Making slow progress
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Sun 17 Apr 2011 11:32
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We have been back on Sea Topaz for nearly three weeks
now. We are working hard and making slow progress.
The new cooker is working well, we managed to sell the
old one for $200.
Duncan has serviced the engine, put five new seacocks in
and serviced the others. He has taken the holding tank out for cleaning and
repair and a few other things.
I have marked the chain with color codes, re-varnished
the galley floor, re-varnished the hatches amongst other things. The last two
days we have scraped and sanded the railings and started to put the expensive
anti rust paint on that we bought in December. Fingers crossed that we don't get
rust area's again. We still have plenty of other things on our list of things to
do to keep us busy while we are waiting for the bevel box, which is part of our
steering system. This is causing a real headache to get fixed. It is currently
awaiting a part in UK. We are eagerly awaiting news from UK and Lewmar.
The weather has been kind to us, hopefully it will last
to finish our paint job.
  The chain and anchor painted and ready to go, floor
boards
varnished Painting
the railings is exhausting work
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