>>1505872I had to leave for now as they cant run it for shit and couldnt afford me for even 2 days a week for that cheapass salary. However, I do keep an eye on her. She is going in two days for Classing to the yard and hopefully some painjobs of the bottom. The senior sailors who can afford to work there for free did some nice job keeping the wooden superstructure elements oiled and varnished. Even though I suspect them to have used a wrong one, but eh better than raw open rotting wood I guess.
I will likely make them hire me on de-rusting of the hull from the inside as that was my larger project on a newer boat from 1957 (see pic) and I got a lot of XP on how to carefully remove larger quantitites of rust.
I am volontarily continuing to search for the original wrought iron that was used to build the hull so I can at least forge some small parts out of the original material. That concept makes my boiler ovepressurize and forces the release valves open. I was sailing past here three days ago and the guys from the machine room were taking down the winter tent (abysmally too late, the deck will be dry to the bone yet again...) but they were also firing up carefully, so everything seems to be working. She will take that trip to the yard on her own power.
However there wont be no sailing this year as Corona-chan bent u all over and had its way with the whole turism industry. I am lucky that we run small sightseeing boats and somewhat break even. I hope they will at least finally start guiding onboard again!!
I will return to her from different side and hopefully with more power to push things. She needs a programme, concept, idea. She i still worlds oldest seaworthy sailing steamer and She will get her new rig! She is faithful and waits for me.
