It’s Concrete Day At The Railway HQ
The first boat on the rails this season. Seems fitting. We had to refit the power because of the new doors
What a nutso week. Between Zoom calls in 1 hr slivers of freedom, getting the boats ready has worn me out. Up at 4AM and to bed at 8PM. This morning at 2AM to get stuff up and running before the concrete gets here at 8AM and gotta get Sweet Pea done before 8 or I am toast with the Boatress.
The view out the doors in the office. COOL AS HELL.
Slow and steady
Dirty bottom but tight and strong
OUCH, that explains alot.
Powerwashing is a internet thing BTW.. Crazy
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Clean, and hull painted with two coats . Thanks Kirby Paints
Working late to geterdone! Rub Rails all polished and clearcoated. Swim platform cleaned and oiled. Zincs installed. And you can see the shape of one of the pervious concrete pads
Bootstripe this morning.
Meanwhile in the parts room. We have baby birds. Almost stepped on this little one.
Are you my mother?
Yip getting outta there before the concrete blocks her in for a couple days
WECATCHEM’s almost done. The W is there waiting to go to her new home at the railay. Will be all dialed in and set up for storage.
Performance review for:
Matt Smith.
Work ethic. 10/10
Mental state. Nuts.
Don’t you need to lay steel reinforcing mesh before the concrete gets laid?
Think of how much you’ll save on haul-outs now!
Its not for driving, just ecapsulating the crap
Kinda like replacing clutch & pressure plate; and No throwout bearing?
You need the mesh. Otherwise you will be replacing it in 3 years.
I agree. Fiber reinforced might last a bit longer, but the span is too large to get away without rebar or metal mesh.
Do it right the first time. It’s a lot cheaper.
Skip the wire mesh go only with the rebar. Rebar strengthens the concrete and don’t forget to add fiberglass to the concrete. When the concrete cracks if your pouring 4 inches and it will, the mech kinda holds things together before the wire rusts and everything comes apart.
that is one hefty powerwasher? Even blows away barnacles.
Do be careful breathing that undersea crap when airborne…just nasty.
Nice work going on there…really like the railway updates.
John in Va.
When does construction start on the new apartments?
Well done Matt!
Preaching, or teaching, about power washing techniques and practices on painted wood surfaces would / could be enlightening and perhaps entertaining – –
The concrete is speced per permission by the county. Its on the water and needs to be what it is. BTW, no driving on it. Designed to just be a work area that you can stand on with ladders etc. Its coming out like gravel. Its a different type of concrete.
Nice work!
Lots of back seat drivers today!
is there room for a line cutter on that prop shaft? that looks painful.
dont know much about concrete
Jimmy must be exhausted, lol. Cheap shot, Just kidding, Happy post tax season day.
Matt you are awesome! All Blessings on you and The Boatress.
Lil’ bird is cute.Kinda looks like Bette Davis.Awesome job on the barnicles.I’ll have to try that when I get Diddymo on my hull.
Regarding reinforcement has only been used in the US for about 135 years… if the railway predates that then you’re just period correct.
Keep that old W safe. Wecatchem’s gonna want her back someday. Love that railway!