Consider Chlorinated Rubber, commonly described as swimming pool paint. Applied straight onto bare steel, not over old paint. Quick drying and a good thickness can be achieved quite quickly. To avoid condensation use a fan blowing cold air.
Alec & Brian Wroe. I think they were based on a farm in Pollington, on the Aire & Calder. That was in the 90's. One of my neighbours in Blue Water Marina back then had a small Dutch Barge called 'Celine' built by Alec Wroe and looked a nice thing. A small scale outfit.
No problem Jo. Yes re-weld, and maybe add some beef around it. Maybe it's a good job it did break ?? Think about it.
We've had water since August so all is well again on that front. 😃
Jo,
I have spoken to the previous owner of your boat. The pre-sale survey highlighted a worn prop shaft bearing. A new one was fitted. A welder chappie cut the rudder stock above the rudder blade to remove the rudder and re-welded it afterwards. That is probably what has failed. When you had the new rudder/swan neck bearing fitted, that crew probably knew that the swan kneck came off so it was done in water.
AE Woodward's of Hull re-pitched our 27" prop while we had a walk around the shops. Dropped it off first thing, ready for collection at noon. Back on the boat same day.
Apparently there was a voltmeter by the bow batteries so easy to check. My feeling is that the isolator(s), the one at the bow batteries and the one at the stern are not in the correct positions for the charge from the solar or engine to get through. There is also a fuse by the bow batteries, is that ok?
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