Mainly just messing around This year’s Ariadne’s summer story is mostly about getting ready to sail, you only get to sail at the end, so if that’s all you’re interested in, you should go to On the move. During the winter, the most memorable Ariadne events of the previous summer were always brought back to […]
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Launch
Launch was – again – just before midsummer. The original planned date was much earlier…. New prop going.
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Bilge getting closed
The new bilge top plates are getting welded to place and one critical work starts to be ready, at least almost since some paint is of course needed on top of Zinga.
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Varnishing
All four cans of varnish went to the right place=Ariadne. Even more would have been good, but 2-3 layers was quite acceptable.
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Making a hatch to the bottom of the cockpit
Since the power line had a thrust bearing on the propeller shaft, I decided to make a hatch to the bottom of the cockpit. Without the big hole in the bottom of the cockpit, there should have been a renovation in the tipping position at the end of the engine room which didn’t sound fascinating […]
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Working on bilge and hull
After tidying up, there was about 70cm on both sides, ie two arches empty, height about 15cm. Grinder’s disc surrendered as I was cutting off the bilge cover plate. Makita would have continued but the disc would not.
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Läpivientejä, läpivientejä
Hommat jatkuivat istumalaatikon tyhjennysputkien ja kannen rännien ja putkien ihmettelynä. Näissä läpivienneissä ei ollut hanoja ja päätin poistaa vanhat vm. -64 teräksiset läpiviennit ja korvata ne komposiittimuovista valmistetuilla läpivienneillä ja laittaa tietty hanat kaikkiin läpivienteihin. Vaihtoon menisi siis kuusi läpivientiä istumalaatikossa, pentterin tiskialtaan tyhjennys, ja vessan imu ja poisto. Samoin moottorin merivesiotto saisi luvan vaihtua […]
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