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Post by gazza on Oct 4, 2022 20:05:03 GMT
More than fit to drop right now... Got the other side prepped and a complete coat of blacking on today. Feel like sh*t, feel great!! Never trust someone who says Hard Work Never Hurt Anyone. It bloody well does! 😎😂 Blacking and anti-fouling is about the worst part of boat ownership 🔨🔨🔨😔
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2022 20:09:52 GMT
More than fit to drop right now... Got the other side prepped and a complete coat of blacking on today. Feel like sh*t, feel great!! Never trust someone who says Hard Work Never Hurt Anyone. It bloody well does! 😎😂 Blacking and anti-fouling is about the worst part of boat ownership 🔨🔨🔨😔 Yeah - and this hardstanding is the pits! A great slipway, a good place to be - but only about a foot off the ground!! I think I have more blacking in my hair from crawling under the swim than there is left in the drum for the next coat. AND their showers aren't working AND neither is my hookup.... Boats, bloody boats - who'd have one?
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Post by pattyann57 on Oct 5, 2022 6:44:27 GMT
Never trust someone who says Hard Work Never Hurt Anyone. It bloody well does! 😎😂 Blacking and anti-fouling is about the worst part of boat ownership 🔨🔨🔨😔 Yeah - and this hardstanding is the pits! A great slipway, a good place to be - but only about a foot off the ground!! I think I have more blacking in my hair from crawling under the swim than there is left in the drum for the next coat. AND their showers aren't working AND neither is my hookup.... Boats, bloody boats - who'd have one? Carry on.. you'll get there and dirt is only skin deep..or something like that hope the wet stays away for you and u find decent showers...
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Post by JohnV on Oct 5, 2022 7:25:13 GMT
Yeah - and this hardstanding is the pits! A great slipway, a good place to be - but only about a foot off the ground!! I think I have more blacking in my hair from crawling under the swim than there is left in the drum for the next coat. AND their showers aren't working AND neither is my hookup.... Boats, bloody boats - who'd have one? Carry on.. you'll get there and dirt is only skin deep..or something like that hope the wet stays away for you and u find decent showers... but but but .... if it rains all that's needed is soap
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Post by pattyann57 on Oct 5, 2022 8:17:36 GMT
Carry on.. you'll get there and dirt is only skin deep..or something like that hope the wet stays away for you and u find decent showers... but but but .... if it rains all that's needed is soap Ah but it has to be the 'right sort of rain'.... Its raining here about to go n sweep away the wrong sort of rain....
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Post by JohnV on Oct 5, 2022 16:54:44 GMT
Never trust someone who says Hard Work Never Hurt Anyone. It bloody well does! 😎😂 Blacking and anti-fouling is about the worst part of boat ownership 🔨🔨🔨😔 Yeah - and this hardstanding is the pits! A great slipway, a good place to be - but only about a foot off the ground!! I think I have more blacking in my hair from crawling under the swim than there is left in the drum for the next coat. AND their showers aren't working AND neither is my hookup.... Boats, bloody boats - who'd have one? Well if the weather at r drydock is like the weather we have had here, I hope you had your soap handy It's tipped it down most of the day. I needed to take down the frame I built the other day as it will work out slightly too low so I need to increase the length of the two centre sloping supports. Fortunately they are exactly the size needed for the supports that bolt to the panels. At least no waste of material ... just time (just !!! mutter mutter mutter) anyway I got the rest of the unistrut marked up and was preparing to cut it ..... and the heavens opened panic to get angle grinder, leads socket set and boxes of goodies into the wheelhouse which of course is hugger mugger so the remainder of today I have been screwing the panels back in the side of the wardrobe (bleeding points for Central Heating) building a new box section in that bedroom where the new pipes for the whispergen run and screwing down the flooring in the bedroom. just needs the carpet tiles re-laying but IU've had enough for now. Down side, the only place to cut the wood for the new panelling is .... in the wheelhouse, so now there is not just heaps of stuff everywhere which has been evicted from the cabinet where new pipework has gone but it's all now covered in sawdust as well
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2022 19:21:29 GMT
Sounds like you had a better and more productive day than me john with a little v !. It was rather more than a bit windy and rainy here and I'm on a hardstanding. Between downpours managed to get the bow rubbed down and a coat of primer down most of one gunwale side. Another coat of blacking tomorrow, weather permitting. Must admit, I was quite tempted to get the soap out but as there are a fair few residential moorers here and the slip puts your boat at the crest of the hill and consequently in full view I thought better of frightening the natives!
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Post by pattyann57 on Oct 5, 2022 19:23:52 GMT
Sounds like you had a better and more productive day than me john with a little v !. It was rather more than a bit windy and rainy here and I'm on a hardstanding. Between downpours managed to get the bow rubbed down and a coat of primer down most of one gunwale side. Another coat of blacking tomorrow, weather permitting. Must admit, I was quite tempted to get the soap out but as there are a fair few residential moorers here and the slip puts your boat at the crest of the hill and consequently in full view I thought better of frightening the natives! How much longer will it take you? bit cold here today in the squalls, I cut the walk short and let the dogs play in the house
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2022 19:26:41 GMT
Too long
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Post by JohnV on Oct 5, 2022 19:29:57 GMT
like the question "how long did it take you to do your boat up" ?
(my answer "damn near 25 years and with luck I will finish it one day")
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2022 19:39:54 GMT
Sounds like you had a better and more productive day than me john with a little v !. It was rather more than a bit windy and rainy here and I'm on a hardstanding. Between downpours managed to get the bow rubbed down and a coat of primer down most of one gunwale side. Another coat of blacking tomorrow, weather permitting. Must admit, I was quite tempted to get the soap out but as there are a fair few residential moorers here and the slip puts your boat at the crest of the hill and consequently in full view I thought better of frightening the natives! How much longer will it take you? bit cold here today in the squalls, I cut the walk short and let the dogs play in the house I've paid for a week, pattyann57. Getting the boat in and out of the water takes up half a day at each end so there's not much time for reflection....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2022 19:44:32 GMT
Sounds like you had a better and more productive day than me john with a little v !. It was rather more than a bit windy and rainy here and I'm on a hardstanding. Between downpours managed to get the bow rubbed down and a coat of primer down most of one gunwale side. Another coat of blacking tomorrow, weather permitting. Must admit, I was quite tempted to get the soap out but as there are a fair few residential moorers here and the slip puts your boat at the crest of the hill and consequently in full view I thought better of frightening the natives! How much longer will it take you? bit cold here today in the squalls, I cut the walk short and let the dogs play in the house Lovely new avatar pattyann57! Bet you're looking forward to your upcoming break in the current climate x
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Post by phil70 on Oct 5, 2022 23:28:45 GMT
Never trust someone who says Hard Work Never Hurt Anyone. It bloody well does! 😎😂 Blacking and anti-fouling is about the worst part of boat ownership 🔨🔨🔨😔 Yeah - and this hardstanding is the pits! A great slipway, a good place to be - but only about a foot off the ground!! I think I have more blacking in my hair from crawling under the swim than there is left in the drum for the next coat. AND their showers aren't working AND neither is my hookup.... Boats, bloody boats - who'd have one? I would (sigh)
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Post by pattyann57 on Oct 6, 2022 6:33:37 GMT
How much longer will it take you? bit cold here today in the squalls, I cut the walk short and let the dogs play in the house Lovely new avatar pattyann57 ! Bet you're looking forward to your upcoming break in the current climate x yes... I need a break away from quite a lot really..
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2022 18:40:09 GMT
If anyone is remotely interested - and to be honest I'm losing the will to live so I appreciate it is hardly riveting news - I have now, despite the deluges, managed three coats of blacking. Gunwale sides primed, undercoated and first topcoat done. No fingernails left, very little sleep due to the high from whatever they put in the paint/thinners/spirit these days, hardly any vertebrae still functioning in the right order, even the zip on my overalls is refusing to play any longer... SO looking forward to floating again.... How's yours going, quaysider?
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