Last Saturday the toilet was removed to enable us to dig out the old silicone in the toilet recess and replace with new.
Whilst the toilet was off the boat the opportunity was taken to strip, clean and service it ready for next season. The inlet pipe was replaced so that all the pipework on the waste system has now been replaced for new.
On Friday Peter took both outdrives down to I.V.S.S Marine in Sandwich, Kent for overhaul. The owner showed Peter around his workshops, and he was very impressed with the workmanship of some completed refurbished drives and overhauled engines. Our outdrives will be going for shot blasting later this coming week after they have had an initial inspection to make sure the gears etc are ok...it is uncommon, but it was the owners duty to advise us that if the gears were chipped then this would add a considerable amount onto the repair bill. Hopefully the gears will be ok, but we are now prepared for the worst should the situation arise. The timescale quoted would be 4 to 5 weeks.
He did state that they had been repaired before, but reassembled very badly with items such as spacers on the steering swivels missing. However he did also suggest that this was most probably where our recent overheating issues lay, as air can be drawn into the swivel when the boat is planing as it is no longer submerged. Tense times lay ahead until he rings us this week with the verdict....
Whilst the toilet was off the boat the opportunity was taken to strip, clean and service it ready for next season. The inlet pipe was replaced so that all the pipework on the waste system has now been replaced for new.
On Friday Peter took both outdrives down to I.V.S.S Marine in Sandwich, Kent for overhaul. The owner showed Peter around his workshops, and he was very impressed with the workmanship of some completed refurbished drives and overhauled engines. Our outdrives will be going for shot blasting later this coming week after they have had an initial inspection to make sure the gears etc are ok...it is uncommon, but it was the owners duty to advise us that if the gears were chipped then this would add a considerable amount onto the repair bill. Hopefully the gears will be ok, but we are now prepared for the worst should the situation arise. The timescale quoted would be 4 to 5 weeks.
He did state that they had been repaired before, but reassembled very badly with items such as spacers on the steering swivels missing. However he did also suggest that this was most probably where our recent overheating issues lay, as air can be drawn into the swivel when the boat is planing as it is no longer submerged. Tense times lay ahead until he rings us this week with the verdict....
