Dave servicing the main engine
Originally Orion had a Dorman 6 cylinder engine. It was replaced with a more powerful Gardner 8LXB in 1974, and this engine was rebuilt from the crankshaft up in 2008 by Dave Shaw. In this photo Dave is servicing the engine before the trip south to Picton.
John scraping the garboard seam
After looking and poking at the garboard seam for a couple of days Nick Peal decided to re-caulk it for the full length on both sides. Here John is scraping out all the putty and any loose cotton.
Garboard seam re-caulked (Video 1 minute)
Nick caulking a butt
Weeping butt joints were mentioned in a survey way back. Here Nick is re-caulking one of several he has identified as in need of attention. Also some butt joints along the garboard are being re-fastened and re-caulked.
Old wooden fishing boats leak, and there's nothing surprising about that. When we went aboard Orion the automatic pump was going off once an hour and pumping out about a litre of water. After a couple of weeks out of the water she will have dried out and may take a few days to take up, but after that we should see a considerable improvement. More to the point, if she meets any weather on the trip south she stands a much better chance of remaining staunch. Each two-starred item on the Jon Jones survey report has been inspected and attended to, and more besides.
Pictures by Sue
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