Haulout Hout Bay

Hout Bay Boat Yard
Vessel up to 9.9 metres: 900 rand one way.
Storage: 210 rand / day for first 5 days then 100 rand / day
Pressure wash: 30 rand / metre.
Hire of cradle (there is only one) 40 rand / day

Before

While power washing the bottom after being hauled out I deliberately strayed onto the topside and watched as paint flew off. The two pack paint was old and peeling. I bit the bullet and had it resprayed. The job in Aus would have cost $10 grand plus - here it was considerably less. This job was done by Wellington and offsider Shoes. Note: This did not turn out to be one of the skipper's better decisions, after crossing the Atlantic  the new paint looked like it had serious chicken pox and blisters.

During

I was pleased with the bottom paint that I used 16 months and about 5,000 miles ago - Jotun Seaforce 60. I could probably have got away with another year but had bought the paint already. This time I put on enough paint, Seaforce 90, to hopefully get away with 3 years. One can only buy 20 litre cans of this paint used on ships.  After rolling on 4 coats of paint I'd had enough. There was about 4 litres left in the can. There was not as much evidence of osmosis in the hull as there was last haulout. This may have had something to do with having treated the several hundred potential blisters last time in Rebak, Malaysia.

Other jobs:

• Replace stern gland packing.
• Bottom paint Jotan seaforce 90
• Repairs to rudder
• Re-bed engine water inlet thru hull fitting. 

After

 After 6 days on the hard at the Hout Bay Boat Yard Sadiqi was successfully refloated. Warren and the guys from the yard were very professional and the security was good. 

Refloating