Haul-out

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.

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The operatives did a good job. They were careful with Kiriwina and there were no problems.
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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.
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At 11:40 Kiriwina was left slung on the Travel-Lift while the operatives went off for lunch.
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After lunch Kiriwina was lowered on to two wooden planks and chocked in position.
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There was a fair amount of slime around the waterline but this came off easily. I refused the offer of a pressure wash.
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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.
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Main anode, still in pretty good shape.
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Propellor and stripper just out of the water.
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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.
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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.
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Skeg with rudder removed.
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Prop and stripper on deck awaiting cleaning.
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