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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Keel underside paint removal
When the Ariadne was launched in the spring, one of the shipyard workers threw in the idea of leaving Ariadne on the wagon for the weekend to get the bottom of the keel cleaned in autumn. Namely, it needed at least the removal of numerous layers of paint, as it has always seemed to be […]
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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 […]
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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Holes?
What the h..ll? While going thu bilge and possible rusty places I managed to create a hole. First I thought that I made a hole to the integrated water tank, but since I saw daylight thru the hole I understood that there is a hole in the hull….. After a 15 minute break, I studied […]
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Working with Ariadne in Hamburg during spring 2017
“Time passes and you must move on, half the distance takes you twice as long.” – Glen Frey Ariadne was scheduled to be sailed to Finland in May. Before that, I should get the spring renovation done – myself – because I would have been immensely suspected if someone else would do all the job […]
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