Tuesday 19 June 2018

Time for a lift out

Last time I went out Tallula was struggling to reach hull speed let alone maintain it. In fact since I brought her she did seem a bit slow and I have no idea when she was last anti-fouled but, I suspect it was years ago.

The moment she was lifted out of the water it was clear that a scrub and anti-foul was overdue.




Out she comes 




As you can see she is really bad

The first thing I did was to give her a good jet wash to get of as much as I could. The yard turns the electric of after 17:00 due to noise complaints and it was already 16:00. After jet washing only one anode was still visable well what was left of it. I really did regret not bringing a change of cloths as I was covered in mud and barnicles. Next time I will bring spare cloths and wear protective eye wear as my eyes were hit several times from flying debris.


 I was shocked how bad she was below the waterline.




Getting the worst done before scraping



After the jet wash

It was nice to see that Tallula's hull was in good condition and the prop still sounded like a bell when I hit it with a key. I still had lots to do.





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