Boat blacked and floating
Well the boat hull is blacked and the gunwals painted and looking smart. Pics to follow. Thought I suspect it wont be long before the first scratch.
While the boat was out of the water the stern tube has been refitted and repacked so hopefully the persistent leak has been solved.
Over the weekend we also fitted a vent to the new engine compartment fan so we no longer need to have the locker lid open to vent, and refitted the repaired Cratch cover to keep the cratch dry.
Lastly the Eberspacher was replaced, the previous attempts at servicing the boiler have helped but have not solved an intermittent issue with the boiler cutting out so finally I have replaced the complete unit rather than spending any more money on the 10 year old unit, hopefully there will be some value in the old one to offset the cost of the new one.
Other jobs still on the list for this year are to apply the name transfer (currently on order), rebuild the lockers in the cratch, box in the boiler, and lag the exhaust pipe with aluminium tape.
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