jeudi 12 janvier 2012

Back to shipyard

So, I have the Lady C back in the garage. I had to work on few things. First, while on the road with the centerboard up, it ripped out the strap winch from it's support. So I reinforced the support with 3 layers of fiber glass an re-installed the winch. Then, the canopy continues to deformed itself. I originally covered the outside wood strips with one layer of fiber glass and painted the inside. Obviously, the internal side of the wood strip continue to see humidity level changes and this make it move. So decided to sand inside as well an laid one layer of fiber glass inside. The port side mid ship cleat had a airline crack, caused by the tow boat when pulling on it to turn around the Lady C. So I repaired that as well. I noticed when sailing up wind, that I had water coming on deck and some of it always flowed along the canopy/deck seam and on to the bench where wetted our buts. So installed a deflector to keep bench dry. I sent the motor for repair and got it back. It had water ingress through one plug and they replaced the complete motor, as warranty. The main sail was repaired. I had the rope removed and replaced with slides. The jib is intact and the spin is trashed. The new mast is on it's way to Houston... The insurance reimbursed everything, towing, sails, new mast... I just need to repair the few things above and put things back together.