John is down in Florida this week wrapping up a boat sale on a Grand Banks 42 – a very nice Europa that we had worked on last year. He told yesterday that it was in the low 80’s -and I’m quite envious although I wouldn’t want to be there (I don’t go far from home!)
We got the engine ready to pull on the Navy 44 yesterday. We will be using a spreader bar on our travel lift to pull this one. It seems like a little toy compared to the big engines we are used to dealing with.
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Work progresses on the bow thruster install. We got smart and pre-coated the lower unit with our Pettit Zinc Spray before installing to get a really good coating all around (after some judicious masking of course). We also went ahead and did the props. This won’t need to be revisited at launch time.
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And here it is coming up through the mounting hole. After this we can mount the motor.
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It may still be a bit chilly for polishing, but you can compound in any weather!
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I did notice a common GB occurrence on this boat when I went to check on the compounding. This would be a fairly easy repair. I just wonder why no one (including the customer) ever mentioned it. It has obviously not a new break.