Major Catastrophe
Well-Known Member
Been a busy day. Published the magazine today and everything went so smoothly so I found myself at a loose end at around two thirty.
Whilst I had help at hand, I decided to fit the KeelGuard today, as it wasn't raining, instead of waiting for Saturday. I did the final clean and then used a card template to mark the area where the adhesive activator had to be applied.
I noticed that the card template folded along the edges as it bent around the curve of the keel and started to lose my bottle as I had visions of the keel guard doing the same.
I called GMT Marine to ask about this and got a ten minute tutorial on how to fit it, you know, all those little tricks the instruction leaflet fails to mention. He told me that the KeelGuard plastic actually compresses as it turns corners so the edges will not ruck.
A very helpful man and true to his word, it didn’t. In fact it is quite amazing watching it as it goes on.
Anyway after a couple of hours works and with aching shoulders and fingers, the job was done. So thanks to GMT Marine , who really do deserve a mention. Pleased I am now protected from all those knocks and scrapes with the trailer and hopefully some of those logs that inhabit the Menai Straights during spring tides.
Tomorrow, the primer and anti-foul goes back on and then the trailer is reintroduced to the boat. Fingers crossed I don’t drop it.
That leaves Sunday, Monday and Tuesday to do all the other jobs and hopefully I will be ready to take boat to Bradwell Marina in Essex on Thursday for Easter, if the weather forecast is not too bad.
Who else will be at Bradwell over Easter?
Whilst I had help at hand, I decided to fit the KeelGuard today, as it wasn't raining, instead of waiting for Saturday. I did the final clean and then used a card template to mark the area where the adhesive activator had to be applied.
I noticed that the card template folded along the edges as it bent around the curve of the keel and started to lose my bottle as I had visions of the keel guard doing the same.
I called GMT Marine to ask about this and got a ten minute tutorial on how to fit it, you know, all those little tricks the instruction leaflet fails to mention. He told me that the KeelGuard plastic actually compresses as it turns corners so the edges will not ruck.
A very helpful man and true to his word, it didn’t. In fact it is quite amazing watching it as it goes on.
Anyway after a couple of hours works and with aching shoulders and fingers, the job was done. So thanks to GMT Marine , who really do deserve a mention. Pleased I am now protected from all those knocks and scrapes with the trailer and hopefully some of those logs that inhabit the Menai Straights during spring tides.
Tomorrow, the primer and anti-foul goes back on and then the trailer is reintroduced to the boat. Fingers crossed I don’t drop it.
That leaves Sunday, Monday and Tuesday to do all the other jobs and hopefully I will be ready to take boat to Bradwell Marina in Essex on Thursday for Easter, if the weather forecast is not too bad.
Who else will be at Bradwell over Easter?
