Jethro Tull
18/05/11 22:16 Filed in: Argentina
Piriapolis maintenance
13/05/11 19:45 Filed in: Uruguay | Maintenance
Another nice day.
This heavily fouled boat was hauled out by her new owner and placed ahead of Kiriwina.
The fouling hid greater problems. Most of the undewater planking is rotten and needs to be replaced.
I got on with cleaning up the prop and coupling. These will be taken to a machine shop in Montevideo for keyway cutting.
Prop details.
Prop shaft in way of failed coupling.
This heavily fouled boat was hauled out by her new owner and placed ahead of Kiriwina.
The fouling hid greater problems. Most of the undewater planking is rotten and needs to be replaced.
I got on with cleaning up the prop and coupling. These will be taken to a machine shop in Montevideo for keyway cutting.
Prop details.
Prop shaft in way of failed coupling.
Haul-out
12/05/11 21:30 Filed in: Uruguay | Maintenance
A lovely day today and the Hidrografia finally decided to haul Kiriwina out. That's two days of insurance lost.
At 10.55 I took Kiriwina round to the travel-lift dock.
The operatives did a good job. They were careful with Kiriwina and there were no problems.
Our last haul out was in December 2007. The hull looks really clean, especially when one recalls how fouled she became while in Brazil during 2008.
At 11:40 Kiriwina was left slung on the Travel-Lift while the operatives went off for lunch.
After lunch Kiriwina was lowered on to two wooden planks and chocked in position.
There was a fair amount of slime around the waterline but this came off easily. I refused the offer of a pressure wash.
Area adjacent to the log impeller showing just how clean the hull was. Sadly this cleanliness has next to nothing to do with the Jotun Nonstop antifouling (pretty useless) applied in the Canaries. What kept the hull clean was our alternating between salt and fresh water.
Main anode, still in pretty good shape.
Propellor and stripper just out of the water.
The rudder was a bit more slimy. At some point blue antifoul had been applied to the rudder. This did not play well with later coats.
Time to take the rudder off and remove the prop shaft. Easy peasy. Remove the tiller, undo 2 x 21mm bolts and lift off. All done in less than 10 minutes.
Skeg with rudder removed.
Prop and stripper on deck awaiting cleaning.
At 10.55 I took Kiriwina round to the travel-lift dock.
The operatives did a good job. They were careful with Kiriwina and there were no problems.
Our last haul out was in December 2007. The hull looks really clean, especially when one recalls how fouled she became while in Brazil during 2008.
At 11:40 Kiriwina was left slung on the Travel-Lift while the operatives went off for lunch.
After lunch Kiriwina was lowered on to two wooden planks and chocked in position.
There was a fair amount of slime around the waterline but this came off easily. I refused the offer of a pressure wash.
Area adjacent to the log impeller showing just how clean the hull was. Sadly this cleanliness has next to nothing to do with the Jotun Nonstop antifouling (pretty useless) applied in the Canaries. What kept the hull clean was our alternating between salt and fresh water.
Main anode, still in pretty good shape.
Propellor and stripper just out of the water.
The rudder was a bit more slimy. At some point blue antifoul had been applied to the rudder. This did not play well with later coats.
Time to take the rudder off and remove the prop shaft. Easy peasy. Remove the tiller, undo 2 x 21mm bolts and lift off. All done in less than 10 minutes.
Skeg with rudder removed.
Prop and stripper on deck awaiting cleaning.
Failed departure from Piriapolis
08/05/11 21:30 Filed in: Uruguay