9/22/2023 0 Comments Balmain slipwayMain issue was waiting for a convenient tide. Booked in there for Monday coming about 2-3 weeks ago. Factor in all the paint, consumables and most importantly time, I reckon it's well worth the tiny extra amount, even if the finish may not be as thorough as I'd do. Just as an FYI though, for my 22ft boat, Gladesville Bridge Marina charge about $100 more to do the lot than I was paying for a lift and stand over the weekend at Woolwich. Is there a particular reason you're after DIY, or just because of price? Totally understand wanting to be able to do your own, have done it a bunch of times myself. I've got an absurd quote for antifouling my 31' about $3700 and the paint is provided by myself. Woolwich dock always treated me like a valued customer, even when my junky old boat was being pulled up beside multi squillion dollar yachts, and Gladesville offer a great "turnkey" service, where I just drop off and pick up, no hassle whatsoever. Back to doing it myself next time thank you Also they told me it would take 10 L so I should have asked for the leftovers after watching for the whole time to make sure it all went on. Maybe tell them one coat red one coat blue then watch haha. The front of the Keel and other leading edges should probably have 3 anyway. I doubt all areas had two coats and in any event the coats were probably thin as hell. Unfortunately I beached my boat getting out of Lake Macquarie 10 days ago less than 5 months after antifouling and noticed barnacles and no new blue antifouling on the prop supports. They had missed a few spots between the skeg and the rudder which I asked them to fix. I went away for less than 2 hours and they had two coats on when I got back supposedly. I paid for two coats of Altex #5 and for the first time let them do it at Marmong Pt. If you do it yourself you get to do it properly. I have no business association with any marina business just want to be able to DIY slip in the west harbour. I well realise that the Noakes floating dock debate included the visual aesthetics debate of the thing rising out of the water with something taller in it.glory, the shock and horror of it all. So DIY slip and do all the noise emitting work in these Saturday 8hrs and then the rest of the weekend is hand sanding and more afouling coats. So if that was applied to slipways the weekend warrior would easily be accommodated and I would guess that's what Castlecrag Marine have done - I have slipped there a fair while back and they are a top shelf operation. Is this correct? It seems entirely reasonable. My understanding of most councils is that home building construction and renovation work - with the associated inherent noise - can occur from 7am-1pm on Saturdays and that's it for the weekend. I lost track of time in the Noakes floating dock saga but now see that they are underway which is a good result. Don't want to make a meal of it but the reality is that Sydney Harbour is a working port - google that to find numerous articles.
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