Las Palmas

Gran Canaria

26th September 2010

 

 

I returned to the boat around 20.30 Monday 25th September, having had shaft / problems? we left the boat ashore for 10 days at the end of our last visit

Got some help from John Crouch to sort out anode/seacock/propeller stripper/ Dynaplate checked what we could and re launched  for test sail

Unfortunately we had complete Gear failure and had to get towed to berth N39 (a good but not our permanent berth)

 

Beastly job to remove Gear Box from Perkins M90 and had to fashion a thick steel plate to drive out with wedges and had success on second day

I will bring it back on Monday ( 20 kilos of it )to service in Southampton . Hopefully it can be otherwise a replacement takes eight weeks and to late for the ARC would be already started

So NEXT WEEK determines the events later this year

 

Lots of other jobs done from a never ending list enhanced by ARC requirements

If all goes well with refitting gear box and other engine problems (heat exchanger gasket and seawater pipe joiners which all leak) we will re berth on I Pontoon, fill up with fuel and get more Gas 

Esta lueago (need re spell)

Guy