January 17, 2023 - Van Isles, BC - On the hard

January 17,  2023 - Van Isles, BC - On the hard

Raven was smoothly slipped back into the water on Monday morning, the 16th, with Alex checking for leaks from the stabilizers or thru-hull.  After getting back in the water it was off for a sea trail for Brad to verify stabilizer functionality had not been affected - all systems are working as expected.  Finalization of the Garmin GT23M-TH transducer installation was completed by Aaron as well.

Tuesday, the 16th, was spent with Tom resolving the 120V trash compactor and galley outlet plugs.  Turns out it was very simple, the common wire had not been relocated from the 120V to the inverter bus.  Keith continued making progress on hull and cap rail paint repairs.

And today Tom and Aaron worked on the installation of the Marathon MBB300C black control box and connecting it our Garmin navigation system.  A bit later Tim was assigned to install the non-skid on our interior stairs as Kirk remove the Portuguese door for repair.  When Kirk got into the door hinges he found aluminum backing plates.  Apparently this is not the ideal approach as the aluminum tends to break down causing damage from inside the door resulting in the face sheets cracking.  The solution is to remove the plates and use a fiberglass plug in place of the aluminum plates.

As our plan requires us to leave on Friday, we will be leaving the door behind for repair and will need to return to have it reinstalled.

Exposing one of the door hinges

Damage from the dissolving door hinge

Philbrooks – January   Jamie Hansen/Ian Collombin 

Nick (Electrical)

·       Install new Garmin PS-51 forward looking sonar                                                                       

·       Replace failing Garmin GT23M-TH  transducer                                                                                                

·       Install Maretron MBB300C                                                                                                       

·       Trash compactor/galley outlet wiring corrections

 

Shawn (Paint)   Eric (Haulout & transducer install)  Jeff/Alex (Wesmar seals & seacock)

·       Relocate black water seacock                                                                                                                                    

·       Replace stabilizer seals – R&R                                                                   

·       Inspect bow – log strike

·       Inspect and re-paint hull bottom paint   (Bring 3 gallons of Trinidad XSR - black)

·       Inspect and re-paint stabilizer paint  (Bring 1 gallon Trinidad SR – Red)

·       Inspect and treat propeller with PropSpeed; applied in June 2020

·       Inspect and repair Awlgrip paint

o   Black hull paint / swim step area /thru-hull – scratches/rub marks

o   White cap rails and Portuguese bridge area – thin paint wearing off

Jesse/Noah (Weld/Mechanical)

·       Repair CE/S portlight window peg (possible spot weld of peg back to frame)        

·       Repair pulpit rail  dent ( rail shape 44 X 33 mm)                                                                          

·       Install lightweight/removable kayak davit

·       Reinforce 25 kW generator base    (1/8” X 4” X 62” stainless steel  strap)                                                      

 

Les (F/G repair)

·       Repair Portuguese bridge door                                                                                             

 

Danny (A/C service)

·       Service air conditioners (salon - LP alarm)                                                             

 

Cormack (Wood)  Shawn (Paint)

·       Interior wood repairs - touch-up

·       Interior wood repair window frame

·       Sanding teak swim step

 

·       Remove Winslow Life Raft for Servicing