Tasks and planning for the Tuesday maintenance party

I'm expecting to be super-busy finding/searching for equipment and tools we'll need, giving instructions, This task list is sort of a mix of important things that needs to be done, and less important things that hopefully can be done without much instructions from my side. I'm not aiming of getting all the tasks done on Tuesday.

Mind your head - the cradle construction is not optimized for working under the boat.

Main task: antifouling

• It's needed to move around things stored under the boat before doing antifoul works. Start from the bow, that's easiest. Perhaps things around the stern may be moved forward when the fore half of the ship is done? Equipment needed: nothing
• Old antifouling should be sanded a bit with P40, using either a Random Orbital Sander (ROS) (produces toxic dust - most of it collected in the dust-bag of the sander - take care about wind direction and other people downwind) or using wet sanding sponges (produces black water, which you may get on your fingers and clothes, and it's needed to spend quite much more time on the task). It's not needed to actually remove old antifoul - it should just be rubbed a bit so the next layer will stick. A metal spatula may be useful if any barnacles are found. Equipment needed: P40 wet-sponges and a box with water. ROS (we have two battery driven ones, and one corded that doesn't work. P40 paper for the ROS. Metal spatula.
• Apply fresh antifouling using rollers and brush. Single-time gloves and clothes that may be thrown-away recommended. We do have some protection clothes that can be put on top of ordinary clothes on storage (behind captains bed), but my experience is that paint may go through it and color the clothes under it. Equipment needed: paint rollers and brushes, antifoul, tray for the antifoul

Secondary task: varnishing port side hull side

There will be no varnish work tomorrow evening - it's procrastinated until Wed afternoon

Fourth layer has to be done perfectly as it will be the visible layer - and it should be done with as little dilution as possible (meaning the varnish difficult to work with). In particular:

• Too little varnish and it will be visibly missing varnish
• Too much varnish and it will sag.
• Solution may be to dip the tip of the brush often in the varnish, and spread it out fast and furiously horizontally, and continue spreading out in "old" places a couple of minutes after. Plus a separate person doing QA and trying to spot places with sagging as well as missing-varnish-spots.

Tools

• We have one good stepladder, several really shitty ladders, one box that can be used for standing on, and the current access ladder
• We have two battery-driven ROS sanders
• One cord-driven broken ROS sander of a reputable brand - maybe it can be repaired?
• Brushes TODO: locate the good brushes prior to the varnishing
• Varnish
• Microfiber cloths.

Third-priority items

• Bow thruster propeller should be cleaned. We do have some acid (HCl) that can be used - with great care. Remember the rule: dilute it by mixing acid in water, never the other way around, and use proper gloves. How to apply it? Probably with a microfibre cloth plus a long screwdriver as it's difficult to reach the area only by hands. I bought a spray bottle last time, but the bottle didn't survive the acid, and it felt unsafe spraying the solution. Equipment needed: HCl, micro fibre textiles, long screwdriver
• Propeller may need a bit of cleaning. Equipment needed: uncertain - metal brush? angle grinder with metal brush? Micro fiber textile and HCl? Perhaps even a paint brush and a small jar with HCl? Fine sanding blocks for wet-sanding?
• Last quality inspection of the reconstructed parts of the rudder, possibly involving a bit of sanding with P40 and a Random Orbital Sander (ROS). Hopefully not involving any more epoxying. Equipment needed: Good eyes and sensitive fingers, perhaps a ROS.
• The four nuts on the underside of the skeg should be tightened really hard (key size 19mm) - Equipment needed: Wrench key, size 19mm. Currently located in a box with tools marked "TB-23" right in front of the rudder.
• I want measurements so that I know approx the dimensions of a cradle for the next time. As a minimum, every contact point between the hull and the cradle now should be measured: horizontal width distance from the center line of the boat, horizontal length distance from the stern, and distance to ground. More points may be measured if time. Measurements should be done at both sides of the boat for improved accuracy/correctness. Equipment needed: Measurement tape or rod (probably found in the box marked "TB-23" fight in front of the rudder), something for making notes (paper and pencil, cellphone with audio recorder, or a piece of used peel-ply and a permanent marker ... use your fantasy)
• Clean and inspect the anchor box. Do a QA on the paintwork (it should be 100% water tight - are there any cracks or scratches?) Equipment needed: Micro fiber cloth, sweeper, wet-vacuum-cleaner (need to be purchased)

Various other tasks

• With a very fine brush or a syringe, apply a tiny bit of epoxy in the edge on the top of the rub lines towards the hull. Same in the very bottom edges of the superstructure Equipment needed: very fine brush, epoxy. Captain have to mix the epoxy.
• Check if the old corded ROS can be repaired. Equipment needed: Tools at least - bitset with a driver in box "TB-23".
• The two aftmost supports of the boat should be moved from the black to the white surface so we can deal with the antifoul. Equipment needed: Angle grinder, cutting disk, hammer, ropes to keep them in place
• Pump up the SUP and the dinghy (Equipment needed pumps, I should have three of them, not all of them fits everywhere, the dinghy is particularly difficult. I should consider buying a battery-driven air pump)
• Inspect the SUP and dinghy for leakages - consider if it's needed patching them. Equipment needed: ears, maybe a textile with water and dishwashing soap (found by the wall of the building), patch set is located in the upper saloon, in a storage room under the aft bench
• Water tank storage room:
  • It's needed to move around furniture and equipment in the upper saloon, open the floor, lift up the boxes with books carefully
  • get down to the port side water tanks
  • inspect carefully for any leakages and water down there. Check that all connections are properly screwed (needs some tools)
  • get someone to start filling the port side water tanks (that's the foremost water filling hole)
  • inspect carefully that no water is leaking
  • top up all the water tanks
  • Glass fibre roll should be packed in cling-film and stored in this area
  • Same with a roll with some foam material
• Mop up any residual water from water leakages from the bottom of the boat (would probably be nice to buy a battery-driven pump or a wet-vacuum-cleaner for this purpose)
• Aft toilet door cannot be closed anymore, there is no force from the spring that is supposed to push the locking tap out when the door handle is horizontal. The locking mechanism needs to be screwed out from the door, carefully opened, check if the spring can be replaced or fixed
• Saw out the destroyed part of the rubrails on the port side of the ship
• Kitchen sink filter project (but probably it's faster for me to complete it myself than to explain the details for anyone else)
• Attach the bike light to the bike (needs: bike light, screw, nut, instructions)
• Check gaskets for the diesel inlet screws
• Full inspection of the mast top. One wheel is reportedly broken
• The genoa and staysail halyard got accidentally reversed - so ideally someone should climb up again and those two ropes should be swapped. (prerequisites: climbing gear, pilot rope. Can be done with one or two helpers on deck + one climber, I'll gladly climb if two competent helpers can secure the ropes. The helpers and climber should not have any alcohol until the climber is down on deck again) (will probably have to be procrastinated as the captain would like to do the climbing, but is likely to be very busy with other things)
• Collect all ropes that are in various places, make sure all are coiled up, and put them in a box as for now.
• Clean the starboard rope storage box in the cockpit with acetone. No water should be used, as there is a big crack there that needs proper waterproofing.
• Inspect the zinc anodes. The boat was out for only half a season, so most of them ought to be intact. The one at the aft side of the propeller has disappeared.
• (I also have a full todo-list with more tasks if needed)

Where to find equipment

Captain controls these — TODO before Tuesday

• [ ] Stage and make easily available before the party (captain knows where they are): HCl, climbing harness, pumps (SUP/dinghy), bike light, acetone, PPE incl. respiratory mask, pilot line.
• [ ] Search the boat for the long solid rubber gloves (for HCl handling) before the shopping trip — only buy new ones if they can't be found.
• [ ] Verify that we have sufficient with sand paper (there should be some in TB-12 also)
• [ ] Look through the paint equipment we have and consider what's needed to buy

Find and relocate - TODO before Tuesday

• aft-cabin-c-aft3: antifoul rollers ("two big rollers" + "big roller"), brushes ("long angled brush", "box with brushes and syringes"), epoxy (E80-FS, HP FPN-W white, dispensers).
• aft-cabin-bed4: metal brush, angle-grinder disc/brush box, brushes+syringes box, angle grinder (adjustable speed). Another angle grinder at aft-cabin-s1.
• aft-cabin-bed2: hand saw and bike pump (behind rails); "black and decker" box with spatulas/metal rollers.
• upper-saloon-sb-tv-tools: big flat driver (long screwdriver for the HCl reach job), big hammer, screwdriver/tool boxes.
• TA-01: metal cutting disc (disc-raider). Disc box also at aft-cabin-bed4.
• aft-cabin-s1: electric jigsaw (rubrail cutting).
• HCl
• Proper respirator / FFP2-3, P40 wet-sanding sponges, HCl-resistant rubber gloves
• pilot line
• The "good" working varnish

Locations

Most equipment will be made available under the boat, on a bench in front of the rudder. Things are expected to be mixed up and items disappearing, but it SHOULD look like this:

• Box TB-21: microfibre cloths (used/dirty — get clean ones for the 4th varnish layer).
• Box TB-22: P40-ish ROS paper (sandpaper-ros-tb22, grits ~40/60/180/240).
• Box TB-23 (under-boat-workbench): 19mm wrench (wrench-19), bitset w/ driver (bitset-clasohlson), 5m tape measure, Stanley scraper/chisel (metal spatula for barnacles), loose metric spanners, hex keys.

Things that needs to be done before the maintenance party

• General cleanup
  • try to sort some of the equipment so it can be found
  • clean the pantry and the bathroom a bit
  • clean the fore cabin
  • make the place ready for a party
• make the lentil stew
• prepare the grill (if I remember right, we lost one part of the grill on the sea - the lid for it?)
• Purchases
  • Lidl and Billa:
    • Freezer element (for keeping drinks cold - but maybe it's needed to see a different shop for this)
    • More drinks
    • Mushrooms - anything else missing for the lentil dish?
    • Food that can be tossed on the BBQ
    • Veggies for a salad
    • Some more cups for drinks - beer glasses, alternatively single-time-use plastic cups (though, maybe it's needed to see a hardware shop for this)
  • Specialised shops:
    • Anti-foul
    • Zinc anode for the propeller
  • Hardware shop:
    • More PPE? (gloves at least - and find the long solid rubber gloves for handling HCl)
    • Some small micro-fiber-textiles
    • Painting equipment
  • Look through TODO-notes in this document
  • Pharmacy: masks

Confirmed participants

(slightly anonymized)

• Two ladies that speak good English. One says she can do project management, the other a DJ, but the DJ may not manage to be here at 17.
• One man that speaks good English, but he has time to come only at 19:00
• One overnight guest from France arriving to the Varna train station at 20:00