Since the 7th of February we have only had 14 dry days, I had used 9 of them for work. There were winter jobs on Elektra which needed dry days to complete but with rain most days, I was finding it dificult getting them done and time is running out.
On the 13th March a dry day arrived which I could use. High water was 0704 and I was down to Elektra soon after the tide had fallen enough to get aboard, about 0930. Dry jobs need dry decks and by then the wind had dried the decks. My first job was to rebed two deck eyes to port and starboard. Though most of last summer and this winter I had been trying seal a leak, freshwater was getting into under the floor at the bottom of the companion way steps. Since this leak had first started I had removed and rebedded the port galley window, all the sprayhood fittings, the companion way hatch garage plus removed eyes and the filled holes on the side decks but we still had the leak! All the winter the leak seemed to have stopped until Elektra was pulled out for antifouling and the it started again! Elektra mainly sits slightly bow up on her winter berth and all deck water runs of over the stern but she had been sitting level or slightly bow down in the yard and the side decks were puddling up around the eyes. The only things left on the side decks were these two eyes, I had considered removing them but really I needed warmer weather to fill the holes, so I opted for rebedding instead. On the inside the nuts were almost impossible to get at, but I am well use to doing these sorts of jobs on my ground care equipment, so had the tools aboard to do. Once removed I could clean up the deck, rebed and fix in place (time well tell if it has worked). After which I cleaned of the sealent which had pressed out.
Then I changed over the winter wash board for the summer wash board which I had repaired over the winter. Then I cleaned up Elektra’s teak gunnel rail and hand rails and coated all teak with “Semco” which I have been using since first cleaning up her teak in 2020.
Love Sailing 