Baragoola 16th April 2011

In attendance: Nick, Lance, Peter H, Geoff L, Glen & Mark Visitors: None Absolutely awful day on the harbour on Saturday – rain, wind, squalls, equipment breakdowns – you name it. Kept a dampener on things and kept people away with at least one regular phoning and saying he was having a “day off”. As well a couple of regulars had other things to attend to and couldn’t make it. Plans for the day had included working on the funnel – the rain put paid to that little effort! Big thanks to the NSW Maritime BSO’s who rescued Nick on Saturday afternoon after the big tinnie broke down – delayed reaction to the immersion it received after the heavy rain a few weekends ago I suspect. We’ve had a good week donation-wise too – some $400 in cash from various sources, 160 litres of engine oil from Valvoline (that’ll keep the engineering crew very happy!) and a complete Gardner 6LW – we have 6LX’s but may be able to salvage some parts and the remainder can be sold to bring in some much needed funds. Don’t forget that all donations over $2 are tax deductible – visit http://www.savethebaragoola.com to see how to donate. This coming weekend (long weekend) we’ll be there on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday and we

already have a few people coming along that aren’t part of our regular crew so let’s put in a big effort

and get as many people as possible on the boat and working. If you haven’t been down for a while it’s a

great opportunity to come along and see what’s been done recently and chip in and assist with this very

worthy cause!

Pickups at the usual spots, again, check out the website for details and ring ahead to be picked up.

Don’t forget to bring along your lunch – we do provide coffee, tea, soft drinks and light snacks (usually

fruit) to all attendees.

Hope to see you there!

Peter H had attended during the week and had spent three days repairing the roof of the forward

wheelhouse. This was one of the areas that trapped water after rain and always leaked it in for several

days following – I’m very pleased to report that on Saturday it was bone dry in that wheelhouse – an

excellent result Pete!

Repairs in progress (P Hounslow)

New work – you can also see the work in progress on the funnel (P Hounslow)

… and the finished wheelhouse roof (P Hounslow)

It still needs another coat of the sealant and then a coat of paint to finish it off, but otherwise it’s now

done. Peter has said he’s moving on to the deck on either side next so we need a few people to assist

him.

Because of the poor weather we were unable to do the remainder of the work on the funnel shroud,

however on Sunday morning Nick and myself managed to get a few of the holes sealed up though not all

of them. Hopefully this weekend we can do the rest, finish stripping it and begin the task of rust

proofing and painting it. There are some minor repairs to the funnel itself that need doing and these will

be commenced as well.

At least with all the rotten plywood removed we should stop the rust that has been eating into it

anyway!

We really need to accelerate the effort on the roof – this one area is a singular point of major pain for us

– if you know anyone who can help with the woodwork please let us know. Once the rainwater ingress

has stopped this will allow us to move on to the areas internally that have been water damaged – no

great point right now however.

Because of the rain we decided to do interior painting – Mark did one stretch of the wall in the upstairs

accommodation in cream and it’s looking great. This section has previously had the first coat of blue

applied and is now scrubbing up beautifully.

Mark at work

Downstairs Nick, Geoff, Mark and I got into the Smoking Salon; first cleaning down the wall we planned

on doing, giving the floor in that area a good sweep and commencing the painting. With four people the

work proceeded rapidly – a good example of how quickly things can be done with a reasonable crew at

work.

The ‘before’ shot

Cream and blue – a remarkable difference!

More in this area – and yes, that’s our “laundry” in the background

Peter C was downstairs working on the General Service Pump, this hasn’t worked for a very, very long

time and its’ restoration has been somewhat frustrating for Peter. Peter says on his forum post (from

Sunday):

“Yesterday saw the GS pump reassembled with a few straggling bits to come. The bores were honed and

the pistons and rings required but a few gentle taps with a hammer and the aid of a large hose clip to

slide back into the bores. I had made some adaptors that would have let me use the jacking screws to

pull down the pistons into the bores via the cylinder cover studs to get the rings over the unworn part

of the bores but they weren't necessary. Both cylinder covers were bolted down and the crossheads

secured. The starboard connecting was attached and the Gardner was started and the pump run. All

very well but no water was introduced as the safety valve hasn't been finished. I turned up a new

crosshead pin and cleaned up and painted the connecting rod this afternoon and, once the safety valve

has been cleaned up, this pump should be ready for work. This pump also has an outlet for the main

engine circulating water so, by opening the sea water suction, it can be used as an auxiliary if the main

circulating pump for the English Electrics fails.”

A video of the pump running for the first time in over a quarter of a century has been posted by Peter at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d7CKWxoP_o

Original gland stud – totally decayed and useless for its’ task (P Cowie)

New rods (P Cowie)

The reassembled General Service Pump (P Cowie)

Peter also added a little more grey paint in this area (the steps leading in) and it shows how nicely things

can scrub up after little more than a coat of paint. Indeed much of Baragoola’s supposedly “derelict”

look is due to cosmetic issues alone.

Steps into the Control Room

That’s pretty much it for this week – don’t forget that we are there all this long weekend so come along

and help out!

Special Request

As most of you are aware, some time ago our boat trailer was stolen from Greenwich ramp; we won a

new one on eBay but the seller refused to part with it as he didn’t get the price he wanted.

We need to get the big tinnie out of the water for some urgent maintenance – we’d like to request a

“loaner” if any of our members have a trailer (16’ would be great) for a few days so we can get this

urgent task done.

As you all know we rely on our tinnies for transport to and from Baragoola and work will grind to a halt if

we don’t have reliable transport.

Please contact Gary directly at publicofficer@savethebaragoola.com if you can help us out with this.

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