Went down to Williams Town and spent the day with Scaramouch and a friend of his on board his lovely Cav Selkie
Many thanks for a lovely day
The gunwale was bolted on and the bolts failed the situation was exacerbated by the previous owners reluctance to fit appropriate bolts through the teak and the bolts failed in shear. The result is both of the teak gunwales are removed new pieces of steel welded to hull with the appropriate hole to re-bolt bigger bolts to (a little of surface rust in old hole areas necessitates to put in new steel plates) then put in bolts and "Happy Days" also the new hydraulic drive courtesy of warranty issue with B&G as the previous model did not work correctly constant alarms of rudder not functioning as required. And fitting rudder stops to limit travel of the quadrant to normal limits as it currently is port 90 degrees and starboard 38 degrees, this will help the auto pilot calibration and overall effectiveness of the system.
Hopefully back in the water after Anzac weekend to enjoy the boat again.
My Adams 42 has the same lines as your underwater profile whiteout as well as the hull and topesides, the only difrence is that she is now Aft cockpit and has had a extra 2 foot added to the transom after a fire gutted her in the 90s she is foamcore/glass. Is there a model name ? Or is it just the adams 40 shawl draft cruiser?
Scaramouch was kind enough to donate these old mast steps to Driftwood so I started on them late morning and got kicked out of work so there not quite finished yet next week Thanks Scramouche
Before and after shots still some to finish off
Ive bead blasted and also soak in a cleaning bath there around 80 % done there a little bit of silicon type product which is harder to move
I think nyalic might be in order to finish them off ,painting I think ll run into trouble later.
I would have love to have done mast natural and coated them with Nyalic but was worried about the old anodizing there white for now
Any way a good morning work
does it fold up onto your transom? I would prefer S/S and jarrah /maranti or S/S and composite panels. My adams is already a bit bum heavy.
Went to go sailing yesterday morning but when I started the Volvo there was no water through the exhaust. I had changed the impeller during the week but did not test, thinking I solved the problem the last day I had sailing where she got a bit warm. Not a problem for a pensioner where everyday is a Saturday. Just about slack water so I caught a few bream and sat about in the sun drinking coffee and watched the poor people drifting by. When the fishing quietened down I did a few checks and found the water was pumping fine but not passing through the thermostat. Decided I would wander off home and pull the thermostat tomorrow. I Googled up Volvo Md7b and the symptoms and there were plenty of hits. First one was on a forum Where Michael describes how he modified an automotive thermostat to replace the Volvo one on "Amelia". I thought that name Amelia sounded familiar. Just then there was a knock on the door and I wandered downstairs and It was Michael. I have been babysitting Michael's new boat for the past month while he was in the USA. He had just dropped by to pick up his keys. Then it clicked! Amelia was Michael's old Northerner 28 which was parked on the mooring next to mine! It's much easier discussing this sort of thing face to face.
Having been there with my hull recently, that's a lot of work you've got done there Parkster. Good job! How are you going to re do the cabin tops?
G'day Guitz
I'm going to lay 450g double bias glass with west system. Race against the weather down here in Tassie with winter charging in should hopefully lay glass tomorrow ??
What did you lay on yours?
lovely boat parkster what design is she , ply looks in great condition , must be a challenge working in the open in changeable tassie weather
I really admire your passion for timber yachts Parkster. Your efforts make mine on my little Lotus look fairly insignificant but for me they are a challenge. Keep up the good work.
She was designed by Captain William Bailey and built by Searles boatyard, Birkenhead S.A. Launched 1960