After 9th of April

[northeast1]

Well thats the outside of the boat completed and the stuffing box done, few more engine things to do and a deck clean then ready...

 

[mark]

what did you paint the prop with?

 

[el_sid]

nice job mate, looks brand new

 

[northeast1]

Flag paint that states for prop use for under 25knots hard wearing...never lasts long anyway whatever you put on it..better than nothing at all.

 

[basscatcherbob]

after 9th april

after 9th april

hi ritchie , fantastic job mate looks the business

 

[Norman]

you painted the prop

 

[lingking]

after 9th april

after 9th april

looks good like new in fact

 

[Norman]

nice rich (apart from the prop - you obviously got that idea from Dave M) - still, no probs if you dont mind 2kts less speed and 10p more cost/mile

Looking good, shame you (we) cant get to sea this weekend to give it a blast.

norm

 

[Marc]

you painted the prop

He learnt that from his mate, Mr Mason sorry, that was the life buoy wasn't it!

Has that dried yet Dave?

Who was it that painted the prop?

 

[Marc]

Think our posts crossed Norman, ha ha

 

[Norman]

lol marc, too true .....


take it back out rich and take the paint off... it should look like this :-

only kidding


norm

 

[mark]

hope there's not loads of copper in that antifoul on the prop then...

 

[Norman]

electrifying....

 

[northeast1]

Cant see it as it states on the tin for prop and areas or high water flow, it was painted when i purchased it with a older version of the same stuff. As for speed :0) when you see how quick the weed grows and how much was on the whole hull, i cant see 1mm of antifoul paint slowing me down that much

Anyone know where to get some paint to taffy up the arvor badge on the back? it is hand painted on, i watched someone next to me hand painting over his and it came out great.

To be honest the lock gates being closed is making me feel good as i am not ready for the season yet, could things i need to do in the boat that will take a few hours and back to work Sunday for 7 days soild.

Mind nice catch report from close in, great to see the 1st one with a bag of codling in it roll in.

 

[Norman]

It's not how much paint you have on rich its the surface .... polished = no drag, yeah it gets fouled then your back to normal, but its nice for the first few months to have a dragless prop, bearing in mind the tip speed can be approaching 100mph .......

thinking now I should have had slinky kate out this week as well, never mind will do that in july for a couple of days.


norm

 

[canman]

Wow, you don't hang about. She's looking great.

 

[Iva-Cod-on]

Lookin good rich

 

[oldessox]

Take no notice of them Rich , she looks fabulous (apart from the prop ) only kidding , I wouldn't know whether to paint a prop or not , but I'd be proud to see my boat looking like that .

Ray

 

[Kev1n]

It was looking good when you had the lift-in today Rich. For what it's worth, I'm going to paint my prop tomorrow - once I've wire brushed off the remaining grunge. Thanks for the loan of the cable it will make the brushing a lot easier instead of rushing home to recharge the cordless drill.

I figure that the prop was so mucky and rough that cleaning it back to smooth metal then sealing with a purpose made prop paint can only help performance. It must work better than a prop caked in rough crud. Worst that can happen is that all the paint is quickly washed off; the paint only warns about needing care, and priming, with aluminium fittings.

 

[northeast1]

Yer it was nice to meet you, next time if we are lucky it will be at sea with a fish box full, paying for that rolling around on the stones, feel sore all over