GALLEY CAT

GALLEY CAT
LIFE BEGINS !

Friday 17 March 2023

BARNACLE BILL !!!

 


G'day All, as you can see Galleycat iz out of the water and ready for itz yearly dose of LUV.

What haz amazed me iz just how bad the marine growth waz itz some of the worst I've ever seen. Still 3 hours on the water blaster and the hullz were clean. Some of the barnacles were an inch, huge!

Itz 5 dayz later and the new antifoul is on plus new anodes for the hull and both shafts. Just waiting now on Vince my welding pal to come and plug 3 holes in the bottom of the yot. This year I've changed to Hempel antifouling as the jotun version clearly did not do itz job very well. 

We have also cut an access hatch in the inside Galley floor so we can get access to the troublesum generator. This hatch allowed us to spend 4 hours with a diesel mechanic trying to get the unit to run. No joy ! There's no fuel getting to the injectors.


Once again itz that thyme I hate so much itz painting thyme!