Ocean View Marina
Samal Island, Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
Here we go again with an update of the weeks progress, at least it was forward progress. For those of you who notice small things this update is by sailmail as tonight's internet is terrible. Hopefully I will then be able to add the photos.
First the mast, boom and assorted parts are finished. We now wait for the paint, Allgrip, to fully cure before putting things back together. Ickway, the painter, said three weeks would be best. No complaints here, there is plenty to do in the mean time.
The week began with another trip to Davao for me while Kathy stays on the boat to supervise the work. My first stop was "Johnny Air" to inquire about getting things here faster than in the Balikbayan box that comes via sea. $6.50 US per pound and that takes care of customs. Items arrive here in approximately 2 weeks. We placed an order today of an odd sized item that would not fit in a box, time will tell. Next stop was a health foods store as after internet research I decided to start on a supplement program for the arthritic knee. I also needed to mail some papers to the US coast Guard as it seems our documentation had expired. Alfredo made good progress on the removal of the brow rail and there ere lots of text messages between Kathy and I regarding what was being done. I also bought assorted fasteners for re-installing the mast hardware.
Tuesday, I love making trips to Davao!! Today it was for the fasteners that Alfredo and Gilbert would need to re-install the brow rail.
Progress is fast so I just need to keep up with what the carpenters need. It would be a lot easier if a trip for fasteners did not take most of the day but we are moving forward.
Wednesday we decided to also look at removing the cabin top hand rails, perhaps a can of worms but as we are so involved with fixing leaks we may as well take care of any potential problems. We, the carpenters and I, managed to remove the hand rails though they were fastened a bit different than I had assumed. There is that word, ass of you and me. We managed to figure it out and what was needed to do the re-install. Another trip to Davao for more and different fasteners.
Did I say how much I enjoy the trip to Davao. Back again I went on Thursday, at least I know where to go. Kathy supervising and the Boy's
make good progress.
Friday, I get to stay at home and continue with my work on the seacocks. Just another little problems has reared it's head. the refer box is not as cold as it should be!1 It appears to be low on gas and I cannot find a leak. We're out of gas so that means another Davao trip!!!.Hey at least I can buy refrigeration stuff here, in the US I would have to be a certified technician.
Saturday, the carpenters are busy, Kathy is supervising and I am making an afternoon trip to Davao to get refrigeration gas. It's been a busy week but we continue to move forward.
Today, I gassed systems and as I write the plates are getting cold, if only I could find the problem leak. At least all is moving forward which is what we need to meet our goal of leaving the Philippines in March 2016.
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Sunday, November 15, 2015
Sunday, November 8, 2015
SOMETHING NEW FOR THE LIST
Ocean View Marina
Samal Island, Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
Another week and more progress, even though we have added what could turn in to a major bit of work. During the last days we have noticed some new leakage, water drips along some of the interior areas of the cabin, especially in the galley area. We have had some in the past and believed that they were fixed. It now does not seem so and our best belief is the leaks are coming from the brow rail fastened around the outside of the cabin.
There are screws behind each of those plugs visible in the rail and they all go thru the fiberglass. The seam along the top holds water and then the water finds it's way in. Tomorrow Gilbert, the carpenter, starts on removing plugs along with the rail itself and it can then hopefully have the screw holes filled with epoxy and be re-fastened. More on that next week depending on how big a can of worms are opened in the removal.
Monday the first job was adding a bit of gas to one of the refrigeration systems as things were not being kept cold enough. Ta-Ta continued on filling holes in the mast with threaded aluminum rod.
Kathy was busy on the computer ordering things to be sent from the states in our next Balikbayan box. I added another layer of fiberglass material over the removed thru hulls.
Tuesday, I'm off to the city to once again talk to the doctor about my sore knee. First it was meeting with Ta-Ta and Ickway the painter regarding primer for the bare aluminum and what was the painting schedule. I had purchased a gallon of the primer and Ickway thought that was just enough so I decided to get another half gallon while I was in town just to make sure. A trip to town takes a minimum of four hours. Next it was off to the hospital and visit the doctor in the clinic. My knee was better since the steroid injection but still not right. Next according to the doctor was to schedule an MRI to see if there was other damage besides the arthritis. MRI scheduled for tomorrow and then results on Thursday morning so my next days will be going in to the city.
Wednesday the painters are sanding, filling and applying primer. I go to the city for my MRI. As we are on an island across from the city we first travel in a van from the marina to the ferry dock then across the bay to the main island of Mindanao and then taxi or local jeepney to your desired location
My taxi to the hospital is about $ 4 US, a jeepney would be about $.50. I used to take jeepney's till my knee problems, lately it's been taxi's. The jeepneys are not designed for large size folks. The MRI was completed and tomorrow I get to make the trip again to get the results. Cost of MRI 11,000 FP or about $ 270 US.
Thursday it was back to the city and hospital for the MRI results. Meanwhile the work on painting the mast and boom continued
My MRI results show no other tissue damage just the arthritic condition. For now something to live with as I did for years with my hips before their replacement surgeries.
Friday and Saturday I was back to work on the seacocks. Dismantling, cleaning, lubing and re-installing
Kathy's week was taking care of my feeding, laundry, supervising the workers and a shopping trip.
Here are some views of the Chinatown area of Davao
Samal Island, Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
Another week and more progress, even though we have added what could turn in to a major bit of work. During the last days we have noticed some new leakage, water drips along some of the interior areas of the cabin, especially in the galley area. We have had some in the past and believed that they were fixed. It now does not seem so and our best belief is the leaks are coming from the brow rail fastened around the outside of the cabin.
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| BROW RAIL AND LOTS OF FASTENERS |
Monday the first job was adding a bit of gas to one of the refrigeration systems as things were not being kept cold enough. Ta-Ta continued on filling holes in the mast with threaded aluminum rod.
Kathy was busy on the computer ordering things to be sent from the states in our next Balikbayan box. I added another layer of fiberglass material over the removed thru hulls.
Tuesday, I'm off to the city to once again talk to the doctor about my sore knee. First it was meeting with Ta-Ta and Ickway the painter regarding primer for the bare aluminum and what was the painting schedule. I had purchased a gallon of the primer and Ickway thought that was just enough so I decided to get another half gallon while I was in town just to make sure. A trip to town takes a minimum of four hours. Next it was off to the hospital and visit the doctor in the clinic. My knee was better since the steroid injection but still not right. Next according to the doctor was to schedule an MRI to see if there was other damage besides the arthritis. MRI scheduled for tomorrow and then results on Thursday morning so my next days will be going in to the city.
Wednesday the painters are sanding, filling and applying primer. I go to the city for my MRI. As we are on an island across from the city we first travel in a van from the marina to the ferry dock then across the bay to the main island of Mindanao and then taxi or local jeepney to your desired location
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| FERRY HEADING THE OTHER WAY |
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| DIVERSE VEHICLES |
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| OUR LANDING SPOT |
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| OUR LANDING SPOT |
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| READY TO DEPART |
My taxi to the hospital is about $ 4 US, a jeepney would be about $.50. I used to take jeepney's till my knee problems, lately it's been taxi's. The jeepneys are not designed for large size folks. The MRI was completed and tomorrow I get to make the trip again to get the results. Cost of MRI 11,000 FP or about $ 270 US.
Thursday it was back to the city and hospital for the MRI results. Meanwhile the work on painting the mast and boom continued
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| SANDING AND FILLING |
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| YO-YO SANDS AND ICKWAY SPRAYING PRIMER |
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| THEY HAVE A SHADY WORK AREA |
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| FIRST COAT OF WHITE PRIMER |
Friday and Saturday I was back to work on the seacocks. Dismantling, cleaning, lubing and re-installing
Kathy's week was taking care of my feeding, laundry, supervising the workers and a shopping trip.
Here are some views of the Chinatown area of Davao
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| JEEPNEY AND SOON TO BE RIDERS |
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| BUSY STREET |
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| LOCAL TYPE HARDWARE STORE |
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| EATERY |
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| SHOP AFTER SHOP WITH THE SAME MERCHANDISE |
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| THEY REPAIR HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS |
Monday, November 2, 2015
A DAY LATE
Ocean View Marina
Samal Island, Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
A day late for those of you who may check on a regular basis, actually two now as the internet was so bad last night I was unable to finish this edition. No excuses, I just looked at the clock last night and decided to keep reading my book instead of turning on the computer and writing.
Monday it was off to the big city of Davao. I intended to visit a doctor at the hospital and then the machine shop to have the new mast head sheaves fabricated. First though was a visit to the friendly ATM machine. TRANSACTION DENIED!! OK we have now been in the Philippines for 3 years and the bank has been notified numerous times that we are here but lately the fraud department seems to like to put a hold when we try to withdraw funds. It involves a call to the bank to have the hold removed which also costs us money as from here there are no free 800 numbers. With limited funds in my pocket I decided the machine shop was more important so that was my destination. The new sheaves were ordered at about a third of the cost that I could have gotten them from the US not including shipping and would be ready Friday. I spent the evening once again talking to the bank and hopefully tomorrow the ATM will spit out peso's.
To visit a doctor here it seems you must go to the clinic first. they do not seem to take office appointments. Tuesday it was off to Davao Doctors Hospital to see an orthopedist. After a discussion, x-rays, more discussion about what seems to be an arthritic condition the decision was first fluid draining and a steroid injection. All done, 4,000 peso's or less than $100 US. Now we wait to see how the knee feels in the next few days.
Wednesday, the knee is better and I now have Ta-Ta working on plugging the holes in the mast. Since our last Balikbayan box we now have material and Kathy is sewing again, now it is finishing the covers for the windows in the enclosure.
My next project is the removal and plugging of 3 unused thru hulls and their seacocks. They have been unnecessary since we removed the deck drains 14 years ago. Hey there's no reason to hurry.
The old holes now have one layer of glass on the inside and two on the outside. A bit more sanding and I'll move on to the next project, which is pulling the seacocks apart for servicing.
Samal Island, Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
A day late for those of you who may check on a regular basis, actually two now as the internet was so bad last night I was unable to finish this edition. No excuses, I just looked at the clock last night and decided to keep reading my book instead of turning on the computer and writing.
Monday it was off to the big city of Davao. I intended to visit a doctor at the hospital and then the machine shop to have the new mast head sheaves fabricated. First though was a visit to the friendly ATM machine. TRANSACTION DENIED!! OK we have now been in the Philippines for 3 years and the bank has been notified numerous times that we are here but lately the fraud department seems to like to put a hold when we try to withdraw funds. It involves a call to the bank to have the hold removed which also costs us money as from here there are no free 800 numbers. With limited funds in my pocket I decided the machine shop was more important so that was my destination. The new sheaves were ordered at about a third of the cost that I could have gotten them from the US not including shipping and would be ready Friday. I spent the evening once again talking to the bank and hopefully tomorrow the ATM will spit out peso's.
To visit a doctor here it seems you must go to the clinic first. they do not seem to take office appointments. Tuesday it was off to Davao Doctors Hospital to see an orthopedist. After a discussion, x-rays, more discussion about what seems to be an arthritic condition the decision was first fluid draining and a steroid injection. All done, 4,000 peso's or less than $100 US. Now we wait to see how the knee feels in the next few days.
Wednesday, the knee is better and I now have Ta-Ta working on plugging the holes in the mast. Since our last Balikbayan box we now have material and Kathy is sewing again, now it is finishing the covers for the windows in the enclosure.
My next project is the removal and plugging of 3 unused thru hulls and their seacocks. They have been unnecessary since we removed the deck drains 14 years ago. Hey there's no reason to hurry.
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| OLD MUSHROOM FITTING |
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| OLD SEACOCK |
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| PLUGGED HOLE WITH A FIRST LAYER OF GLASS |
The old holes now have one layer of glass on the inside and two on the outside. A bit more sanding and I'll move on to the next project, which is pulling the seacocks apart for servicing.
Sunday, October 25, 2015
ANOTHER WEEKS RECAP
Ocean View Marina
Samal Island, Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
Another week of life on the hard and here is the recap. Kathy has had help in her projects from Miss Bing a local Filipina who Kathy has trained in cleaning the boats interior, exterior and most recently all the stainless hardware that came off the mast. Using polish, rags and bronze wool all the parts are getting clean.
My first two days of the week were trips to the city for supplies. I was not organized enough on what I needed on Mondays trip requiring a second trip on Tuesday. Our workers Do- Do and Yo- Yo finished the sanding of the bottom on Monday and then moved on to sanding the old paint off the mast, boom and other painted parts. Ta-Ta continued with taking the various fittings off the mast and boom.
Once again we had the arrival of a box of stuff that had been shipped from the states. Lots of boat parts and things that we just cannot buy here in the Philippines. Kathy had spent Tuesday unloading the box and then on Wednesday we both managed to sort and get things put away. It would be so much easier if you could just drive on down to the local hardware store but that would ruin the adventure.
Thursday Kathy was off on here big shopping trip to the Costco like store and I started on my project of filling the numerous but unnecessary holes that were in the mast and boom. Previously those holes were just filled with stainless machine screws. The dissimilar metals causing corrosion and not truly looking good. After doing some internet research I felt the best approach was to use threaded aluminum plugs epoxied in to the holes. After priming and painting the mast and boom hopefully would look new,
Counting up the old unnecessary holes in the mast and boom and then filling them required higher math but I knew in the end would be worth the time and effort. That's when disaster struck! A cutting wheel on the angle grinder came apart and caused a nasty cut to my left hand.
No real harm but enough to cause a lot of swelling and the inability to do much for the last few days.
Now Ta-Ta is finishing the plugging of holes.
The mast, boom and other miscellaneous parts have been stripped and are now ready for paint. Today I finally managed to to remove the mast head sheaves. Tomorrow it's another trip to the city to see about having new sheaves made and a doctors visit as for the past month my left knee has been swollen and stiff.
Getting old is the S--t's but better than the alternative.
Samal Island, Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
Another week of life on the hard and here is the recap. Kathy has had help in her projects from Miss Bing a local Filipina who Kathy has trained in cleaning the boats interior, exterior and most recently all the stainless hardware that came off the mast. Using polish, rags and bronze wool all the parts are getting clean.
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| POLISHING AWAY |
Once again we had the arrival of a box of stuff that had been shipped from the states. Lots of boat parts and things that we just cannot buy here in the Philippines. Kathy had spent Tuesday unloading the box and then on Wednesday we both managed to sort and get things put away. It would be so much easier if you could just drive on down to the local hardware store but that would ruin the adventure.
Thursday Kathy was off on here big shopping trip to the Costco like store and I started on my project of filling the numerous but unnecessary holes that were in the mast and boom. Previously those holes were just filled with stainless machine screws. The dissimilar metals causing corrosion and not truly looking good. After doing some internet research I felt the best approach was to use threaded aluminum plugs epoxied in to the holes. After priming and painting the mast and boom hopefully would look new,
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| THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE HOLES |
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| TAPPING FOR THE PLUG |
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| THREADING THE ALUMINUM ROD |
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| METAL EPOXY |
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| A FEW TURNS INTO THE BOOM |
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| READY TO GRIND OFF |
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| FINISHED |
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| OUCH !!!! |
Now Ta-Ta is finishing the plugging of holes.
The mast, boom and other miscellaneous parts have been stripped and are now ready for paint. Today I finally managed to to remove the mast head sheaves. Tomorrow it's another trip to the city to see about having new sheaves made and a doctors visit as for the past month my left knee has been swollen and stiff.
Getting old is the S--t's but better than the alternative.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
PROGRESS -ALL FORWARD
Ocean View Marina
Samal Island, Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
We got an early start Monday morning. We hoped all was ready for the removal of the mast. We had fellow yachties to help. Rob of Summer Wind, Lorenzo of Flaneur and Kevin of Moonrise. The yard boys were busy with the launching of another boat. First on the list was several checks by our helpers that Kathy and I had gotten things such as the electrical disconnected, turnbuckles loosened, cotter pins pulled etc.. It's always good to have lots of checks before moving on. As I have said this was a new experience for Kathy and I.
Before the crane arrived on scene I made a trip up the mast to remove the stay sail furler, Just an additional piece of rigging not to have to worry about. The crane was here in the yard and the operator was here about 0845. Once the crane was moved off our bow it was another trip up the mast to attach the lifting sling. Under the direction of Rob who has had quite a bit of experience doing this I got the sling in the proper location along with lines also running down to the mast base and we were ready to take up tension on the sling and then release all the shrouds. Once the shrouds and stays were undone the crane applied a little upward lift and the mast popped up twelve inches just like a champagne cork. A check was made below for any problems. All the loose wires were tied to the mast and then up it went. The mast was on the ground and we were done with the crane by 0930.
The cost for the crane and operator was about $135 US.
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| ALL BALANCED AND HANGING STRAIGHT DOWN |
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| LORENZO WITH THE TAG LINE |
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| CRANE OPERATOR |
Next the mast was set down for removal of the spreaders and wires before moving to the area where all the hardware could be taken off before it's painting.
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| KATHY AND ROB LOOKING THINGS OVER |
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| READY TO BE MOVED TO THE SHOP AREA |
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| ALL THIS COMES OFF TO PAINT |
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| MAST TOP |
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| MY NOTEPAD AS I WROTE DOWN WHERE ITEMS WERE |
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| BY SATURDAY TA-TA HAS MOST EVERYTHING REMOVED |
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| CLEAN TO THE GEL COAT |
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| THE MAST SITS ON THIS |
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| A STORAGE BOX FOR ALL THE BITS AND PIECES |
The work list for the upcoming week has the Boys sanding the mast and boom as I start on seacock rebuilding and thru hull removal. Kathy will supervise and keep everything moving forward.
Sunday, October 11, 2015
NOT TO BUSY, BUT
Ocean View Marina
Samal Island, Davao
Philippines
The past week was not overly productive!! I caught Kathy's sickness and was down for the count on Monday and Tuesday. I was required to make a recovery on Wednesday as I needed to go to the big city to renew our visa's for another two month period. A bit of rum in the evening seemed to help and on Wednesday I got the visa's done, we're set for another two months.
During this time we had again changed our minds and decided to go ahead and have the mast pulled first for painting and to make it a bit easier for me in installing the new standing rigging. The rest of the week was our normal routine things that need to be done along with preparing to have the mast removed. That is scheduled for tomorrow at 0900, hopefully all goes well. We've not done this before in the 15 years that we have owned the boat and don't really know if it has ever been done. We'll know lots more by tomorrow night.
Samal Island, Davao
Philippines
The past week was not overly productive!! I caught Kathy's sickness and was down for the count on Monday and Tuesday. I was required to make a recovery on Wednesday as I needed to go to the big city to renew our visa's for another two month period. A bit of rum in the evening seemed to help and on Wednesday I got the visa's done, we're set for another two months.
During this time we had again changed our minds and decided to go ahead and have the mast pulled first for painting and to make it a bit easier for me in installing the new standing rigging. The rest of the week was our normal routine things that need to be done along with preparing to have the mast removed. That is scheduled for tomorrow at 0900, hopefully all goes well. We've not done this before in the 15 years that we have owned the boat and don't really know if it has ever been done. We'll know lots more by tomorrow night.
Sunday, October 4, 2015
OUR WORK WEEK
Ocean View Marina
Samal Island, Davao
Philippines
Today was our quiet day. No workers in the yard and for most of us here in the marina or on the hard it's a day off. Kathy and I spent the day catching up on paperwork jobs, insurance renewal, sailmail renewal, printing papers for this weeks upcoming immigration visa renewal. Computer stuff. Kathy though she has been sick this last week managed to do several loads of laundry and give the boat a rinse off. The rinse off was much needed after my week of sanding bottom paint.
It's a good thing that I am still a bit fit as my job for the last week was stripping off the accumulated layers of anti-fouling paint. I managed to finish the starboard side. Tomorrow I start on the port. Depending on the area of the hull I used either a large 7" or small 4" grinder with 36 grit paper. The object was to get the anti-foul paint off and down to the old barrier coat. Tomorrow I have workers again to take off the barrier coat down to the original gel coat using orbital sanders. I just did not trust the workers with the grinders going to far into the fiberglass. It's tolerable if I do it but not if they make the same mistake, I did in act go a bit to far a few times. Just more spots to fill and fair. Once the paint and barrier coat have been removed we'll let the hull dry out, repair any osmotic blisters and then re-apply barrier coat and anti-foul paint.
Some other tidbits from the boat yard. We have some yard cats with feral beginnings but now a bit domesticated. First was "Jack" tamed and fed first by Philip and Leslie of the S/V Corina. They had Jack fixed to stop the proliferation of kittens. Next came "Brouhita"[sp] little witch in Spanish, tamed once again by S/V Corina, Suzie of S/V Sidewinder and Kathy. Before we could catch and have "Brouhita" spayed she became pregnant resulting in four little ones.
The vet was here yesterday and we will have mom and kittens spayed and then the vet said she could find homes for the kittens. "Brouhita" will remain along with "Jack" here in the yard keeping us free of rats.
Just another week living the dream after untying the dock lines.
Samal Island, Davao
Philippines
Today was our quiet day. No workers in the yard and for most of us here in the marina or on the hard it's a day off. Kathy and I spent the day catching up on paperwork jobs, insurance renewal, sailmail renewal, printing papers for this weeks upcoming immigration visa renewal. Computer stuff. Kathy though she has been sick this last week managed to do several loads of laundry and give the boat a rinse off. The rinse off was much needed after my week of sanding bottom paint.
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| MY TOOLS READY TO START |
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| READY TO START ON THURSDAY |
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| CLOSE TO THE FINISH |
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| THE STARBOARD SIDE IS DONE |
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| AN OLD GUY SELFIE |
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| A LITTLE ONE WITH A FIERCE YARD DOG TOO |
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| PLAYFUL |
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| MOM AND A LOOK ALIKE |
The vet was here yesterday and we will have mom and kittens spayed and then the vet said she could find homes for the kittens. "Brouhita" will remain along with "Jack" here in the yard keeping us free of rats.
Just another week living the dream after untying the dock lines.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
LIFE AND WORK MOVES ON
Ocean View Marina
Samal Island, Davao
Philippines
This has been a hectic week since the kidnapping of the persons here in the marina. Our thoughts are with those who are missing but as with any tragedy life must go on. Security around the marina has been greatly upgraded and we also now have military personnel on the grounds 24/7.
The absence of Kjarten, the yard manager, who was one of those taken, has left a large hole in the overall operation of the marina especially the boat yard section. The workers don't seem as motivated without his supervision so we have decided to scale back on the amount of work that will be done during our haul out and the brunt of it will fall to Kathy and I.
Work has started with the removal of the boom for painting but now we will no longer pull the mast for paint. We had workers start the removal of bottom paint but after observing to many breaks I have now taken on that job. Following that the important jobs will be the new rigging and rebuilding the seacocks and inspection of the thru hulls. We just had news from a friend who owns a sistership though a year newer that just had a thru hull failure. Luckily they were aboard and not in danger of sinking. Our inspection of thru hulls had been planned for this haul out but having a friend experience a failure makes one realize how important this can be.
So our work will continue along with positive thoughts for our missing friends.
Samal Island, Davao
Philippines
This has been a hectic week since the kidnapping of the persons here in the marina. Our thoughts are with those who are missing but as with any tragedy life must go on. Security around the marina has been greatly upgraded and we also now have military personnel on the grounds 24/7.
The absence of Kjarten, the yard manager, who was one of those taken, has left a large hole in the overall operation of the marina especially the boat yard section. The workers don't seem as motivated without his supervision so we have decided to scale back on the amount of work that will be done during our haul out and the brunt of it will fall to Kathy and I.
Work has started with the removal of the boom for painting but now we will no longer pull the mast for paint. We had workers start the removal of bottom paint but after observing to many breaks I have now taken on that job. Following that the important jobs will be the new rigging and rebuilding the seacocks and inspection of the thru hulls. We just had news from a friend who owns a sistership though a year newer that just had a thru hull failure. Luckily they were aboard and not in danger of sinking. Our inspection of thru hulls had been planned for this haul out but having a friend experience a failure makes one realize how important this can be.
So our work will continue along with positive thoughts for our missing friends.
Monday, September 21, 2015
KIDNAPPING
Ocean View Marina
Samal, Is. Davao
Philippines
Last night armed terrorists entered the marina and four persons were kidnapped. We are safe and there is increased security.
At this time for more info check the internet.
Samal, Is. Davao
Philippines
Last night armed terrorists entered the marina and four persons were kidnapped. We are safe and there is increased security.
At this time for more info check the internet.
Sunday, September 20, 2015
HAULED OUT
Ocean View Marina
07° 11.89 N 125° 42.615 E
Samal Is. Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
We are now and have been for the last week in the hard stand area of the marina. We came out of the water last Monday, 14 Sept. as planned. Here a cradle attached on top of a large trailer is lowered down a ramp into the water and at the appropriate high tide you drive onto the cradle.
Our draft as we now sit is a bit over two meters or 6' 7''. According to Kjarten, the yard manager, we would need a high tide of 1.7 meters to get situated on the cradle. Once you get in the cradle the workers in the water and watching with their dive masts place blocks under the keel and get the boat aligned properly. As the tide drops you are firmly set.
Next the trailer and cradle are pulled up using a treaded back hoe. Once out of the water the yard boys scrape the barnacles and scrub off any slime. No pressure washer just manual labor.
We were then maneuvered up into the yard and backed into our spot in the hard stand area. The cradle is then blocked up and the trailer removed for the next boat going in or out.
Always before on the hard it has been a ladder to climb up and down on, not a pretty thought when we may be out of the water for several months. Here several of the others confined to the hard have had actual stairs constructed. Kathy was immediately in favor of this and now after a week of climbing back and forth it is a great idea.
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07° 11.89 N 125° 42.615 E
Samal Is. Davao
Mindanao, Philippines
We are now and have been for the last week in the hard stand area of the marina. We came out of the water last Monday, 14 Sept. as planned. Here a cradle attached on top of a large trailer is lowered down a ramp into the water and at the appropriate high tide you drive onto the cradle.
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| TOMORROW WITH HIGH TIDE |
Our draft as we now sit is a bit over two meters or 6' 7''. According to Kjarten, the yard manager, we would need a high tide of 1.7 meters to get situated on the cradle. Once you get in the cradle the workers in the water and watching with their dive masts place blocks under the keel and get the boat aligned properly. As the tide drops you are firmly set.
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| THE TIDE IS HIGH |
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| SECURING THE CRADLE |
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| THE TIDE IS DROPPING |
Next the trailer and cradle are pulled up using a treaded back hoe. Once out of the water the yard boys scrape the barnacles and scrub off any slime. No pressure washer just manual labor.
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| KATHY RIDING ALONG |
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| NO POWER WASH HERE |
We were then maneuvered up into the yard and backed into our spot in the hard stand area. The cradle is then blocked up and the trailer removed for the next boat going in or out.
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| MAKING SURE WE'RE LEVEL |
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| REMOVING THE TRAILER |
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| THIS!!! |
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| OR THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN |
Always before on the hard it has been a ladder to climb up and down on, not a pretty thought when we may be out of the water for several months. Here several of the others confined to the hard have had actual stairs constructed. Kathy was immediately in favor of this and now after a week of climbing back and forth it is a great idea.
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