Fitting anodes without a lift out

[Nauti Fox]

An advantage of a drying berth, if anyone thinks its dangerous and shouldn't be done then you're welcome to your opinion.
It was a matter of waiting for a reasonable spring tide then £10.00 wetsuit on, tools in a bucket and off I slopped through the Medway mud for a brief lie down.
Fortunately the adenoids (as someone at the marina calls them) are situated well outboard and theres only two of them, so 15 minutes mudlarking and job done.....apart from the hosing down afterwards.

 

[Alrob]

I often wonder if drying berths put much stress on shafts, P brackets & rudders etc etc !!

 

[Nauti Fox]

We've been drying out there for five years now with no problems.

 

[JohnRob]

I'd never thought of doing that intentionally(!) but does your boat have some sort of keel or are you resting on the props and p brakets (ie are they sinking into the mud)?

I have often wondered what I would do if I got caught out in an estuary eg Carteret as the tide was ebbing......

 

[Nauti Fox]

I wouldn't do it anywhere I didn't know, the mud here is very, very soft so the boat sits down on the hull pushing props, rudders etc down into the mud.

It sits leaving the top of the props/rudders visible.

 

[Rabbit]

Great

I can get my boat over when ever you are ready.

I knew that someone would be able to do it for me.

Thanks.

kind regards,

Les.

 

[Rabbit]

AAhhhhhhh

Oh but of course,

That`s why you have got a bath on board,

For just such occasions.

Clever design by them pessky yanks.

have a nice day.

Les.

 

[Nauti Fox]

Lovely hot shower afterwards!

 

[Rabbit]

Well done

Well I for one think that its a credit to you.

Real hands on boating.

Working (not thinking) out of the box.

Take care,

have a nice day,

Les.

ps, Love the boat,
I should have bought the one over our side(short of funds).

Ha Ho.

 

[Divemaster1]

I prefer to go diving myself ... far less messy!! LOL

 

[Nauti Fox]

Ah yes, but its like swimming around in a cup of tea round these parts, and not Earl Grey.

 

[oldgit]

"like cup of tea round these parts"

A very accurate description if I might say so,seemed impolite to refuse when you offered a cup of the stuff in your workshop the other day.

 

[whisper]

An advantage of a drying berth, if anyone thinks its dangerous and shouldn't be done then you're welcome to your opinion.
It was a matter of waiting for a reasonable spring tide then £10.00 wetsuit on, tools in a bucket and off I slopped through the Medway mud for a brief lie down.
Fortunately the adenoids (as someone at the marina calls them) are situated well outboard and theres only two of them, so 15 minutes mudlarking and job done.....apart from the hosing down afterwards.

Yep, we do ours on our drying berth as well. Two on trim tabs, two on SS tubing that supports the bathing platform plus outdrive bars and ring. Very handy way of saving a significant cost. Don't even need a wet/dry suit, waders will do in our situation.

 

[ningram]

Wet Suits? Waders?

Just Gerrin there in your shreddies and get the job done!

LOL

Nice work Al

 

[Nauti Fox]

I don't think I have a pair of undercrackers that can be seen in public.
Saying that, the difficult part of the exercise was peeling myself out of the wetsuit on the pontoon and getting a towel to cover up the dangly bits asap.