</p><p>Next task is to complete the tidying up process that we began Wednesday evening, as we are expecting guests for drinks at 6pm. That takes most of the afternoon. Shelving that was removed from the shed cupboards through which the PEX hoses now run is replaced, and then all the things that normally live in those shelves can go home there. Tools are put back into their cases, and the cases put back into the shed. That clears most of the objects from the floor of the guest cabin and the chart table. Safety gear from the chart table cupboard comes out from under the saloon table and goes back into the cupboard. Superfluous boxes are removed from the wine cellar. Quantities of rubbish are taken ashore, Things in the cockpit go back into the lazarette. By 4pm we are ready to go for a quick shopping expedition, as the food cupboards are bare. After six bags of provisions have been brought back to the boat and stowed, we take the last load of rubbish and items to go into Shed 10 ashore just as the guests arrive at the club. We bring them back to our now immaculately tidy vessel, and enjoy drinks and nibbles until the last light leaves the sky. We drop them back at their accommodation in Salamanca, and call it a day as far as the project goes.</p><p>Friday, and we are ready to start connecting. Engineer decides to start on the forward-most register outlet in the saloon as this is the one with the most constraints. After a bit of experimentation and discussion, we decide that it will work best if the bypass manifold is located inside the area where the water tank is located. As we need the handle which opens and closes the bypass somewhere accessible, the shaft will be put through a hole in the dividing panel so that it can be reached via the hatch above the wine cellar. Two more holes are needed for the short rubber hoses that join the manifold to the outlet register. It's quite complicated, and it takes the engineer all afternoon to get all of the bits in place, connected and secured.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCy_GXKCpaubrRSIvC-yjoNoPkHUvNURUyhYcrsX42Li-N3Q5iJpycKom9lVjVVNBJmm1HK6P5BpHASTnGg3SbJA-ROtbgYdBW30i-g3V68tEqriEIsU0htMN0DyMS1tfM-heiazhXEH8/s4032/PXL_20210226_060837778.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCy_GXKCpaubrRSIvC-yjoNoPkHUvNURUyhYcrsX42Li-N3Q5iJpycKom9lVjVVNBJmm1HK6P5BpHASTnGg3SbJA-ROtbgYdBW30i-g3V68tEqriEIsU0htMN0DyMS1tfM-heiazhXEH8/s320/PXL_20210226_060837778.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting down to it (or was it up from it?)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6jscvW67xNVmb1T4jqwDP9MSVmB1s5-2SQSR7Xta9a1WSSRuUN7OM7TO1OnPWQj3mFtrZfZr9pWSblJGg0r3VlcnlMRiiTJ0SOELjxajY9vV-XCjYArrAH-GnbgNk4bcl_NzRCot-LY/s4032/PXL_20210226_070536425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6jscvW67xNVmb1T4jqwDP9MSVmB1s5-2SQSR7Xta9a1WSSRuUN7OM7TO1OnPWQj3mFtrZfZr9pWSblJGg0r3VlcnlMRiiTJ0SOELjxajY9vV-XCjYArrAH-GnbgNk4bcl_NzRCot-LY/s320/PXL_20210226_070536425.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bypass manifold in place, PEX hoses connected above, black hoses below</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XOGE7d53cRh2ofi1o5_hHD0xBUv5uWsRE7TchJ49xV_DzYxFfRC-2SLBNgn6sztCobXd3gcor6i-nPf-xlqPfT5FtPPV2EjBro0cRWi4DImDDerJJ3xumuVlZj6zAX02Kbq_25W-sRE/s4032/PXL_20210226_070728126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XOGE7d53cRh2ofi1o5_hHD0xBUv5uWsRE7TchJ49xV_DzYxFfRC-2SLBNgn6sztCobXd3gcor6i-nPf-xlqPfT5FtPPV2EjBro0cRWi4DImDDerJJ3xumuVlZj6zAX02Kbq_25W-sRE/s320/PXL_20210226_070728126.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from above, manifold on the left, <br />black hoses coming through to connect to the register outlet,<br />blue handle for the bypass valve on the right side of the partition.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVc8_WqqdLidEYwA4gGL30mL-r1YenVqnOfQj4SRN6tXviKWnOyqavgAkeu_-RhRGPMLQbXHKSu6TrFXLx4TDTK6i8bFDAUZmbkJyiCljiY1ghLtHgTmL4Yahub9HXhboJ-yhgxbgB_TA/s4032/PXL_20210226_072436737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVc8_WqqdLidEYwA4gGL30mL-r1YenVqnOfQj4SRN6tXviKWnOyqavgAkeu_-RhRGPMLQbXHKSu6TrFXLx4TDTK6i8bFDAUZmbkJyiCljiY1ghLtHgTmL4Yahub9HXhboJ-yhgxbgB_TA/s320/PXL_20210226_072436737.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screwing the register outlet into position</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVc8_WqqdLidEYwA4gGL30mL-r1YenVqnOfQj4SRN6tXviKWnOyqavgAkeu_-RhRGPMLQbXHKSu6TrFXLx4TDTK6i8bFDAUZmbkJyiCljiY1ghLtHgTmL4Yahub9HXhboJ-yhgxbgB_TA/s4032/PXL_20210226_072436737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjovy6WCWbfzav4BIJDlQDVmB84SQsO5lXb4o8NdxiQ3F1_Em2kVgPjDAntciZ3_zg7I8NWzxX0s4EQKbqgXRwHvovL-GZHPmNmwoldL9GHYG6BxeXv_JjeNVTPuKFzsEnu9fqyFv3vu4/s4032/PXL_20210226_080438391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjovy6WCWbfzav4BIJDlQDVmB84SQsO5lXb4o8NdxiQ3F1_Em2kVgPjDAntciZ3_zg7I8NWzxX0s4EQKbqgXRwHvovL-GZHPmNmwoldL9GHYG6BxeXv_JjeNVTPuKFzsEnu9fqyFv3vu4/s320/PXL_20210226_080438391.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One outlet connected, mounted, all done.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>So tomorrow will begin with connecting up everything at the burner end, followed by conecting up the other outlet under the chart table. The engineer thinks these will be easier...<br /><br /></div>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-32104596830747477762021-02-24T23:26:00.002+11:002021-02-26T16:45:59.802+11:00Heater project - PEX hoses finally conquered<p>After two days spent on the mast pad replacement, we return to the PEX hose problem.</p><p>We use some more flexible black rubber hose to test whether we can pass a hose behind the hot water service, then through the locker in the head, then into the area under the chart table, and conclude that we can. More holes are cut with the hole saw in the sides of the various cupboards and walls along the way. Then we start from the burner end, and using the black rubber hose as a "mouse", we push and pull the stiffer PEX hose through the shed lockers, along the back of the HWS, through the shed locker across the back of the small drawers in the chart table, across the back of the map drawers where it dives down to go under the cupboard on the left of the chart table and into the area under the sea berth where the water tank is located.</p><p>We already have a length of PEX hose coming past the water tank and into the area under the chart table, so from this point on we can get the long run of hose to follow this hose, which will become the shorter length running between the two outlets. By lunchtime we finally succeed in getting a single run of PEX hose from the back of the shed to the forward outlet under the sea berth. We heave a sigh of relief and go for some lunch.</p><p>Our plan for the section of hose from the burner to the first outlet under the chart table is now to have this follow the same path as the long return run of hose. Once again we use the more flexible black rubber hose to make sure there is room for a second hose to pass through the various holes, and in particular to go behind the HWS. After a bit of shoving we find that yes, it can be done. But first we have to extract the PEX hose that we'd mianaged to get under the floors of shed and head and round to the chart table before giving up on Sunday because we realised we couldn't possibly get a second hose all the way via that route. It proves to be just as difficult to pull out as it was to put in, and we have to repair the red cover of the insulating material with duct tape in lots of places where it's been torn as it is pulled in and out.</p><p>Once we've patched it up, we start from the chart table leading it back above the return hose the back of the drawers, through the head locker, behind the HWS, through the other shed lockers to the burner. We employ the same technique using the black hose we'd already used to test that the space was big enough to lead the PEX hose through. Again it's a tough job, with each of us moving back and forth from one to push and pull in different spots, usually doing so in a kneeling position with one's head in a cupboard. At one stage we think the hose is irretrievably stuck, but then the engineer takes the cover off the Sani-Loo, allowing us to reach in behind it and get a bit more purchase on the hose near where it is jamming.</p><p>At about 6pm this hose reaches the burner, and we now have the three sections of hose where we need them, after a very solid day's work. However the boat is now absolute chaos. All the drawers have been removed from the chart table. Most of these are in the front cabin, with one on the saloon table. The cupboard under the chart table is the home of an assortment of safety equipment, all now located under the saloon table. The base and back of the seaberth have been removed, and are also in the front cabin. Almost everything has been taken out of the shed lockers, including the shelves, and added to the piles of stuff already in the guest cabin. The chart table is covered in tools and a big box of heater parts. Lengths of hose yet to be used lie here and there, and there are a few metres of PEX hose that are now surplus to requirements.</p><p>For the next hour we put in a concerted effort to impose a degree of order, so that we at least have clear spaces in which to eat our evening meal and sleep. That involves putting back into place the seaberth seat and back, bits of the cabin sole and all the chart table drawers, Tidying the cockpit, emptying the guest cabin floor, clearing the chart table and restoring the contents of the shed will have to wait for another day. Then the engineer will be able to start on the more interesting part of the project: connecting everything together.</p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-78994420059767877812021-02-23T23:17:00.005+11:002021-02-23T23:36:36.203+11:00Heater project interlude - mast pad replacement<p>The story begins week or so earlier, when the captain notices that one of the shrouds is a bit slack and tightens it.</p><p>Some days later, looking up, he notices a loose bolt. It's one of the four bolts that go through a wooden pad on the ceiling, through the deck, through another wooden pad on the deck and finally into the base plate of the mast. He asks the mate to put a spanner on the nut on the mast plate while he tightens from below. The bolt just keeps on turning, and the mate realises this is because the wooden pad under the mast is rotten in that corner. Further investigation reveals that the visible edges of the pad just break away like a crust, and that what is within has the colour and consistency of mud cake.</p><p>It's very disturbing to find that you have about 200kg of mast sitting on a bit of rotten wood. It's also disturbing to think that you have been putting quite considerable pressure on said mast while sailing recently. The captain is cast down, not only by these thoughts, but also because he can't envision how the issue can be fixed. The mate has a simple solution: "Ring Ian Brett". Ian is the rigger who replaced all the rigging on <i>Nahani </i>a year or two ago. So we know he is extremely good and professional, and he knows the boat. The captain makes the call and after a conversation with Ian he is much comforted. Ian suggests replacing the wooden pad with one made of plastic and recommends a provider of same. He also thinks it will not be too hard to do the replacement exercise.</p><p>Captain, much cheered, gets on to the plastics man, who recommends polyethylene. Much measuring is done and he is provided with a specification for a slab of plastic about 300 by 330mm, 30mm thick. A beautiful, heavy black slab, neatly rounded at the edges is subsequently delivered. Lots more measuring is then done to work out exactly where to drill the four holes for the bolts, as they have to line up with the existing holes in the deck and in the base of the mast. Finally we are confident that we have the measurements right, and the holes are drilled.</p><p>We are in regular contact with Steve Edwards, builder of <i>Nahani,</i> at the moment because he and Chrissy are coming to visit in March. We tell him the sad story and he points out that the underside of the block will need to be shaped to match the slight curve in the deck. We purchase an industrial strength sander for the job and the captain has a messy afternoon covering himself in little bits of black plastic as he does the requisite curving of the bottom of the pad.</p><p>At some point, the mast has to be raised to do the exchange of pads. Someone else is hiring a crane for a mast removal job, and we consider sharing that crane. But he is planning to do it with the boat in the water, and trying to do a tricky lining up exercise could be difficult or impossible if there was any wave action at all. Ian Brett thinks that because we only need to raise the mast a few inches, it can be done using the small fixed crane in the boatyard. We decide that this looks like a better option, and book in to have the boat hauled out. The bosuns are skeptical about lifting the mast from such a big boat with the small crane, but we have faith in Ian.</p><p>Monday is the day, but we have to wait until late morning as there are four other boats to come up or down the slip. By then, it's blowing hard from the northwest, making it hard to get out of the pen. After a couple of anxious moments the mate suggests that we need a third person aboard to help control the boat as we back out, and Paul from <i>Moonwatch </i>kindly obliges. With his help we get out safely and make a pretty good entrance into the cradle, but with a bit of a scrape on the jetty on the way in.</p><p>The next issue is securing the boat in the cradle. This is normally done with heavy-weight tie-downs between the cradle arms and the mast, but if you're planning to move the mast, you have to find an alternative. Ian advises the bosuns and we eventually have tie-downs crossing in front of the mast, and ropes crossing in the cockpit. It takes a couple of goes to secure the boat properly - on the first attempt she has a distinct lean to port.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAs2vE8y5joFodyGd3MMlvxsm1hfTuuCdokxvuNG-QqqKGbYoJQo5l-uakFBwMmdy98fuupPGOKs9BunFyymciK6dk7KXriO5Q07BLINs_QQzhGeUDTdBeBMlM6FIW24J9ZvFnFQoymA/s4032/PXL_20210222_010308454.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAs2vE8y5joFodyGd3MMlvxsm1hfTuuCdokxvuNG-QqqKGbYoJQo5l-uakFBwMmdy98fuupPGOKs9BunFyymciK6dk7KXriO5Q07BLINs_QQzhGeUDTdBeBMlM6FIW24J9ZvFnFQoymA/s320/PXL_20210222_010308454.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Criss-crossing straps</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmA2oIFKNtlYYVItqE7x4aTvcPmCdmKHCz805BtD2tlYtCaKatD4Q-FCht5nKF1JUiQGIiaDh0CbCgLSpIEmojen58lcCQVZt_4AhVqEEKXCRUrRGmJkRxYiTZxIvfeH4ahHv6PJgDcA/s4032/PXL_20210222_011443118.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmA2oIFKNtlYYVItqE7x4aTvcPmCdmKHCz805BtD2tlYtCaKatD4Q-FCht5nKF1JUiQGIiaDh0CbCgLSpIEmojen58lcCQVZt_4AhVqEEKXCRUrRGmJkRxYiTZxIvfeH4ahHv6PJgDcA/s320/PXL_20210222_011443118.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaning to port<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Once we're straightened up and on our way up the slip the second time, Ian starts work. On his instructions, the captain has already loosened all the turnbuckles on the stays and shrouds, so that these can now all be slackened off easily. The idea is to loosen them enough for the mast to be raised, but leave them all connected so that the mast will stay vertical when lifted from near the base. By the time <i>Nahani </i>has been pulled up to the top of the slip, washed down by Mark the Bilge Rat, shunted across to the crane and moved into position under the crane, Ian and the captain have almost completed the task of loosening everything. The mate, down below, has retrieved a bit of the furler that fell to the ground as the forestay was loosened.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1k7b1d0kG4bpBla1bWqhI_SmVozl8Kx2c-qGHRpyzTPE81ofGONQhW8oNq6OK9aEHAST58pO4RXC587EBk7o00mKaowvWynuvgLTeXGbwXetx6rD6MqPOri3ftSdl0POhaD_uxyGGuS4/s4032/PXL_20210222_012312948.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1k7b1d0kG4bpBla1bWqhI_SmVozl8Kx2c-qGHRpyzTPE81ofGONQhW8oNq6OK9aEHAST58pO4RXC587EBk7o00mKaowvWynuvgLTeXGbwXetx6rD6MqPOri3ftSdl0POhaD_uxyGGuS4/s320/PXL_20210222_012312948.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Men at work: washdown happening below, rigging work above</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvg7LzxV-qICAnlf3_xMW4ifMScfA_bpLJJrNxRkGEeqnUH5-aJpKNZ4OiQG4PHQUqTv4dzcj0dnIcYnZyMcTmfNJht_XfCR6qRoJmlNmaxVPhmIYpimdc-z0we7GArJvQr-ZKlUX_Ic/s4032/PXL_20210222_214227391.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvg7LzxV-qICAnlf3_xMW4ifMScfA_bpLJJrNxRkGEeqnUH5-aJpKNZ4OiQG4PHQUqTv4dzcj0dnIcYnZyMcTmfNJht_XfCR6qRoJmlNmaxVPhmIYpimdc-z0we7GArJvQr-ZKlUX_Ic/s320/PXL_20210222_214227391.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boat with large mast beside a very small crane</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Ian swings the crane into position, and fastens the crane cable securely to the mast. <i>Nahani </i>crew watch anxiously as he cranks the crane winch. At first there is resistance as one side of the wooden pad isn't rotten, and is stuck firmly to both the base of the mast and the deck. There is a bit of work done to prise it loose, and the wooden pad is broken up in the process.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfkLoMrASGbXRwuRm_jsykNrv3A3q0gNZbkMbPXpKEDgh4IZnLDXtHAqvcgzG5QQt1ey9vzT5vE9cmSzQfhiCyFm97zJR8mhlPuk9bfsxlOIBlMkXQ_fGVmquqb1rQMseGPyad1AYwQQ/s4032/PXL_20210222_045548921.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcfkLoMrASGbXRwuRm_jsykNrv3A3q0gNZbkMbPXpKEDgh4IZnLDXtHAqvcgzG5QQt1ey9vzT5vE9cmSzQfhiCyFm97zJR8mhlPuk9bfsxlOIBlMkXQ_fGVmquqb1rQMseGPyad1AYwQQ/s320/PXL_20210222_045548921.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old pad, on the way out</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The debris is cleared away, the mast raised a little further so we can clean up underneath. To our relief, there is absolutely no rot in the deck, so the new pad can be put in without any further work required.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTBhe8fM3xvs9aeGjGW4gUT-yxPwpwkYWUFVxkT3U4JTGay830tfQ7_F7niLjq-O20iV5-NcbmZX-B6k5rtFkmAdNSYVoSrRsVvQGL4hGzragbC4fFYSLInmrLSEcYLkWQXRF9_7zOBE/s4032/PXL_20210222_033132683.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTBhe8fM3xvs9aeGjGW4gUT-yxPwpwkYWUFVxkT3U4JTGay830tfQ7_F7niLjq-O20iV5-NcbmZX-B6k5rtFkmAdNSYVoSrRsVvQGL4hGzragbC4fFYSLInmrLSEcYLkWQXRF9_7zOBE/s320/PXL_20210222_033132683.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mast suspended, clean, undamaged deck below</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Well, almost. As we chip out the old wooden block, a beautiful silver coin emerges. Steve and Chrissy had warned us that they had followed the tradition of putting a silver coin under the mast, and there it is, a large and lovely South American coin. Even though he is keen to get the job done, Ian is prepared to stop and rout out a space in the base for the coin, so that we can keep the tradition going.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UqEY871GUqAi9wyXwvgm_p0BPxVZr70RLZ2R2mYsoflZ-QPCO1nMUeDR7mF11NAoLwU9XGLXWrN3Op0fKJFI2fpFaL4eciSWsAwUe22MTt3IS9PRYXT62W-UCwVARBV_J1dDyl5utJc/s4032/PXL_20210222_025623571.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UqEY871GUqAi9wyXwvgm_p0BPxVZr70RLZ2R2mYsoflZ-QPCO1nMUeDR7mF11NAoLwU9XGLXWrN3Op0fKJFI2fpFaL4eciSWsAwUe22MTt3IS9PRYXT62W-UCwVARBV_J1dDyl5utJc/s320/PXL_20210222_025623571.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The coin, in place on the new pad</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Now we're into the fiddly bit of lining up four sets of holes and getting the bolts through from the base of the mast, through the new pad, the deck and the pads below. Much going up and down between deck and cabin area, and finally a bit more drilling, but finally it's all lined up, silicone sealer is applied between pad and deck, and around each bolt, and it's all tightened up. The mate has the job of cleaning up the excess silicone as it oozes out. Once cleaned up, it looks quite splendid.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGepjEHvxJzUCDIou1DHyyutz0e0cJLxDg7B-jR69UiOC9UlXCAkwAbTuyxRZUkMZjhYsmPTGuf_zsCWnPXXKO11uta8fZpk4FkB8lZ8TDc2dvw4LPgotHffcBbm58ySdpDCk9Sqkb9w/s4032/PXL_20210222_050701859.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGepjEHvxJzUCDIou1DHyyutz0e0cJLxDg7B-jR69UiOC9UlXCAkwAbTuyxRZUkMZjhYsmPTGuf_zsCWnPXXKO11uta8fZpk4FkB8lZ8TDc2dvw4LPgotHffcBbm58ySdpDCk9Sqkb9w/s320/PXL_20210222_050701859.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So elegant<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLPZwkf-LWqDTTjdTNp9DhqTVj-gc5l6M14zaDjjlcIpS59cJV3RlDC9EeTMsP1-PzN5cJLH1vmnahdgnXB32qKnjbjASN967ANcDEkDjgNXLCQ38inJzXJ6CJHa6EH1hXd9wMjVD2LQ/s4032/PXL_20210222_050641341.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLPZwkf-LWqDTTjdTNp9DhqTVj-gc5l6M14zaDjjlcIpS59cJV3RlDC9EeTMsP1-PzN5cJLH1vmnahdgnXB32qKnjbjASN967ANcDEkDjgNXLCQ38inJzXJ6CJHa6EH1hXd9wMjVD2LQ/s320/PXL_20210222_050641341.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note how nicely it sits on the slight curve in the deck.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Captain and rigger now go around the boat tightening all the shrouds and stays again, so that the mast can be safely released from the crane. Meanwhile the mate is tidying up and cleaning up. During all this time none of us has had anything to eat except some of the very good fruit cake that was a gift from <i>Escapade, </i>so knock-off time is very welcome. It's too late for the bosuns to put us back in the water, so the mate gives her weekly U3A Shakespeare lecture from a boat high on the slip. When that finishes we go for an excellent meal at Kathmandu restaurant in Battery Point.</p><p>First thing next morning the mate does some preparatory work on deck. The boom is lifted from its temporary cradle of fenders tied above the solar panels, so that the fenders can be used when we return to the berth. <i>Nahani </i>is put back in the water, and we return to the berth, making a not very elegant landing despite calm conditions. There is quite a bit more work to do to complete the project - lots of things to put away for a start. With power back on, the deck can be thoroughly vacuumed - there seems to be bits of of the old mast pad and bits of plastic from the new in every inch of the scuppers, and under every rope or other object on the deck. Sheets are put back to their normal positions, halyards are tightened. We decide we will treat ourselves to some new rope bags around the mast, and order those. The boom strut is fitted back in place, reversing the preparations made before we went up on the slip. Rubbish is taken ashore as we go to lunch in the club. In the afternoon Ian returns to tune the rigging properly, which takes another hour or so. The captain thought that the raising of the mast might require disconnection of the electrics (cables that go up the mast to navigation lights, deck lights, etc), so he did so in advance. As it happens, it wasn't necessary, but they have to be reconnected again, another fiddly job.</p><p>By the time we are back to normal above and below decks, it's too late to contemplate recommencing the heater project. Tomorrow. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587351518694623929.post-80459823765288086752021-02-23T18:16:00.004+11:002021-02-24T23:30:29.696+11:00Heater project - getting the heat into the saloon: outlets and hoses<p>We have done some preliminary inspection and experimentation to work out where the hoses will go that transfer the heating fluid from the burner to the heat exchangers which blow heated air into the saloon.</p><p>The Eberspächer system has two outlets. We could fit both under the chart table, but we think it will be much better if we can locate one further forward in the saloon, near the door to the master cabin. There is an obvious place for it, but it's in a locker currently used to store wine, and we don't want to lose our wine cellar. After a bit of juggling the engineer finds it can be located partly in the locker and partly in the space where the port water tank is situated, with minimal impact on the wine storage capacity. If necessary we can also insulate it to prevent it from warming our wine more than is desirable. </p><p>So we start on the next irreversible steps, cutting holes to mount the two outlets as planned, one at each end of the saloon area. The engineer mounts them temporarily, and they look fine.</p><p>The next step is to lay the PEX hose. The two outlets are connected in series, and of course there must be a return line for the fluid to go back to the burner for re-heating. That means one long run of hose from the further outlet all the way back to the burner, and two shorter ones, one going from the burner to the nearer outlet, then one joining the two outlets.</p><p>We decide to start from the further outlet, and feed the long length all the way back to the burner. After a bit of juggling, and the drilling of some additional holes in the panel which separates the port side sea berth from the chart table, and in the vertical divisions between the cupboard and two sets of drawers under the chart table, we get the hose as far as the beginning of the head area. We previously managed to thread a garden hose from the burner area to this point and we've left a piece of string there as a "mouse", so we think we're doing well. But after a lot of pushing and pulling, we conclude we can't just continue to feed the hose all the way.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUQUNafY9UGJ_SIDQOc-YxBvvL06TyMCGO8iIW5idbTcYCEn2BQ8fI48jBl4TPFw3jvgZqEX0Plm-_k3T2LvNmgmwgQUVkFwzFN4VyfN65x5y4A5jSvg-9r0nTVLFQeMbz00Kh3g7bQE/s4032/PXL_20210221_023119717.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUQUNafY9UGJ_SIDQOc-YxBvvL06TyMCGO8iIW5idbTcYCEn2BQ8fI48jBl4TPFw3jvgZqEX0Plm-_k3T2LvNmgmwgQUVkFwzFN4VyfN65x5y4A5jSvg-9r0nTVLFQeMbz00Kh3g7bQE/s320/PXL_20210221_023119717.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeding the PEX hose in from the forward end of the run, <br />past port side water and diesel tanks.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Plan B is to start feeding a length in from the burner area forward, with the intention of joining the two lengths in the middle. After a lot more pulling and pushing we finally get a length through to meet up with the first bit. BUT we are fairly sure we will not get a second one through the same route. So we started looking for alternatives, and now think that we might do better running both through the cupboards in the shed, rather than under the floor. That's Plan C, but before we can test it out, we have to take a break from the heater project for the Mast Pad Replacement project, which is much shorter, but more intense.</p>Nahani-matehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758978762434589713noreply@blogger.com0