timbad
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?Thanks Tim
I put your two tubs in your Paniol so if we get short we can always raid your shed.
????Thanks Tim
I put your two tubs in your Paniol so if we get short we can always raid your shed.
?Thanks Tim
I put your two tubs in your Paniol so if we get short we can always raid your shed.
????Thanks Tim
I put your two tubs in your Paniol so if we get short we can always raid your shed.
PS: interesting video, btw. Those Spanish mechanics must be pretty confident on what they are doing, to pull the engine with a chain not locked on the crane hook - hence potentially at risk of sliding!
Very much looking forward to seeing pictures of your latest project. Make sure you both have sun cream on if you are outside all day ?Yep - they move engines bigger that this regularly.
I thought the same as you but I let them get on with the job.
There are about 150 fishing boats in this area that they service/maintain.
And I am told that they often have to move/replace engines - thats what they do.
Actually, they are also the main Volvo Penta dealer in the area - well respected.
BTW - I didn't actually deny that the job was with the deck - more clue to follow.
It is a lovely start to the day so we will be working outside today.
Can you access data of how many cases / deaths in your locality ? Compare that to home ?
Who do you work with there Julian and which marina?I've been in touch with the chap in mallorca who looks after my boat and organises all my maintenance, he says they cant do any work as they're all confined to their houses, not allowed to go to work or the marina. So no chance to do anything on the boat until mid april at earliest.
It also suggests that nobody is in the marina keeping an eye on things
Boat is in port adriano, with ponent yatesWho do you work with there Julian and which marina?
PM sent.Boat is in port adriano, with ponent yates
I'd be surprised if the marineros aren't still working. I'll email my marina.It also suggests that nobody is in the marina keeping an eye on things
Very much looking forward to seeing pictures of your latest project. Make sure you both have sun cream on if you are outside all day ?
I don't think it's actually a big mistake of Princess/Watsons, M.When Princess installed the teak side decks (I believe they are made by Watsons), they build a join in the middle.
To make it look good, they "tooth" the planks so that every other one is longer that the other.
IMO, this is a mistake.
Water penetrates the gap and to make the matter worse, they screw the loose ends down.
You were rather optimistic in this respect.So, this week, we had to drill out every screw hole and fill it with Epoxy
A job that I didn't expect but needed doing.
Yup, but not all of them, C.even the Taiwanese stopped that practice many years before.
Yup, but not all of them, C.
I've seen a 2007 Trader whose deck was entirely covered with teak, using more screws than you can even imagine!
Well, it depends, obviously.Water trapped inevitably between the layers , wether OEM teak , new teak or artificial is that really a problem ?
Yes appreciate that, the balsa core thing soaking and decks turning into trampolines , but my point is water ingress into the topsides potentially can come from loadsa other sources and taken into perspective what’s happening below the WL as well .Well, it depends, obviously.
But in the worst case, if a sandwich GRP deck gets soaked inside, you can end with what is usually called a "soft deck", where the structural sandwich stiffness is compromised.
And when that happens, it's too late for re-sealing, and you can only cut and remove the whole upper GRP layer, replace all the sandwich material, and re-glass the upper layer on top - see example below.
'Fiuaskme, I'd rather have osmosis on the hull...!
Naah, I'm not advocating anything.Just feels like to me , that you are advocating everyone with a covered deck surface is eventually doomed