major problem encountered. sunday morning i was up bright and early......5am, and thought, I know, I will get my Atlantis out and have a shake down sail before Wicksteed.
so went to rollerskate (aygo) put rear seats corn and sorted junk out. went to shed and got the sails out then the hull. just before my side gate, we have a table so i put her on the table and think, let's change the battery while I'm here, it's easier than doing it lake side. so i take the center hatch up to get to the sealed deck hatch and saw condensation on the inside hatch. oh look, guess who forgot to unreal and vent the boat after sailing her at Black Park in September!
now, the hull on the Atlantis is huge and beamy. I struggled to get her up the stairs then had to slide her on the floor through the door into the side loft (29 inches wide door).
step over her, stand in a corner where my 2 size 8s just fitted, pick her up and turn an deposit her on the work table. that completed, I went downstairs, grabbed the ibuprofen gel and gave my back a Good soaking, grabbed a cuppa, the bleach, Mr muscle, wire wool, kitchen roll and a new bin liner. back upstairs. opened all 3 hatches, mould everywhere! i had not only forgotten to vent it, I had not even emptied the water from inside( she has always taken water on but i could never figure out where from)
so large 100ml syringe was used 4 times to empty the hull. I then got my 50ml syringe with the narrow tubing and emptied another 3 times from the keel area. she stank to high heaven. i then removed the propshaft, rudder servo, upper clear shroud protector, electronics board, battery and lower clear plastic tray. this gave me access to the lower inside hull. kitchen towel was put inside low down to soak up residual water and then everything inside was sprayed liberally with bleach and left hour an hour. all kitten towel removed, all surfaces wiped down and new kitchen towel put down and a listing of Mr muscle squirted in. left for another hour. in the meantime, I stripped the servos down, cleaned and re greased, all wires were taken off and wiped down with bleach cloths and 2 extension leads replaced for safety sake, due to some signs of damage.
she has been cleaned out again and will now be left in a warm room with several humidity bags inside her to totally dry out.
BUT......while doing this I found the source of the water ingress! as this is the v2 version of the Atlantis, she has a fixed propshaft(although fitted with motor and esc, neither are connected) the lower motor mount is actually screwed in through the hull from the bottom, with no sealing grommets!. now as i never built the original kit, I did not know this. So i looked on my plans for her, and none were supplied! this has now been remedied with 2 small o rings on each screw and a liberal dousing of bath sealant inside over the screws. all the electronics work outside the boat. So hopefully next weekend I can start to reassemble her. with any luck she may be ready for Wicksteed!
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Topic: Mayhem Weekend 2019 (Read 93284 times)