Hull preparation

AntiFouling/ Hull

• Significant osmosis issues at time of survey - peel and reassess - dry the hull

• Repair hull as required

• New Barrier coat from Coppercoat - CeramicCoat

• Copper Coat - www.coppercoatusa.com

• UltraSonic AntiFouling System from HullShield

  • 4 Transducer system for hull

  • 1 Transducer system for each of the running gear and the rudder shaft

  • May need an overnight sleep cycle if too loud

Running Gear

• Propeller Shaft - Existing shaft is compromised due to galvanic corrosion and must be replaced

• Cutlass bearing appears to be fine but we'll replace as it is trivial with the shaft out and this will reset it's age to the rest of the "new" boat.

• Existing shaft seal's clamps are severely corroded - will replace the seal with a dripless seal

• Max Prop - 4 Blade - Although the existing prop was starting to have Galvanic Corrosion issues, the stainless steel shaft acted as it's anode and is serviceable

Other Below the water line

• Thru Holes -

  • Many of the existing through hulls have compromised bonding wires

  • We did not do a complete inventory of fittings to determine function/ serviceability

  • Once all through hull's have been inventoried and surveyed, fill unneeded holes

    • e.g. the Forward Looking Sonar hole - the device is no longer working

• Sacrificial Anodes - replace all of them - verify proper bonding

Other Above the waterline

• New Decals - www.islandlettering.com

• Repair Dock rash on the Starboard Side

• Remove old decals

• We plan to repaint above the freeboard, as when we deal with the dock rash, that repair will be very visible

• Remove all of the hatches & port holes and send back to Atkins & Hoyle to rebuild them

• Deck needs to be repaired, repainted - see Fabrication

22 May - Update - Moisture meter still shows the majority of the hull below the water line to be in excess of 30%

27 May - the hatches are now removed and ready to be sent back to Atkins & Hoyle

29 May - Now that we are settled in the Paint Barn, the yard is going to put a sizable team to work stripping, prepping and finally painting everything above the waterline.

The pictures below show how the hull is weeping as the moisture content is still pretty high. The boat is now surrounded by scaffolding and the topside is now ready to have all of the deck hardware removed.

9 Jun - removed the old solar arch and cutout the old propane locker

10 Jun - removed most of the deck hardware aft of the front of the cockpit