Work, work, work BUT Are We Making Any PROGRESS??? (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 173)

This episode begins with Bill working on the head’s thru-hull for the sink. He is struggling to remove it
for servicing which is a bit of a surprise given that we’ve exercised them before leaving on a 3 week break for the US. Finally after days of fighting with it it’s extracted and ready for servicing along with Calico Skies’ six other seacocks.

Before servicing the seacocks there’s another round of sanding and fairing to do on the boat’s many blisters. Of varying depth the 71 blisters have been glassed but now must be sanded and faired several times until they are smooth. Today we have a team including Big D, Jared, and Marybell to help us with this dirty task and as a team we work the day away.

The next day Bill avoids sanding the keel since he’s already done a zillion hours on the hull and needs a ‘break’. He works on installing the temperature relay for the blower that keeps our Lithium batteries cool when cruising hot places.

Next Bill attacks the thru-hulls beginning with the handles; he uses a wire brush to remove corrosion. Then he cleans the bodies of the seacocks and applies lapping compound and spins the tapered cone in the valve body of each thru-hull. Once that is complete he cleans them again, greases them, and begins the challenging of task of re-installing them again.

After some more sanding and fairing by the team this episode ends with a collage of our life in Cabrales Boat Yard. Riding in the RV with our squad, hanging with our friends on SV Delos and the real life drama of fighting with some super stuck seacocks 🙂

0:00 Intro
0:10 Getting Thru-Hulls Un-Stuck
1:57 Sanding & Fairing
4:12 Installing Temp Relay for our Blower
6:36 Servicing Thru-Hulls
16:31Sanding/Fairing Cycle
19:42 Bloopers

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