SHANE,
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME BACK!
A BUSY SWING HAD BY US WITH MANY JOBS COMPLETED. SORRY ABOUT ALL CAPS LOCK - KEYBOARD ON MY LAPTOP PLAYING UP, EASIER THIS WAY!
SOME KEY POINTS:
1. ALL THE USUALS HAVE BEEN DONE. HAD A BIG WEEKEND SCRUB DOWN BUT YOU PROBABLY CANT TELL WITH ALL THE RAIN. FLOORS SCRUBBED AND MOPPED UP - THIS BOAT DOESN'T DRAIN LIKE THE CANAIPA! ALL SEATS VACUUMED MONDAY. HAVE REQUESTED A 12V DUSTBUSTER TO HELP KEEP ON TOP OF THIS DAY TO DAY, IF SANTA (SHARKEY) GETS HIS ACT TOGETHER YOU MIGHT JUST GET IT THIS FRIDAY...! I THINK WE MAY HAVE FINALLY GOT ONTO THE
2. BOTH MAINS WERE OVERFULL OF COOLANT AND SPILLING INTO BILGE. REMOVED EXCESS AND NOW NO LONGER SPILLING INTO BILGE. MOTORS VERY HAPPY WITH EXCEPTION OF STBD GEARBOX - LEAKING FROM BOLT NEAR TOP OF BOX THAT HAS HAD THREAD STRIPPED ON REBUILD (BRODIE AWARE). A LOT OF THICK TRANSMISSION OIL WENT INTO THIS BILGE AND WE SPENT A LONG TIME CLEANING IT, ALMOST PERFECT AGAIN. YOU WILL SEE BILGE PADS INBOARD SIDE OF GEARBOX DURING PRESTARTS. VERY IMPORTANT TO MONITOR AND KEEP BRODIE / SHAUN IN THE LOOP AS REBUILD IS UNDER WARRANTY AND IT SHOULDNT BE LEAKING. SPARE FLUID IN THE DISABLED TOILET / STORES ROOM.
3. ALL VOIDS WERE SCRAPED AND VACUUMED CLEAN SO NO MORE BLUE FLECK DOWN IN THEM TO CLOG BILGE PUMPS. GOOD FUN, BIG JOB.
4. WE HAVE BEEN COMPLETEING A HEAP OF MAITENANCE (YEARLYS IE ALL LIFEJACKETS OUT AND CLEANED ETC.) ON CANAIPA WHICH HAS KEPT US VERY BUSY.
5. THE MONTHLY AND THREE MONTHLY MAITENANCE THAT WAS OUT OF DATE ON TORRESIAN IS NOW UP TO DATE AGAIN.
6. WE DID A BIG CLEAN OUT AND REORGANISATION OF STORES. FITTED ALUMINIUM RAIL ON INSIDE OF ROOF STORES AREA TO ENSURE NO ITEMS MOVE ONTO HATCH AREA IN TRANSIT (WILLIE'S GOOD IDEA). THERE ARE HEAPS OF STORES IN THE ROOF THAT WE CAN USE AND KEEP STOCKED PLEASE.
7. WAS A RAW WATER LEAK ON GENERATOR - THINK WE'VE GOT IT BUT MONITOR. POOLED BETWEEN AFT MOST STRINGERS. YOU'LL SEE IT CLEARLY IF IT LEAKS AGAIN.
8. FITTED SOME EXTRA FENDERS TO THE PONTOON IN CRITICAL AREAS.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS STAGE. GIVE ME A CALL WITH ANY ISSUES.
SAFE SWING, WILL GIVE YOU A CALL.
TONY AND RYAN.