Spring Into Action

We are now deciding which jobs we are going to do whilst Naughty-Cal is out of the water in a couple of weeks. We will only have time to do a few bits and bobs as all being well she will only be out of the water for a couple of weeks and just one weekend.

The obvious jobs to do are on the sterndrive. We already know that the oil seals have been damaged due to fishing line, this happened on the first day of the fishing season on the Trent, so a seal change and oil change are in order. We also know that we have a leaky drive ram and this is causing the leg to droop at slow speeds which isn't ideal. So we have ordered a pair of new ram inserts and seals. Our current shafts are a bit worn and we believe this is why the seals are becoming prone to failing. Hopefully the new inserts should solve this problem and we won't have to touch them again for a while.

If the weather is fair we may as well give the hull another coat or two of wax to keep it shiny next year. We hopefully won't be coming out of the water again until we are pulled out onto the trailer next summer for our trip to the Thames, so we need to keep her looking good for that trip.