Fall Boat Repairs
September 21st, 2010
Fall Boat Repairs
Repairing the boat after my first season of sailing it ... hit 2 rocks both going very slowly and some damage from before I bought the boat made for a long week of sanding, scraping and painting. The boat stayed at Race Rocks from the Sept 21 to Sept 28 for a wonderful week of fixing ... so much better now it is all clean and everything is attached.
Wow ... that would have slowed down the boat
The dirty hull covered with barnacles
Dirty keel that needs a lot of cleaning
The boat being moved into position after the barnacles were scraped off
The parking spot for the week of repairs
In the repair slot
Dirty face even when I was wearing a mask
The blue man
Permanently blue hand for a few weeks after this ... should have been wearing gloves
Missing a few teeth of the impeller ... glad that was caught before all the teeth came off
So that is what a rock does to a keel
More rock damage
Am I missing something ... the propellor is off and being cleaned
Ton of lead to keep the boat upright when the wind blows
The keel is fixed and waiting for a few coats of paint
Doug working hard on the rudder repairs
Doug sanding the rudder
The keel has been repaired
Looking beautiful ... 2500 lbs of lead is ready for paint
The bow is repaired ... I might have damaged the keel and the rudder, but the bow was damaged before I started sailing the boat
Before the first coat of paint ... a lot of sanding and repair went into this
The propellor has been buffed and installed ... works so much better now
After the first coat of paint
The bow is nicely painted and ready for sailing
After the first coat of paint ... looking good ... just one more coat to go
Being moved back into the water
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