tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1325603381156835325.post3308396563110850564..comments2023-09-29T14:40:41.552+01:00Comments on Narrow Boat "The Robber Button": Day 1 of Blacking (prep) (or cleaning a big dirty bottom)D Baynhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540659830488516098noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1325603381156835325.post-72037076816637736302009-03-23T18:07:00.000+00:002009-03-23T18:07:00.000+00:00Up close she looks quite bad, most of the original...Up close she looks quite bad, most of the original blacking is now off and she is a dull grey, I think the galvanic isolator is working !!!!! yay!!!! please don't harpoon her, I would hate to have to explain that to the insurance company :-SD Baynhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540659830488516098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1325603381156835325.post-60048382333837656192009-03-23T18:01:00.000+00:002009-03-23T18:01:00.000+00:00Ooh Arrr - The Captain in me says that she looks a...Ooh Arrr - The Captain in me says that she looks a bit like a beached whale, up the on the blocks. I must go and get my harpoon! (The paint looks in better nick then WB at present).Andy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1325603381156835325.post-72173242894244631102009-03-23T16:40:00.000+00:002009-03-23T16:40:00.000+00:00It was about three years or very near since TRB wa...It was about three years or very near since TRB was first put in the water, and too be honest the fowling on the hull wasn't bad but it was starting to rust, and I am very glad to get it out and cleaned.D Baynhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540659830488516098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1325603381156835325.post-50082441280584850332009-03-23T16:22:00.000+00:002009-03-23T16:22:00.000+00:00I will be dragging WB out this autumn, by which ti...I will be dragging WB out this autumn, by which time the blacking will be three year old.Andy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.com