SEPTEMBER 2007
Ils ont dû utiliser un "lift" pour le sortir du coin serré où il se trouvait.
On August 31st, even if the hull work is not finished, Marc goes to Dammam to fetch the boat.
They had to use a "lift" to get her out of the tight corner where she was.
The trip went well, and Arch was following the boat.
Marc's experience as a lorry driver is always welcomed
when time comes to back a trailer.
The last meters will be done "by hand".
Here she is in her new "home" for a few weeks.
View from the cockpit.
Ici nous posons les cadènes neuves. Comme vous pouvez le constater en regardant le bras de Marc, il fait très chaud merci !
And there we go, starting to put things back in place !
Here we are putting back the new chain-plates. If you notice Marc's arm, you can see how hot it was !
When it's too hot to work outside, the activity
goes on inside the garage.
Here Marc is cleaning the tracks with a wire brush.
And we have to finish this long process job of filling the blisters and sand the keel. We've decided to do that little by little in between the other tasks, in order not to get sick of it...
Le vert de gris disparait pour laisser apparaître la couleur originale.
Lise starts to clean the bronze with a special cleaning product for all kinds of metals.
The verdigris disappears and soon we can see the original color again.
Some more work inside: Cleaning the turnbuckles.
Le Suburban de Arch est très utile car assez long pour y installer le mât.
Then we go to the beach to fetch the mast in order to have it sandblasted and repainted.
Arch's Suburban is very useful because long enough to put the mast on it.
on peut voir ici la différence entre avant et après...
Lise cleans the outlines of the windows,
we can see the difference between before and after...
Once the outside is done, she has to do the inside.
La ré-installation des tracks du panneau d'écoutille de la descente. Le panneau devra y glisser sans anicroches...
Marc is beginning a job where he had anticipated some problemes... and he was right.
The re-installation of the companionway hatch. The hatch will have to slide gently in the track...
Then we did replace the old hose system with brand new hoses and clips.
And things are going well. Here we're now ready to put the pullpit back in place.
Pendant ce temps, Lise s'affaire à teindre l'escalier de la descente et les planchers intérieurs avec de l'huile de teck.
In the meantime Lise is putting teak oil on the companionway stairs and the inside floors.
Then it's the pushpit's turn.
Ça glisse comme dans du beurre !
After af few days of thinking, having taken off and put back on the tracks 2 to 3 times for adjustments, he succeeded at last !
It slides like a charm !
Here, the filling of the gaps between the chainplates with silicone.
Putting the mast step back in place.
l'ouverture béante vers le fond de la quille.
In the cockpit lockers, Marc puts a board to block
the huge opening towards the bottom of the keel.
pour continuer le travail sur la quille.
When darkness comes, we take out the spotlights
to continue the work on the keel.
It's the dates season !
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