I open up competition with servicing the pushpit, which was disassembled, reinforced, put back in place
A SUMMA OF DISREGARD for post-sale
service, on the side of NA design and ship-builder execution (Who the Hell would care!?)
Execution:
Lifting the rails, upon which pushpit sits (easy..)
Disconnecting nav lights (easy..)
Unscrew bolts after 20+ years
Entering head-down into the
anchor stowage (of a minimal human size, even on a 54' footer, in order to reach bolts placed 2' afore).
Crunching shoulders, stopping breath, bumping
head, scratching skin all around
Embellish the
deck top with a new silicon bedding upon which to graciously sit a 30pound pushpit of SS, some 3' long, without smearing around (yes, l did smear around)
Note: placing the pushpit back involves centering nr.4 SS pipe-on-pipe joint connections, with a wire cable inside, already passed thru the
deck.... (hihihi, so
funny, as a little misalignment stops the cord from passing... you earn by the inches
Got in new (larger, M8 bolts), with Sika beneath the
head, , and atop (double) washers (much fun, they slide on each other)
Cut some washers with flex, as they collide onto the hull! SS gets red hot...
Using ratchet wrench, crown wrench, and Pipe wrench (#13) depending on accessibility, and physical room to manoeuvre... in some cases just a 15° rotation was allowed
It all with black hands (no gloves, cant touch things well otherwise, blindly at times....) and with feet positioned 3' upon my head, upon a comfy
windlass, the head pierced inside that out-hole.
Getting in/out was a Painful 60sec manoeuvre Houdini-wise, with little
learning curve!
Shackles and other fittings help you in getting things worse and scratching hands, well thought after impediments.
Help from a 2nd person was an absolute necessity, to fasten the bolt head when turning the nuts tight (15° a turn)
Today, thinner wash for my precious tools...
Thank to all shipyards, as I think that no modern ****.....g
boat is designed any better
OK. Competition for the most miserable
work on/below deck is open. Please join in with a smile