What launching our sailboat wrecked. #6 (My nerves. It was my nerves)
May 01, 2018 by Ryan & Sophie Sailing | Language: EN Play Time: 00:11:39 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
But not our boat, thankfully! Got a couple of close calls though….
Anyways, after two months spent working non-stop on Polar Seal, it was time to launch her! The problem was… Ryan was very close to forget mentioning that he had removed the anodes before he left for Singapore.
I didn’t even know what “anodes” were before he told me that they were not on the boat, and that it was important to have them on before the launch. An anode is a piece of metal whose role is to corrode before other metals onboard that have an actual function.
The only function of an anode is to corrode. Ours was corroded to the max, and it was more than time for a new one (so I learned…)
Ryan had ordered a new anode, that I picked while he was traveling. I was tasked with making sure that it fitted before launch day. Everything appeared to be OK, but I was so clueless about the whole thing that I totally missed the fact that the anode, in fact, did NOT fit.
Ryan came home two days before the boat launch and found out that the anode was the wrong size. That created a bit of a situation. Magnus, who has been saving our butts many times at this point, saved us once again by making the holes in the anode big enough for it to fit. We placed it back the day before splashday, and prayed the sikaflex that holds it in place had enough time to cure.
The launch itself went fast and was very efficient, but the anode got us nervous.
That said, Ryan is like a kid when the big truck and the big crane come to lift the big boat. Big toys for a big kid!
Having the boat in the water is a relief. The anode did not leak, but the day wasn’t over. We still had to park Polar Seal in her slip! The wind had picked up quite a bit, making the job a lot more challenging than we had wished.
Polar Seal almost crashed against another boat at the first attempt. Ryan took a little breather out the marina and came to successfully park Polar Seal at the second attempt.
Being back in the water feels AMAZING! We now have a lot more work (surpriiiise!) ahead of us to put Polar Seal back in shape before we leave Stockholm at the end of May.
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