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Post by dogless on Oct 8, 2022 18:58:30 GMT
Well done @metalwoman ... when are you back floating again (and catching up with peace, rest and sleep π)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2022 19:15:38 GMT
Thanks dogless - but it's not over until the flat bottom sinks.... Scheduled for Monday... I dread that - down the slipway, did I ....? is it ....? Then .. one of the best feelings ever - back in the water
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Post by dogless on Oct 8, 2022 19:18:09 GMT
And relax !
It is a great feeling when the floor moves again.
Downhill now for you π
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2022 19:30:10 GMT
On the contrary - onwards and upwards - once all the mess/dust/rubbish is sorted!
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Post by JohnV on Oct 8, 2022 21:27:15 GMT
mess/dust/rubbish, Jesus wept, and well he might if he saw the state of Sabina
I need to get the all the junk stacked everywhere, either back in the cabinets or thrown and my tools sorted and put away.
I have been finishing one or two jobs, then finding new ones to replace them .... it's beginning to seem never ending.
I have decided I will just have to live with the antidiluvian motheaten looking carpet tiles for a bit.
There is no way I can take on renovations of my bedroom for weeks if not months (or years) it would just be too much
It really needs a major job doing including removal of all the cladding and some steel modifications and maybe a Houdini hatch.
(The frames on here are massive, far bigger than any requirement now) and I want to reduce 2 frames down to 3" from the present 12"
frames are spaced at 15" but vary in size, standard are 3" every 4th is 12" and every 16th is 24"
(as I have said before she is built like a battleship)
There are no 16th frames in that section as the first and the 16th are bulkheads.
reduction of the two 12" frames will greatly improve the possible layout options
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Post by pattyann57 on Oct 9, 2022 7:43:40 GMT
mess/dust/rubbish, Jesus wept, and well he might if he saw the state of Sabina I need to get the all the junk stacked everywhere, either back in the cabinets or thrown and my tools sorted and put away. I have been finishing one or two jobs, then finding new ones to replace them .... it's beginning to seem never ending. I have decided I will just have to live with the antidiluvian motheaten looking carpet tiles for a bit. There is no way I can take on renovations of my bedroom for weeks if not months (or years) it would just be too much It really needs a major job doing including removal of all the cladding and some steel modifications and maybe a Houdini hatch. (The frames on here are massive, far bigger than any requirement now) and I want to reduce 2 frames down to 3" from the present 12" frames are spaced at 15" but vary in size, standard are 3" every 4th is 12" and every 16th is 24" (as I have said before she is built like a battleship) There are no 16th frames in that section as the first and the 16th are bulkheads. reduction of the two 12" frames will greatly improve the possible layout options Thats ambitious... Prob best to live with what u have.. And enjoy, instead of working yourself to exhaustion I keep looking round this place and common sense dictates there's stuff needs sorting however as I'm still undecided whether I've chucked anchor for final time, I'm not doing anything unless its absolutely necessary. I have managed to sort the drain out, found dads old broken heavy duty flat headed screwdriver.. drain cover now not as it was but I've cleared as much muck as I could reach down to.. it'll do for now as its draining. Of course then I wore the stench.. washing machine still broken so clothes hand washed and drip dried. Thats my day started.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2022 19:42:07 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? I would (sigh) Lovely to see you back, flappy! How are you, Chris and the Motley Crew, phil70?
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Post by trina on Oct 9, 2022 20:14:43 GMT
mess/dust/rubbish, Jesus wept, and well he might if he saw the state of Sabina I need to get the all the junk stacked everywhere, either back in the cabinets or thrown and my tools sorted and put away. I have been finishing one or two jobs, then finding new ones to replace them .... it's beginning to seem never ending. I have decided I will just have to live with the antidiluvian motheaten looking carpet tiles for a bit. There is no way I can take on renovations of my bedroom for weeks if not months (or years) it would just be too much It really needs a major job doing including removal of all the cladding and some steel modifications and maybe a Houdini hatch. (The frames on here are massive, far bigger than any requirement now) and I want to reduce 2 frames down to 3" from the present 12" frames are spaced at 15" but vary in size, standard are 3" every 4th is 12" and every 16th is 24" (as I have said before she is built like a battleship) There are no 16th frames in that section as the first and the 16th are bulkheads. reduction of the two 12" frames will greatly improve the possible layout options I have found that taking my glasses off makes things look an awful lot better...honest !
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Post by trina on Oct 9, 2022 20:22:10 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? Talking of fingernails,I chopped a load of nearly sad red onions up to freeze on Friday.Quickly washed my hands as was meeting friends at a pub(Sun at Welshampton for those who know the area).Picked up my first pint only to realise I'd got red onion dye down all my nails !πIt looked like I'd been hand harvesting spuds ! π€¦π»ββοΈ
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2022 20:37:20 GMT
You must have looked and smelled stunning compared to me, trina.. Hope you had a good evening and the onions were worth it! Know the Sun well - I've spent very many winters round those parts and lots of time around Hampton Bank. Have silly names for many of my favourite moorings and I refer to the stretch between Clapping Gate and the bend before Hampton Bank as "the overlook" as the view of Bredon is quite lovely and the sunrises/sunsets are amazing....
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Post by phil70 on Oct 9, 2022 22:44:23 GMT
Lovely to see you back, flappy! How are you, Chris and the Motley Crew, phil70? It's good to be back Met Chris and the crew are fine, to be honest I was unaware that I had drifted away to the degree that I had, it was all to do with the toxic atmosphere in the old place .looking forward to a much nicer environment Phil aka Flappy
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Post by dogless on Oct 10, 2022 7:26:58 GMT
Are you back floating @metalwoman ?
Time to find a peaceful mooring and relax ?
Rog
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Post by pattyann57 on Oct 10, 2022 7:43:00 GMT
OK so Mr Fix It Man number 2 is supposedly coming to sort washing machine.. researching its symptoms(as u do) I've concluded that the pump is A K Nackered I may be one of a few who takes dirty washing on holiday to get it done... free tumble drying and washing at Β£2 a machine cycle gotta be a win win (Just gotta hope they are all working)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2022 17:49:00 GMT
Are you back floating @metalwoman ? Time to find a peaceful mooring and relax ? Rog Yes! No! Thanks for asking/remembering. Great to be afloat again but no time to relax as I had to catch up with some boating because it was such a lovely day - and after a week on a hardstanding, at last II could.... Embarrassing to have such immaculate blacking so I scraped through dozens of bridges, worked down three locks and cruised for 10 or 12 miles (to be honest, I also needed supplies). Will, however, chill out now for a couple of days and attempt to get the dust and detritus inside sorted. I think I might have a good night's sleep tonight!
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Post by JohnV on Oct 13, 2022 18:34:51 GMT
First day actually working on the boat again today. yesterday, the first full day back from funeral was mostly spent at the drydock, got a message to please drop in and do some repairs. Fixed three angle grinders (one the lead faulty the other two were both brushes) made up a new 240V extension lead and condemned a couple of 110 leads repair them ? they had to be joking they were scrap, even the plugs and sockets were not worth salvaging !!! I did notice some club fisted individual had managed to snap the lid off one of the outside sockets sigh !!! Anyway today was a work day here, there has been a bit of a ridge on the floor in my bedroom ever since it was first done (15 years ?) was always one of those jobs where I was going to use a round tuit ...... decided to do it before I finished putting the (old and grotty) carpet tiles back. The kelson was about 6 mm or so below the level of the ply butting up to it and it had a strip of 6mm ply laying on it which in theory should have leveled it. when I examined closely it seemed that in two or three places the difference was less. I thought it must be weld lumps or something like that, I suddenly realised that that is the section of kelson that wasn't replaced it's the original 90 plus year old wrought iron, it wasn't weld lumps it was very hard tar or tar varnish !!! With that chipped and scraped off the ply sits perfectly !!! I've put up with that all these bloody years !!! spent the rest of the day clearing up, sorting out the various nut and bolt boxes and putting things away properly. I have been doing too many things at once and everything and everywhere has got into a proper mess, before I start the next stage I need to get everything sorted out and put away properly. Not a bad day .... I can see where I've been
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