Well it didn't happen last year. The boat yard had kept fobbing us off regards the sterndrive and it got to a point it was too late to bother. I told them I'd sort myself. I managed to source some stern drive bellows from Germany which appear to be the last supplier of these parts globally. I left the parts with a local Marine Engineer for the winter who appear to have done a lovely job on the drive including new exhaust and drive bellows, new pipe for the raw water feed, new anodes, transmission oil etc.
The boat safety is now also due so time has been taken to fit a new gas locker as the old one was looking a little decrepit.
The weather has been pretty rubbish this week but the weather held off enough Monday and Tuesday to apply 2 coats of antifoul paint to the hull. So the boat safety is booked in for Saturday and fingers crossed the boat will be back in the water very soon.
I hope that isn't hull antifoul on your drive!
ReplyDeleteIf it is get it off before launching the boat. The copper in the antifoul reacts with the aluminium of the drive and will eat it away in water!
No, the hull is done in one paint, and the drive in the same colour with a different harder paint advised by the marine engineeer but thanks for the heads up.
ReplyDeleteI would check it is drive paint. Pretty sure it isn't in that colour!!
ReplyDeleteDrive paint is almost always black, grey or white.
Never seen a blue one.