Ready to launch and waiting for the tide.

Marigot and Sparling are next and this means many hours work by our members.

Boat Maintenance

An Anode

Badger's Hull Painting

There's more to do later this week on Badger. This was on Friday 28th Jan - new anodes were fitted and the top rail sanded down and painted with thick metallic primer. Two or more top coats onto this after wet sanding plus one top coat on the rest of the hull and Badger is ready to go back in the water.

Derek and Callum scrubbing the deck after deck cleaner has been applied. The foredeck now looks like new - as well it might after these guys spent the whole day on their hands and knees.

British justice at work.

30th Jan.

As ever - a rising wind, flying "bits", and dribbles of water from the "D" section fender made painting Badger's hull a doddle.

Anyway, that's the top coat on the hull done

Working on the hull outdoors in this weather is quite a disjointed process, with members having to be ready to appear at short notice whenever the weather breaks. Callum finishes this side of the antifouling at the bow. The hull has had one coat of black Toplac, but needs another. The rail needs to be filled. Then the white line will be masked out and rollered on.

Last of all, a black line will be painted on Callum.

Hull below water line scraped and anti-fouling applied. Hull above waterline painted. Superstructure T-cut treatment 50% to date. Timber hand rails and trimming treated with teak oil - 80% complete. Fuel tanks, drained, flushed and wiped dry. New fuel lines fitted throughout. New primary fuel pumps fitted. Throttle levers inspected and adjusted. 2 new alternators fitted.1 new starter fitted. Port Turbo charger inspected and declared serviceable. Existing Radar, GPS and Radio removed complete and updated with Navman DSC  Radio and Simrad CX44 Navstation. 2 new impellers fitted. New Fenders purchased. Existing propellers inspected and cleaned. 2 new propellers ordered. Anodes inspected - 2 new anodes purchased and ready to fit. 2 x Prop shaft anodes purchased and fitted. Port wet exhaust inspected and declared serviceable meantime. (Replacement recommended in due course.) Gearbox lubricating oil pumps inspected. Forward bulkhead varnished and/or painted. Port & Starboard engine injectors serviced. Non-slip deck areas jet cleaned. New flare pack purchased and installed. 2005 Almanac purchased and Admiralty Chart 1481 placed on board. Hydro static release ordered. Life raft serviced. Fire extinguishers serviced. Crew lifejackets inspected. Radio Licence renewed. Code certificate - annual declaration made. Passenger carrying Insurance cover confirmed.

Work was commenced on Badger while she was afloat in Tidal Basin. Later she was slipped at Davy Anderson's boatyard to allow work on her hull to begin.

While in Tidal Basin, a Tay Penguin (a species unacknowledged by science, but well known to us) keeps us close company, sheltering from the stiff breeze blowing outside the dock

Testing the new Simrad integrated nav. station.

This combines GPS, Radar, Chart Plotter and depth sounder functions in one unit