Photo record of maintenance work on COMRADE during early 2011:

 

      Dave applies gloss to forward hold exit            Keith undercoats forward quarter rails           Pontoon used for starboard maintenance

 

     Keith coating port side hull with black bitumen                                    John and Steve coating starboard side hull with black bitumen

 

     Our Chairman - Oh for a longer saw blade!                                            ...and undercoating the horse rail

 

You could hardly call this winter maintenance - it was well over 70 degrees this Easter Weekend!!!

 

     Dave P - undercoating still...                   Dave E - glossing the starboard strake          Moving the pontoon to the aft section

 

     Re-rigging time again - Steve attaches the starboard tack                  Keith and Steve wind on the tack chain

 

John welding in new hawse plate section ... and grinding flat                                                Steve and Keith attach leeboard wire

 

      New hawse plate section primed and undercoated                              New hawse pipe block located and fitted

 

      Locating the hawse block                                            Bolting the hawse pipe through the block to complete the restoration

 

....they seek it here....they seek it there....they seek that gas vent everywhere.    The Boat Safety Inspection on Sat 14 May

 

      Bringing the yards up from the hold                                                        1...2...3...lift

 

      Steve oils the yards                                                                                     Keith, Steve and John refitting the stayfall blocks

 

      Dave painting the cabin deck                                                                    Hull painting now completed

Photos by Lesley and Dave Everatt