I am in the Texada boatyard at the north end of Texada island working on the Ontario 28 sailboat I bought last year. She has been a project from the start with a diesel that lasted one hour and an ancient sun damaged mainsail. Current projects include some fiberglass repairs, replacing the propellor that is crumbling from electrolysis, repainting the topsides to replace the lousy job done by the last owner, and the usual bottom paint and zincs. The new mainsail from Precision Sails works well but the diesel, which I had rebuilt, lasted an hour or two before losing compression, so needs more work...
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| They use a tractor to pull a hydraulic trailer with slings at this yard. A very well designed system |
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| Propellor was wrecked by electrolysis that ate away the less noble metal |
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| Lead keel was at some point coated in epoxy. The boat was run aground at least once judging by the dented lead and cracked coating |
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| The joint between lead and fiberglass has been covered by epoxy and maybe fiberglass. It cracked likely when the boat was run aground. I will check the front keelbolt torque and reglass |
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| The boat has also had a barrier coat applied probably due to blisters. It needs a couple of small repairs |
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| I will sand off the recently applied paint. The darker colour is the gelcoat underneath. There was no primer applied or sanding done before the last owner did this one coat bodged job |
