June 21 the ferry Aratere went aground in Picton harbour due to a steering failure. Turned out it wasn't so much a mechanical failure as a procedural one, but it made me decide to do something about the corrosion in the steering flat on Orion. Life got in the way, and no action was actually taken until last week when Sue asked Gary and Giles (Aquaserv) to get on with the job.
The lazarette is poorly ventilated (which we are going to address next) and the damp conditions caused the hydraulic hose connectors to the steering arms to rust. Karl and Sam (FPS Havelock) found things not too bad, one hose however was "about to blow" and that is now an exhibit in the Chamber of Horrors. Some connectors were restored and some new ones supplied and this time they were coated. We didn't use Denzo tape because then you can't inspect them.
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