Tuesday 30th June –
Stavoren – Day 28
I was at the
harbour master’s office as it opened at 09.00 and told him of the
situation. He contacted the local
technical services who would come and see how they could help.
At 10.15 a
representative from ‘Skips Maritem’ arrived on board, I showed him a drawing of
how I thought a repair maybe achieved, but he came up with another idea of
fitting another bronze tube with a blank, as he had seen this failure
before. He told us to make our way to
the crane and he would send in the boys.
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| 65 tonne gantry crane |
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| Lift out |
The lifting
dock was at the entrance to the marina and we were safely tied up there at
11.00 and lifted out at 12.45.
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| Keel rock contact |
The damage
to the antifoul coating on the keel can be seen after hitting the rock off Urk,
six days ago.
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| Failure |
The removed
plastic speed log tube shows the sealant failure while the securing ring rubber
has disintegrated, allowing the ingress of water.
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| Prefer metal to plastic |
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| New tube in place |
The new
bronze tube was fitted with sikaflex sealant to the hull and sealing ring,
blank secured with threadlock and ptfe tape.
Working with the shore personnel the job was completed in an hour and a
quarter.
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| Clean bottom |
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| Lift back-in |
The
underwater hull was remarkably clean and put it down to, being in fresh water
for the past three weeks along with a good antifoul paint.
The lift
back in was very successful with no leaks and in our allotted box at 15.00.
A big thank
you goes to the harbour master, technical representative and technician for a
job very well done. A couple of hours
later when I went to the office to pay the bill, I was astounded, it came to
205 euros (£155), they really looked after me.
If this had happened in the UK, it is a license to print money and would
have cost an arm and a leg.
It is 30
degrees today and time for some relaxation, ashore in the evening, outside the
marina you pass a pumping station with four very large Archimedes screw pumps
which when needed, control the levels within the Ijsselmeer and the surrounding
rivers. A walk along the canals with the
many boats at their moorings brings you to the old harbour.
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| Syd's enjoyment |
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| t'Havenhoofd |
Here we went
into a restaurant I knew ‘t’Havenhoofd’, we had crispy seafood starter followed
by a very large pork schnitzel, salad with chips
We were well satisfied after consuming this
lot, needed a walk afterwards around the harbour to aid the digestion.
Some of the
other harbour side bars and restaurants were closed and this was appearing to
be the norm, as after the weekend activities, they would close for the Monday
and Tuesday.
Wandering
back we found ‘Schots Restaurant’ which in the corner had a whiskey bar with a
fine selection of Scottish whiskeys. It
was a little strange being in Holland with a big Dutchman dressed in a white
shirt and kilt, ladies in long tartan skirts serving meals and drinks, but you
have to enjoy the moment.
It has been
a very eventful and successful day, at last a peaceful night.
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