Back in New Zealand
Janet and I are back in summer! Mid-80's with cool evenings. Nice. We had a great time with our kids and grand kids. The main highlights include the grandkids shaving off my beard, skiing with Caleb, Sophia, Shannon, and Keeley and getting to know Adelyn with her super fun personality. Carey and Michelle hosted Christmas for all. Great time!
Tango is still on the hard. "John's Back" and people are showing up this morning to get the project back on track. Bottom is painted with only a bit of trim work to take care of. The trim work includes raising the bottom paint about 4" to stop the cruising slime above it, filling/finishing the area on the rudder that was water impregnated. The shaft and prop are done and coated with magic goo to stop growth. The rigger is meeting us this afternoon to start mounting the new whisker pole (should take an hour at most), replace the inner forestay and one furler section (a couple of day's work). Bow thruster mounting is "okay" and we don't have to remove and remount it. I'll check that carefully this AM. With luck we get Tango in the water Friday but more likely early next week. Anne and Scott Campbell (John's sister) arrive for a two week visit this coming Friday (ut oh... boat schedule issues...). The anchor chain isn't back yet either. All very manageable.
Then comes the detailed inspection of the inner forestry showing cracks from fatigue on the swagger fitting. This led to a careful inspection of all the stainless rigging... needs a total replacement. This was followed by today's find... the rudder has a structural crack starting at the bottom edge and leading up as far as we could see (about a foot before the rudder was hidden behind the skeg). We are dropping the rudder and rebuilding it... this is why we check and check and check...
Tango is still on the hard. "John's Back" and people are showing up this morning to get the project back on track. Bottom is painted with only a bit of trim work to take care of. The trim work includes raising the bottom paint about 4" to stop the cruising slime above it, filling/finishing the area on the rudder that was water impregnated. The shaft and prop are done and coated with magic goo to stop growth. The rigger is meeting us this afternoon to start mounting the new whisker pole (should take an hour at most), replace the inner forestay and one furler section (a couple of day's work). Bow thruster mounting is "okay" and we don't have to remove and remount it. I'll check that carefully this AM. With luck we get Tango in the water Friday but more likely early next week. Anne and Scott Campbell (John's sister) arrive for a two week visit this coming Friday (ut oh... boat schedule issues...). The anchor chain isn't back yet either. All very manageable.
Then comes the detailed inspection of the inner forestry showing cracks from fatigue on the swagger fitting. This led to a careful inspection of all the stainless rigging... needs a total replacement. This was followed by today's find... the rudder has a structural crack starting at the bottom edge and leading up as far as we could see (about a foot before the rudder was hidden behind the skeg). We are dropping the rudder and rebuilding it... this is why we check and check and check...
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