Caleta del Sebo
07/10/07 17:28 Filed in: Isla Graciosa | Canaries
This is a good place to be lazy.
Met a few of the neighbours today. Always nice to chat and one always learns something. I found out a good way to fly back to the UK and I may have been able to source a larger bow roller.
Afterwards I donned my fins and mask and went for a swim to inspect the hull. It wasn't too bad. Some barnacle growth in places and a patch on the rudder where the antifoul had rubbed away completely. Probably from the net and rope that fouled the propellor in Portugal. Otherwise there was only a thin coating of slime which comes off easily.
On a more serious note the retaining clamp for the stripper locating lug was seriously loose. This stripper installation is proving problematic although nothing else has been damaged.
We should be able to clean the hull and fix the stripper without hauling out now. Also the anodes appear to be lasting well.
Met a few of the neighbours today. Always nice to chat and one always learns something. I found out a good way to fly back to the UK and I may have been able to source a larger bow roller.
Afterwards I donned my fins and mask and went for a swim to inspect the hull. It wasn't too bad. Some barnacle growth in places and a patch on the rudder where the antifoul had rubbed away completely. Probably from the net and rope that fouled the propellor in Portugal. Otherwise there was only a thin coating of slime which comes off easily.
On a more serious note the retaining clamp for the stripper locating lug was seriously loose. This stripper installation is proving problematic although nothing else has been damaged.
We should be able to clean the hull and fix the stripper without hauling out now. Also the anodes appear to be lasting well.