Summer and launch time gets closer. Some steel frames got rid of rust and got some Hammerite paint on them, need still another layer and Hempel multicoat as top paint.
Hull will get white Epifanes, bottom Inter cruiser eco antifouling paint. Autumn will reveal if it really works or if it merely works as growing surface for anything living.
All four planks are fixed, and two pairs of frames are installed. Bilge is painted once and needs another paint layer. Then the engine bed and support bearing of propeller shaft and the shaft system and bilge starts to be ready.
Space where the new engine will sit. Two of Volvo’s fastenings are still visible but will be removed. The engine bed needs to be modified since the old engine is 8 cm wider then the new one. The new engine bed will be longer since the thrust bearing will be istalled to the bed also.
A lot of old paint and stuff was removed with the hot air gun and scraper. It was a bit of work, since the bilge is 1 m deep. Some of the work I left to next weekend. Something to wait for! Behind the old paint was redish brown mahogany, still intact after 60 years. Good.
Today the engine moved in the boat one meter up and two backwards. At least now it feels that the worst part is over.
I used the main boom, blocks and rope to move it. Was a little bit of a struggle but now it is out. Now it needs to be lifted up some more and then sideways (what a great movie!) two meters and three meters down to the ground. Tomorrow I need to clean the bilge under the engine of some oil and plan how to do the final lift to get the engine to the ground.
