When Ariadne got up in the fall of last year, the engine also got up. The purpose was to renovate it in the dark evenings of winter and thus ensure that its renovation would not affect Ariadne’s spring renovation schedule. How wrong I was (again). I did bilge repair, engine repair and standard spring maintenance, […]
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Ariadne winter work 2022-2023
The engine went into the trailer when Ariadne was lifted and ended up in Inkoo. Before moving it to the garage, I washed it with a pressure washer because it had accumulated so much dirt over the decades. The purpose was to find out the condition of the engine first and then replace the necessary […]
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More bilge painting
Bilge got the two remaining paint layers on top of Zinga and its top layer Alufer. I have planned to paint the whole inside hull with the same combo, but before that the hull needs to be sanded totally. I need to figure out who would be the right person to do it:) In addition […]
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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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Working with bilge top plates
I made the new bilge top plates from steel plate and L size steel. They stayed well straight since I did not weld everything in one go.
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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.
Read moreAttacking bilge with chisel and hammer
Quite dusty work to clean bilge with chisel and hammer and locating possible rust problems.
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