GREEK PRINCESS - Sealine 310 Statesman (1992) - Our Family's Trips and Adventures
With Easter being early this year the boat wasn't completed in time to get away, so on Easter Saturday I headed to the boat to complete the polishing of the wheel house. Just waiting on a spare part from Volvo Penta to sort the port gear selector and we can return to water.
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| Top side looking shinny |
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| Looking like new |
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| Bit brighter than the F33 next door |
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| Port side looking bright |
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| Nearly all done |
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| Wheel House top looking good |
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| Starboard Side Done |
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| Port Side Done |
With half a day predicted to remain dry I arrived at the boat to refit the Props and Anodes before the rain comes in again for the next four days.
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| Props & Anodes on |
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| Quadrant Anodes on |
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| Looking new |
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| Rain held off all back together |
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| All antifouling done |
With the weather holding I decided to get the hull fully antifouled before the predicted wet weekend, just the props and anodes to go.
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| Stern complete |
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| Looking good |
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| Glad that's sorted |
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| Looking clean |
Finally a dry day with little or no wind so went to the boat to spray the drives with antifoul and complete the polishing of the hull and upper skirt above the rub rail. All completed just need to antifoul the hull and were ready for relaunch.
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| Drives sprayed with Hempel Eco Power |
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| Drives ready for the props |
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| Starboard Side Complete |
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| Boat looking shinny |
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| Top skirt polished |
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| Gleaming bow |
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| Looking Shinny |
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| That looks better |
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| F33 on the left looking grubby |
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| Greek Princess is 5 years older but a lot better condition |
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| That's the polishing done on the sides |
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| Hopefully not much more to do |
The March weather has been one of the wettest on records and despite being predicted to be dry it rained again so had to call off halfway down the starboard side. Managed to sand the bottom for an hour or so to get out the rain but in the end had to pull off the job.
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| Portside cut back and polished below the rub rail |
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| Greek Princess left looking shinny |
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| One side done, if only the rain would stop |
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| Got halfway down the Starboard side and down came the rain again |
Drives all primed up ready for antifoul finish, bit windy to day so wasn't able to finish the legs as need a calm day wind wise.
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| Drives primed |
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| Just need a calm day |
The rain finally stopped so we headed to the boat to make a start on the annual refit work removing the props and anodes, the washed the hull in preparation for cutting and polishing.
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| Washed the hull |
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| Removed the old anodes |
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| Checking the Bellows |
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| Well we've made a start |
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| Well time for tea and yum yum's |
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| GP moved to the waiting pontoon |
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| Calm day just waiting for the tide |
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| Perfect still day for a lift out |
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| Up we go on to dry land |
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| Legs pretty badly fouled |
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| Up for a jet off |
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| Drives extremely fouled after 18 months |
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| Gardening time |
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| That a bit more like it |
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| Beautiful calm morning |
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| Fouling being jetted off |
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| Antifoul has done its job |
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| All looking a bit cleaner |
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| Off to be blocked off |
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| Line of 90's Sealine's - Greek Princess (1992) with an F33 (1997) and a 275 (1993) |
