ep48 - Boat maintenance - Herrington Harbour North (MD) – Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay - Nov 2018

s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) leaves Edgewater near Annapolis to have 3 weeks of boat maintenance in the boatyard at Herrington Harbour North. The key objectives were to repair the collision damage on the bow, gunwale, keel and rudder, new anti-fowl and lots of other jobs on the list. Not all goes to plan but we do complete the following: - Repair to gel coat and teak gunwale - Repair to the keel and rudder - Polishing and applying Ceramic Pro to the hull and topsides - Servicing the Side Power bow thruster inside and out - Servicing the 26” folding Gori propeller - Re newing the Cutlass bearing - Adjusting the stern gland - Servicing various raw water fittings in the engine room - Fixing leaks under the water heater - Servicing the genoa and cutter hydraulic Furlex’, upper and lower units - Improving and servicing the Selden goose-neck and the boom and mast vang fittings - Rig inspection and repair to cutter halyard - Making chocks for the R134 gas bottle - Adjusting rudder height (dropping 2 mm) - Repairing cockpit tent from when it got wound into a winch - Fitting new speakers in the saloon - Buying bottom paints supplies for Antigua - Removing rusty anchor chain links - Repairing VHF and SSB antennas - Finding and solving the elusive fresh water leak into the bilge - Filling and fitting new composite gas bottles - Doing battle with birds and their poo! - Testing new drone 15 Oct - 6 Nov 2018