Good day!
Task for the evening is to finalise preparations to hoist out the engine for overhaul/replacement.
Itโs an old Volvo penta that so far has seemed reliable, but heavy and with gearing/prop out of ratio. Also it seem to produce way to much power for this boat
Another thing that I need to do is to treat rust under the engine.
#refit
#sailboat
#grownostr 
Good morning!
Back to the fiat mine.
Repurpose and reuse.
This is the rigging of an unknown dinghy that has been laying around. It has been separated from its former companion, so I hope it will serve well as a spinnaker pole. Just need to figure out if the diameter is suited to handle the loads of a much bigger sail.
#sailing
#repurpose
#grownostr

It only uses tungsten tips and is spun around 3000rpm so that the tungsten slams into the steel. Very cost effective. Can remove a bit too much metal if not careful.
Thanks! I will ๐ซก
Good day #nostr
Tool of the day; rotary blaster. Not as good as sandblasting, but does the job. Time to get the rust off!
#steelboat
#boatbuilding
#grownostr 
Done for the day! Will come back to these spots once they are cured.
#grownostr
#boatbuilding
#DIY

Itโs the best feeling!
Come with us sometime. I will be happy to teach โต๏ธ
Good day #nostr
Starting to prep the topsides for coating today.
Had some small to severe cracks in the fairing. They might be caused by thermal expansion or shrinking polyester fairing.
So I will fair with epoxy and choose a lighter colour for this job
#grownostr
#boatbuilding

Prepped, primed and anti fouling.
Months of preparation lead up to two days of painting in total 4 layers on strickt timing.
#boatbuilding
#grownostr
#sailboat 
Tool of the day: impact driver.
Some screws seem impossible and the screw driver will just slip before you can put enough torque on to turn the screw.
The impact driver might help as it turns when giving it a whack with the sledge hammer.
This is the screw holding the cutlass bearing that will need to be replaced.
#tools
#restoration
#boatbuilding
#grownostr 
Wondered when we were going to see prejudice on nostr. Good on you for exercising free speach.
Arch linux, you download only what you need. Awesome wiki also.
Downsides is that you have to choose what to download and might have to configure the parts yourself.
Thanks! Will keep you updated! Looking forward to post from the water as well โต๏ธ
To be honest, I had no intention to buy a fixer upper of this extent. The welding and rotten deck I discovered after I purchased the boat. It was a cheap boat, but not that cheap ๐



