ep48 - Boat maintenance - Herrington Harbour North (MD) – Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay - Nov 2018

s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) leaves Edgewater near Annapolis to have 3 weeks of boat maintenance in the boatyard at Herrington Harbour North. The key objectives were to repair the collision damage on the bow, gunwale, keel and rudder, new anti-fowl and lots of other jobs on the list.
Not all goes to plan but we do complete the following:
– Repair to gel coat and teak gunwale
– Repair to the keel and rudder
– Polishing and applying Ceramic Pro to the hull and topsides
– Servicing the Side Power bow thruster inside and out
– Servicing the 26” folding Gori propeller
– Re newing the Cutlass bearing
– Adjusting the stern gland
– Servicing various raw water fittings in the engine room
– Fixing leaks under the water heater
– Servicing the genoa and cutter hydraulic Furlex’, upper and lower units
– Improving and servicing the Selden goose-neck and the boom and mast vang fittings
– Rig inspection and repair to cutter halyard
– Making chocks for the R134 gas bottle
– Adjusting rudder height (dropping 2 mm)
– Repairing cockpit tent from when it got wound into a winch
– Fitting new speakers in the saloon
– Buying bottom paints supplies for Antigua
– Removing rusty anchor chain links
– Repairing VHF and SSB antennas
– Finding and solving the elusive fresh water leak into the bilge
– Filling and fitting new composite gas bottles
– Doing battle with birds and their poo!
– Testing new drone
15 Oct – 6 Nov 2018