Popular Post jonnyswamp Posted April 24 Popular Post Share Posted April 24 (edited) Targa came out Monday for a bit of TLC and an arse wipe, surprisingly just a bit of slime underneath A few jobs on the list (apart from the usual clean, polish and antifoul) When I fitted a replacement radome, as well as running a new power cable to it, I ran a new cable to the horns (that didn't work) in readiness for lift out time, all tinned cable I'll have you know too Connected at both ends and gave it a try, you'd have thought a freight train was in the yard, success, then 1 horn failed and sounded more like Brum All connections good, so must be the horn, I'm claiming a 50% success rate for this Then fitted the new temp gauge, turned on ignition and needle went straight to zero, which I would expect Haven't got a decent enough water supply to run engine up to temp, so will claim 50% on this as well for the time being Have to resplice the warp to the anchor rode, so dropped it all on the concrete ready for when it dries (the rope) a bit Thought this would also be a good time to remove the gypsy and give the shaft etc a good clean and regrease All went well until I tried to remove the stainless steel prong thing that is supposed to stop the rope from staying on the gypsy and divert it into the anchor locker (it never does on it's own, always needs someone pulling into the anchor locker) First stainless screw just spun in it's threads (aluminium, never a good idea) the second was pretty much welded in and I rounded the Phillips head No problem for an engineer like myself, I simply swore loudly and drilled the bastard thing out, I have now bought some new 6mm bolts (or screws as I called them earlier) and will tap out the base to suit. I've called this a fail for now, but is completely fixable Next was the prop, no dings or hairline cracks that I could see and popped right off on the first request All boxed up tonight and will be winging it's way to Castle marine by end of play tomorrow, 95% on this exercise just incase it wants more than a polish Also what seemed like a few areas of osmosis, were nothing more than water between the antifoul and the gel coat, as the gel was solid and not blistered or raised underneath it Cleaned the grime off her ready for some chine shine tomorrow and a good mopping when the weather allows As we had the jetwash out I thought I'd try and get the lichen/algae off the wood bits on the gunwhales, not easy when the water pressure isn't great and next door is trying to antifoul his sailing boat He was pretty good about it though Anyway, I'm rambling again TBC Chine shine = Oxylic acid Edited April 24 by jonnyswamp Andy135, Dicky, daio web and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 10 hours ago, jonnyswamp said: Next was the prop, no dings or hairline cracks that I could see That's not a pop at one of your countrymen is it Nick? 🤣 daio web, Andy135 and Odyssey 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 32 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said: That's not a pop at one of your countrymen is it Nick? 🤣 Why would you think such a thing 🤔🫣 captin slows old outlaw, GPSguru and daio web 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 55 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: Why would you think such a thing 🤔🫣 🤷🏻♂️ daio web 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 bloody hell you been busy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daio web Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 how did the cutelass bearing look after mate is there any play in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 On 4/26/2024 at 7:05 AM, daio web said: how did the cutelass bearing look after mate is there any play in it No play mate, so that'll be next year's job now 👍 daio web 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 On 4/26/2024 at 7:10 AM, JonC said: The horns have quite a heavy draw. Apparently it’s a common thing that people don’t use heavy enough cable to them and that causes problems. Yes I read similar, I ran new slightly oversize cables I think it's down to the fact that it was a 30 quid horn daio web 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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