17 August 2016 (between the hours of 8:30pm to 10:30pm)
Wednesday’s crap day for TV anyway – so more scrapping, this time started on the port side 2nd section.
Got sick of that after the first hour so started to scrape down some of the superstructure (interior) – found one panel which has 8 layers of paint!
10 & 11 August 2016
I found I had some spare time between 8 and 10pm at nights, kids in bed and rather than spend time staring at a box in the corner of the room, I thought I could better spend my time with my scrapper and get to know every inch of the inside of “ANZAC”.
Spent 2hrs each of these nights scrapping the ribs and inside of the hull, managed to get the port and starboard side top 8 boards and same section of ribs cleaned. Finding more ribs damaged and requiring replacing. There are 5 of these sections on both the port and starboard sides, lots more scrapping will be required!
Above – Starboard Side 3rd section.
Above – Port Side 3rd Section
Above – Port Side 3rd Section
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!
16 July 2016
Today was the start of the stripping out process. I need to see the bones to see what needs to be replaced, I have already seen half a dozen ribs which need replacing. It is too wet out side to start anything there so I will start to remove all the fittings and fixtures. We will see how many trips to the tip are required.
On Sunday – 10 July 2016 – We towed “Freedom” from her Herald Island mooring to the West Harbour Marina, the wind had picked up and was blowing from the SE, we managed only 3-4 knots for most of the way – thanks to Roy for the assistance and use of his boat.
Tuesday – 12 July 2016 at 9am. A perfect morning! No breeze, sun shining (first time in a while) hardly any clouds, water like glass. I was interested to see what the hull was like as I had seen some sea life clinging to her – it looks as though it has been there some time.
Pictures say a thousand words – needless to say the water-blasting took the best part of an hour!
Thanks to Miranda and the boys at Hobsonville Marine Services for the lift and clean and also to Bob and the lads at Boat Haulage Ltd for transporting her safely to Helensville.
Kauri Launch "ANZAC" 