Today is Friday, the fifth day in the boat yard.
Yesterday Roberto came to do preventative maintenance on our PYI folding propeller. He found that the prop was loose and could be moved slightly fore and aft on the shaft. This is not good. He removed the prop and checked the shaft for faults or cracks. The shaft is good, no problems (big sigh of relief) but the prop attachment needed to be fixed to remove the play. This involved cutting a quarter inch off the end of the shaft and reinstalling the prop (ka'ching). Now the prop is installed, greased and ready for anti-barnacle coating to be applied.
Rodolfo compounded and waxed the topsides including the transom. Windarra looks very shiny. It was another ka'ching but worth it.
Rich removed the galley sink drains and tried to get replacements at Home Depot. Unfortunately our sinks are not standard so the replacements did not fit. Rich was returning the replacement back to the store when he was rear ended while waiting at a stop light. The errant driver of the van that hit him was apparently distracted and did not even try to stop before hitting Rich in the Subaru which was pushed into the car in front about 5 feet away and that car hit yet another car in front of it. Rich is okay but we can not longer open the rear hatch of the Subaru. Luckily everyone has insurance. After we finish with the boat yard we will have to deal with getting the car fixed but at least someone else will be paying for it.
Last night we had dinner at a small Thai restaurant in Point Richmond. The food was great and we almost had the place to ourselves.
Today I cleaned the section of the shaft inside the engine compartment also known as getting up close and personal with your engine. I don't want to do this very often. Rich got new zincs and painted the holes with fingernail polish, Racy Red. This is to limit the sacrificial zincs near the mounting holes so they do not fall off. Rodolfo was able to roll on bottom paint on the starboard side of Windarra and put a barrier coat on the shoe and strut.
Life in the boat yard goes on....
Elaine and Rich
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