Boat Spa 2017

The date 3rd of May has been on our horizon for such a long time. It's the date we booked for the boat beauticians. Since we were the first lift for the day we pulled into the hauling out bay the night before and we were greeted to a stunning and still dawn. A lucky break considering there was a strong wind warning for later in the day.

 

Zofia being wrangled into the slings while The Bloke looked on

First look of the undercarriage

Bit of a pressure spray before being taken to her maintenance bay

  The deconstructed bow thruster

The old anode.

We were rather pleased with the look of it, even though it had been on for 2 years. We replaced it anyway.

 

Anti-fouling is just a horrid job and the weather wasn't too good either.

 International Micron, our ablative antifoul paint, has a new formula and The Bloke found it easier to apply this year.

  Not a happy sight.  

A rig inspection showed that the swage on the Portside lower outer stays had a problem. It had only been installed 357 days before and should be good for 10 years! Thankfully, it was replaced under warranty.

Vantage of The Bloke's neatly stacked 'stuff' on pallets.

  New plastic Tru-Design ball valves were also on the hit list.   

Despite having bought all the ball valves we needed (including their special tools) so we could swap out the majority on the various through-hull fittings, only the one under the forward sink got done.  It took The Bloke hours and he didn't even yell for the F5#k Box! He did declare however that he wasn't doing another.