26 March 2017
After a bit of a delay in proceedings (weather, family and the refurbishment of a 8 seat dining suite, and chest of drawers) we (Terry and myself) were back into scrapping the interior hull. A lot of the paint below the floor is coming off by just running the vacuum over the flaking paint, the harder paint requires a bit of persuasion from the paint scraper.
Looks like decades of muck has accumulated in the interior – cant wait to get to the engine bay!
05 March 2017
Continued to work on the hull on the weekend, commitments meant it was just the one day. My uncle again was in on the action. We cleaned the hull below the waterline on the port side, in readiness for sanding.
I also started to remove the sealant – which was used for caulking below the waterline – there was a real mix of caulking materials used over the years – I did find some original 106 years old!
8 February 2017
Almost completed the paint removal from the hull. Will finish cleaning out the caulking and apply some primer soon- we will be able to turn our full attention to the interior hull cleaning and rib replacement. (Motor and fuel tank to come out first – will book Rob in for this shortly).
Have unearthed two deep gouges on the starboard side – see pictures below.
Damage uncovered when paint removed.
7-8 February 2017
Have the use of some unskilled labour for the next few weeks (AKA dad and mum have arrived to help look after the place while the wife is in the UK). Have set dad to work removing the remainder of the caulking on the hull.
Am finding some areas are easier than others. In a number of locations there appears to be some over zealous caulking and some inner edges of the boards have been damaged.
Boat has dried out quite a bit now and some gaps have opened wide. I have been using a chisel (carefully) to remove the caulking compound – it seems to be the best tool – the one I have has the right shape on the sides to enable it to fit inside the join and flat on both the top and bottom board – without digging into the boards.
I am want to get the hull to a stage where I can apply some multi purpose primer, and leave it over the winter months while I work on the inside come April.
The “Speed-heater” has to be the best tool for removing paint – found it was fantastic for the paint above the waterline.
Sunday 15 January 2017
The last of the paint on the exterior port side hull has been removed, now just the chalking and some oyster remnants below the water line. Have found a number of areas with some over chalking – inside edges of some boards have been “chiseled” down in the enthusiasm to get too much cotton/string in.
More paint removal from the hull of ANZAC. In the foreground you will see the tender back on the trailer. Trailer is about to have the new trailer springs attached – just requires some welding for new brackets then final paint then almost complete.
3 January 2017
Have continued to strip the hull, removed a number of copper plates and lead patches – was dreading what might be under these. Continued to scrap and grind off the oysters etc. from below the waterline and the prop.
Xmas 2016 – Its been a while since the last post – busy with work. Over this Christmas break I have been stripping down the hull, removing the layers of paint and cleaning out the caulking. Had some help from my daughter – she still managed to stay in contact with her friends!
24 September 2016 – Currently spending a lot of time in Christchurch for work (2 weeks already), not due back until the second week in October so work on ANZAC has ground to a halt – sods law also in play as when I am home over the weekends I have had plenty of other chores which must be done before ANZAC – then there has been the weather, it has not stopped raining for the last 3 weeks. Had planned to remove the wheel house but no chance.
Last resort was to clean out the garage which had been semi-taken over by items stripped off ANZAC, cleared some bench space, set up tools etc. and knocked off a few hundred kauri plugs in preparation for infilling copper nail holes
10 August 2016
While the interior is mostly stripped out, I have taken advantage of one of the few sunny days since “ANZAC” was hailed out to start to clean down the hull. There are still remains of oysters etc. from after the water blasting which need to be cleaned off. Like the interior I need to scrap back to see what we have.
Some boards appear to need replacing – we will see what they look like once they are all cleaned – I suspect I will need a full days work just to clean off all the oysters!
Kauri Launch "ANZAC" 