Tuesday, November 24, 2009

I went to the boat today to see what work I could do underneath the waterline prior to the boat getting splashed back into the water. I greased up the Gori folding prop and cleaned the remaining few dried barnacles from the hull, and discovered that someone had actually removed a metal grate covering the galley salt water intake including the 5 screws holding it in! I doubt that the part is particularly expensive, but those 5 holes can cause water ingress and damage if not plugged up. I think that this is a despicable theft and, if it weren't so warm and windless, I'd walk around the yard looking for a boat with a grate similar to what mine used to be and if they were lazy they might have even left my coloured bottom paint on.