Clipper 363 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Perhaps a bit of an unusual one. This weekend we began to ressemble a Tower for destruction test, after minor failure in early tests. I'm in a testing station in the desert, outside of Riyadh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Nice work Clipper - that beats my spending 10 hours getting 1950's vinyl tiles off a timber floor, crap job at the best of times. Tip for those contemplating it - use an old iron to heat and soften the tiles and black shite glue they used to use to stick em down. Then scrape off with sharp chisel. EE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Did the bathroom of a house that had been formerly owned by an old couple using a similar method - hot air gun and wide scraper heated up on the stove element. Regretted it immensely when the heat hit the vinyl in the area surrounding the toilet. Can't blame old people too much I suppose, any toilet would probably be the same... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Ummm - house toilets - I almost prefer boat toilets now. Found a wet spot on the floor. Had a look and found the ruber sleeve where the toilet attaches to the external pipe had died (after 30 odd years). Had to pull the toilet out to get at it. Found the water had penetrated the cheap sh*t particle board floor. Pulled up the floor and replaced a big area (bit like taking rot out of a a wooden boat). Put it back together. It still leaked. Turned the toilet upside down and found the ceramic bowl was cracked. Bought a new toilet. Had to buy a new cistern as well as they come that way. Old cistern was attached to wall, had to bung up holes and re paint wall. Then put it all back together. Now it works and is dry. Just got to replace the vinyl I destroyed on the way through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 One day houses will be made like Lego and you will be able to pull off an entire room and slot in a nice new bright shiny module with everything ready to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Ummm - house toilets - I almost prefer boat toilets now. Found a wet spot on the floor. Had a look and found the ruber sleeve where the toilet attaches to the external pipe had died (after 30 odd years). Had to pull the toilet out to get at it. Found the water had penetrated the cheap sh*t particle board floor. Pulled up the floor and replaced a big area (bit like taking rot out of a a wooden boat). Put it back together. It still leaked. Turned the toilet upside down and found the ceramic bowl was cracked. Bought a new toilet. Had to buy a new cistern as well as they come that way. Old cistern was attached to wall, had to bung up holes and re paint wall. Then put it all back together. Now it works and is dry. Just got to replace the vinyl I destroyed on the way through. Wow - impressive list of destruction. Lucky mine were in the old kitchen (now a living room) which I covered with a rug 4 years ago when I finished renos because I couldnt bring myself to spend a day or so pulling them up. Finally bit the bullet, took the pain and did it as I'm going to flick the house. Its a crap job at best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 In old conservatory found a soft spot in corner, lift the carpet to find a previous repair, decided to lift all carpet to replace damaged particle board - found there were cork tiles under the underlay - so if I replaced particle board there would be a need to level the floor - easy answer - garden spade to lift old tiles (also scrapped a lot of the glue off) - replace particle board where damaged - belt sander to smooth it all - painted it then carpet tiles on top to make it look nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 We were hoping to join the Legends Regatta at the Mercs, but couldn't leave 'till Saturday. The forecast was a bit iffy, so we sailed down to Tauranga for the weekend instead. Met with three other multi's (2toTango, Waterblaster and Double Diamond) up Hunters Creek, and spent a pleasant weekend up the creek. While enjoying good food, good wine, and good company on board Hotel 2toTango, I looked out the back to check up on my baby girl. Lance gave me a hard time for salivating over the sexy tri - but hey - wouldn't you? The kids were having a ball: Looking back at Hotel 2toTango: A multi line up: We shifted yesterday to shelter from the NW, and dried out in the afternoon and woke this morning on the hard again. While we were waiting to refloat the boat, we listened to the forecast: gale warning (25kt from the NW), 2m swell, but the Bowentown bar was 'easy' as reported by a fisherman to Coastguard at low tide. Rather than following the plan of motoring up through the wires (the inside channel that connects Tga Harbour to Katikati Harbour), we decided to sail out the Tga entrance and up the coast. Come what may. The wind was strong, with whitecaps everywhere at times, but we didn't see a swell anywhere near 2m. With a reef in the jib and a reef in the main, it was more about testing ourselves than the boat. Sheets cracked just off hard on, feathering the main and jib during the gusts, we had a few sphincter tightening moments. Only momentary though - most of the time a "YEEEHAAA" was on the verge of being screamed. At times we wondered whether we had made the right decision sailing in the open water with a gale warning in force. But we won't learn anything if we always play it safe. For some reason I am more game in the open sea than I am in the harbour - I really hate that feeling of running out of room. Whereas out there - there is HEAPS of room. The young fella got the camera out and took a video before we got into the big gusts. Raw footage - just as he took it. Tacked into the entrance, hard on on slack high tide, and dropped the sails to pick up the mooring, feeling like the cat who got the cream. Oh yes - and I had my first swim of the season . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Made some test panels then some boat bits with my new vacuum pump. New toy = joy joy happy happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banaari 27 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Had the ignominious experience of returning to the ramp via taxi. Launched the Radial from Skudder's Beach very early Saturday morning expecting the wind to fill in. It didn't, and it slowly dawned on me as we drifted downstream on the ebb (occasionally tormented by an intermittent and ultimately useless puff) that the single digits' worth of metres under the centreboard would become mudflat before we ever made it back. Extensive tiller waggling propelled us into Rangitane; making the necessary calls en-route to arrange transport back to the trailer. A learning experience, but one carried out in slow motion and under a rising sun.... there's still no such thing a Bad Sail Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini Babe 0 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Made it back from Tonga. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Glued myself to my jandles at 1/2 Moon Bay whilst fibre glassing a canvas spray dodger...("always wear appropriate footware"... ) Oh! glassing over a canvas spray dodger works! Better than I hoped for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grinna 2 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Made it back from Tonga. WoooHoooo!!! Well done BB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banaari 27 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Made it back from Tonga. Outstanding! Will there be a write up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Made it back from Tonga. Welcome home BB! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Amongst other things I went little skiff sailing again...... and lived Woop Woop Woop.........Yeah BB & co Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Watched my 7 year old daughter go Opti sailing for the first time. And she came back smiling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 The young fella went out in his new (my old) sunburst with his Dad, and successfully capsized it. The young fella was not scared. They did the first sea trial of the new cat - with chase boat and all! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini Babe 0 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Made it back from Tonga. Outstanding! Will there be a write up? Oh you have no idea...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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