Yeah yeah knows ya standards. I STILL have "THE ROD" remember? Old worn out rod with equally worn out line belonging to an equally worn out old fisheman that ties an even more worn out "THE LURE" on and catches suicidal Marlin. I know ya standards mate.
The boat will be back in the water by nid Janury with a trip scheduled for Australia day weekend. 4 dayer this time I think as it falls on the Tuesday. As usual, weather permitting...
Here is a list of what I am doing to the boat before re-launch.
1) New transducer...
2) New port drive shaft. (while it was out of the water, they found my shaft was bent in 2 places.)
3) Batteries moved fore to the gen room. (weight distribution)and 1 more 200 added for extra power. 4 in total now. 3 house and 1 starter
4) Many oil leaks rectified.
5) Custom built, stainless rudders installed. Love this one....Had a slight leak starboard rudder, once again, while she's out of the water, lets have a look and sort it. Well bronze cast rudder was cracked in shaft and shaft seal also cracked. The old girl never did perform that well in following seas or at slow speeds. So 30% bigger rudders are getting manufactured from stainless. Believe it or not, this was cheaper than getting new bronze ones....
6) Pump ot all fuel, refill tank with amonia to kill off all bloody algea (black death) and remove all fuel lines etc and also treat with biocide to kill all algea.
7) Redesign whole cabin with weight being the main consideration on refit. Probably just use different, lighter timber and redo all original with it.
8) Reseal all windows and remove corrosion
9) Cut and polish gelcoat...
10) get a 6th mortgage to pay for it all