Attached are some photos of last week's work:
- New spray dodger
- New bimini. Sides that can be zipped on and rolled up are on the way, as well as a "crossover" piece between the bimini and the dodger.
- The bimini has a window so that we can see the masthead from the steering position
- Port water tank, in need of new outlet pipe.
- This is the the unit that I had to move last week.
I handed the starboard water tank to Scotty this morning. It is in worse shape, with severe pitting in areas where the metal was against the wood framing. Although the tank wasn't leaking it was about to fail big-time.
2 comments:
Hi Bob
You have been very busy with your yacht. Jim would like to know what kind of wood the stainless steel tank reacted to. Does stainless steel react to most timber?
Thanks
To be honest, I'm not sure what sort of wood is framing the tanks. I know that there is some ply at the ends and it is probably jarrah on the sides.
Not all of the deterioration was due to wood. Some of the inlet and outlet pipes deteriorated around their joints with the tank body. Perhaps the clamped hose and accumulated moisture had something to do with that.
Let's not forget that these tanks have been in place since the boat was built in 1983 - almost 25 years and not too bad for material only 1.6mm thick. Anyway, for my purposes Scotty's repair work should see me out. He is very, very thorough and the tanks will go possibly more than 25 more years because he is installing thicker inlet and outlet pipes and welding patches over the weak areas.
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