Moon Glow Haulout Notes

May 2011

1. Left CGSC with Randy at 9:30-10:00am on Monday 30th May 2011. Got to Brickhill 11:50am, and got good bridge openings. Must remember to take handheld radio so it's possible to radio the bridges without going downstairs.
2. Looked at Austral, but it was cramped and did not have a decent travel-lift, so we went back to Hurricane Cove.
3. Hauled out ($300). The stern strap has to be carefully placed, between the centreboard and the rudder - it just fits.
4. Pressure wash ($60 + $45 EPA) delayed until Tuesday morning because the pressure washer was busted. Did everything, including trunk. Maybe it would be a good idea to pull out the centreboard beforehand, if possible.
5. Scraped Monday. Sanded Tuesday morning with the jitter sander - that's the right type of sander for the job - very easy. Sand just enough to remove the barnacle rings. Left the areas under the stands until after painting the whole other areas.
6. Bill found some small blisters, which he fixed on Wednesday/Thursday with Randy's epoxy. The two pump system for mixing the epoxy makes it easy to get the right ratio. Cleaned the blister holes with acetone to dry them, before epoxying.
7. Jonathan at the yard offered to repair the hull damage, which was a good deal ($240 (after starting at $200 for only the starboard side, agreed $225 for both sides, pain $240 to get perfect service)).
8. Randy and I fixed the drain seacock by taking off the handle and hitting the shaft with a hammer. In retrospect that could have been done in the water, but I was nervous to play with that seacock in the water because it's below the waterline.
9. Started painting on Wednesday, using Trinidad SR ($100 from Dania flea market), then Trinidad Pro ($240 from Hurricane Cove - they charge a $100 fee if you don't buy some paint from them).
   • Used 1.5 gallons in total.
   • Mixed in mildew treatment bought at Shell Lumber ($5?) - one small bottle per gallon.
   • Thinned 5-10% with lacquer thinners for the main areas.
   • Bill brought rollers and trays - need 6" rollers for in the trunk and doing water line, full size rollers elsewhere,
   • Must stir paint before each pour from the can - use a drill with stirring fitting - Bill brought.
   • Brushes can be left full of paint overnight in water. Use a large soda bottle for the large roller.
10. Painted waterline with two extra coats before other parts.
11. Dropped out the centreboard, sanded board, cleaned trunk, and painted with three coats of non-thinned paint. That might have been overkill?
12. Painted hull except stand areas and blisters on Wednesday/Thursday, with help from Bill and Renny. Roll and tip seriously makes it smoother - I'm now a believer.
13. Moved the stands and support blocks to sand and paint those areas. Next time the centreboard will go up all the way, so we can get at the area between the centreboard and the rudder - it was not done this time, so I'll see barnacles there.
14. Bill fixed the keel damage with epoxy and strand mat. Taped plastic on it while drying to get a smooth finish, which was sanded before painting.
15. Cleaned the prop with pool acid, and did an undercoat of paint bought at West Marine ($25)
16. Painted the prop and blister areas at the end.
17. On Thursday I booked for a 1pm splash on Friday. That does have to be booked - luckily I asked about payment on Thursday, and the lady told me I needed to book a slot. Must remember to do this.
18. Did fixes on the centreboard cable connection to the board. Removed the old hose loop, inserted an eye bolt, and put a thimble on the cable with a Nicopress. That turned out to not work right, because the fittings would not let the centreboard go up fully. Drilled and cut out the hole in the trunk some more, which helped but not enough. Subsequently, after getting back to CGSC, found out that the cable got jammed somewhere in this process. We should have checked it while in the yard, damn it. Still to be fixed as of June 2011.
19. Put new hose clamps on the rudder post (with some effort!)
20. Installed a prop nut and zinc. Bill had drilled out the hole in the shaft earlier, so the pin would go in easily enough.
21. Installed a new engine zinc. It leaked when the engine was started, so I added Teflon tape and tightened - that worked.
22. Paid the bill. Got charged two days of extra workers ($30) and two days of use of Jonathan's scaffold ($30 unexpected).
23. Splashed at 1pm on Friday 3rd June.
24. After splash, checked all in water fittings.
    • Rudder
    • Shaft
    • Seacocks (and should do any other through-hull fittings).
25. Tipped Jonathan ($20)
26. Renny helped with the down river trip - it really does need two people to make life easy. Got reasonable bridge openings, and got back to CGSC around 4pm. 1pm is a good splash time.
27. Next time, check EVERYTHING before splashing (see the tale of the centreboard above).