Sep 20, 2020
Wild Goose Part 6 —
Standing Rigging Support Rods There are six threaded rods which are fastened to the hull of the boat and penetrate through the deck. These rods are part of the standing rigging and are attached to steel cables to help hold the mast up.
Where they penetrate the deck there are covers to prevent any water leaking into the cabin. Two of these rods run through the mast base support beam (which may have been a contributing factor to the water damage).…
Sep 7, 2020
Wild Goose Part 5 —
The Engine Bay Wild Goose used to have an inboard motor but the last owner had it replaced with an outboard. The inboard was removed but the dirty engine bay remained. The plywood hatch covering the bay on the outside was rotten and falling apart (if you stood on it you would probably fall through).
I set about removing all the rotten plywood, cleaning up the mess and removing the cover inside the boat to free up some extra space.…
Aug 21, 2020
Wild Goose Part 4 —
Wild Weather There has been some wild weather here at Yaringa these past few days, and more to come yet.
The new beam has been coming along great. It has been fibreglassed and I pre-drilled then filled holes with bog to help keep it water tight. Some images are attached.
Fibreglassing the Beam I had a lot of trouble fibreglassing the beam, but I got there in the end.
The first problem I had was that I cut pieces of glass and wrapped around the beam.…
Aug 16, 2020
Surviving Stage 4 Lockdown —
Staying in Victoria Sometimes I regret choosing to stay in Victoria when the borders closed. If I want to go back now I will need to isolate for two weeks. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, I had no issues sitting at home for two weeks living off Uber Eats and playing video games. However, I share an apartment with another person so I would need to stay in a hotel at great expense, and would not have access to my massive gaming rig.…
Aug 7, 2020
Wild Goose Part 3 —
Mast Base With some persuasion I have been able to remove the two upright beams that help hold up the mast base. If I wasn’t able to remove these beams I would have to replace the rotten horizontal beam layer by layer. However now I can fibreglass the beam outside the boat and put it into place as a single piece.
I traced the curve of the roof onto a large piece of chipboard, I screwed small blocks of wood to this chipboard and clamped the strips of ply to bend them into shape.…
Jul 20, 2020
Wild Goose Part 2 —
Windows The windows on the boat are cracked and appear to be leaking. I removed the window frame quite easily by unscrewing 20 or so bolts per frame. A lot of the bolts were barely holding on and will need replacing with larger ones so they get some grip.
I bought a sheet of 5mm acrylic from Bunnings (about $70) and cut out replacement windows using a dual saw loaned to me by someone else here who is working on fixing up their own boat.…
Jul 17, 2020
Wild Goose —
I bought a sailboat, it’s a 22 foot Jedda, built by Ossie Whitley between 1968-1984.
The boat needs some work done to it before it can be sailed. The major issue is that the mast fell over while it was sailing and has damaged the fibreglass at the base of where the mast sits.
Upon further inspection there is a beam of wood encased with fibreglass that runs from one side of the boat to the other, the mast base screws into this beam.…
Jul 16, 2020
My First Post —
Hello, this is the first post on my blog.
Here in my blog you will find posts about things I am working on or I am interested in.
For example my boat Wild Goose, my girlfriend’s dog Bandy, or my dad’s dog Scruff.…