old wooden boat

I was´nt paid, that leaves room for speculations.............

 

Does Ulas need a life buoy?

 

First he needs some knowledge......................

 

hello,
after some days on water in winter time i arrived to my destination(Ayvalık). Now the boat is on ground and i am in Istanbul for a while. It was cold and when it was not very cold it was stormy. It was not comfortable and sometimes i got nervous. But sure, the trip was a big adventure.
she is a very sound boat(one night we climbed on the rocks!!! and nothing happened) It has some small problems. I will ask some advices when i begin to fix the problems.
Maybe i will tell you more stories about the trip and the crew later.

cheers

 

Congratulations, we will hear from you later! Make pictures!

 

Congratulations. I've been keeping track of the thread, and wondering when you would make it home.

 

hi,
i need to fix some problems about the boat. let me ask some of them.
i unstepped the mast. As seen in the picture, the mast step is made of steel and there is corrosion. the the gap between the mast heel and the mast step is filled with wood.
Before unstepping the mast i was expecting more galvanic corrosion on the mast. But it is not so bad. now i need to clean the rust, find a solution to prevent further corrosion and step the mast again.
i am planning to clean all the rust on the mast step and then paint it with rust converter. Of course i will clean the mast heel. what should i do afterwards? i don't want to change the mast step unless it is really necessary.
what should i do to isolate two dissimilar metals? and which metarial should i put to the gap between the mast step and mast heel to squezee the mast in the mast step?

 

search

how did you find her BTW

do you have got any recommendations for search databases locally apart from the big ones?

Wish for ye fair wind in the greaterr voyage!

 

anodization

regarding the mast did you get anywhere? Its only the mast step thats the problem correct? (not the mast itself?)

http://www.daysailer.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2032