On Sunday, Gelcoat repairs, + many small other things.. . I spotted something very rare: an amphibious red car in the port, filmed at the end of the video (03:25) !
From the boat logs:
11 Aug: 1-2bft, Luigi, pawel. giulia, magda, Ylenia. Done auto pilot compass calibration. Discover the backstay was attached by a piece of rotten ropes, re-connected to the metal ring and redone the pully circuit such that it can properly work. Found 90% humidity inside, and the tank of the de-humidifie full. cleaned by hand the full bilge, extrated like 4 liters of water from inside (and a lot of dirt). Removed the broken instrument plexiglass, temporary repaired with plastic bag, however, leave the temporary ducktape please semi-open, such that the instrument moisture can dry. Measured the diameter of halyard that is 9mm, and lenght of spinnaker lines that I will probably replace. Battery still measure 12.5 volt=Battery ok! Left the boat rigged and open to dry on request of Alessandro that will go out for the fireworks soon. CLEANED ALL THE BOAT, PLEASE KEEP IT CLEAN AND DRY, DO NOT GO WET OR WITH SHOES INSIDE, we should try to reduce the moisture, and I want to see if there are some leaks to explain so much water inside.
12 Aug: Fresh gelcoat this morning, on mast base, port side aroud the shroud and on the starboard a small hole close to the seat. CAREFULL WITH THE ENGINE: The engine support was touching the stern and has completely destroyed the gelcoat exposing the fiberglass, so I have remade it but PLEASE DO NOT PULL THE ENGINE COMPLETELYH DOWN. Also a blue tissue installed there to reduce the impact force. Fixed the velocitek support, try to keep boat open as much as possible in the sun to reduce moisture. Silicon lube on cockpit and lithium lube on pulley and traveller.
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