Maintainence

[Wansworth]

Just finished watching a vid by Leo on Tally Ho and realize I haven’t made a jobs list yet .Thankfully a Dufour 24 stationary in a marina doesn’t generate as much work as a 50 foot gaff cutter at sea .Thatsaid I need to check the mooring lines for chafe sithe boat stays attached to the pontoon .There are two marineros who keep an eye on things a blessing in windy weather when we are three hours away.There are some major jobs to be done involving the companion way hatch as it leaks through money saving bad design on the part of the builder.Anyway Leo’s vid about maintenance was a heads up on attending even minor issues and having some planned maintenance schedule

 

[Stemar]

Leo's to-do list is an excellent example of why don't own a beautiful wooden boat. My list for our ugly plastic one is bad enough.

 

[veshengro]

Laying up was a memorable event for me this year, taking the mainsail off my Gunter rigged open boat. The sail cover had been undisturbed for a few weeks and once that was off I started to shake out the main prior to unlacing it. 14 dozy Wasps fell out!! So many I counted them. This was the end of October and I think they had all crept under cover to spend the winter. None could fly, they just stumbled around so they were easy to evict.

 

[LittleSister]

. . . Thankfully a Dufour 24 stationary in a marina doesn’t generate as much work . . .

It's obviously been a while since you owned a boat, isn't it?

. . . Anyway Leo’s vid about maintenance was a heads up on attending even minor issues and having some planned maintenance schedule

I'm all in favour of maintenance schedules. There are few things better than sitting in front of a warm fire drawing up a boat job list, and as a result I have many of them.

I must get round to doing some of those jobs one day.