Scheepswerf Porsius B.V. Porsius Ketch Motorsailer

A truly proper little ship built in Holland where they understand about tin and engineering. Single Gardner 8LXB, Agatha Christie interior and lots of current owner's elbow grease in evidence - she gleams.

This work has been actioned over 2012/13 and will be completed for the 2014 season:

• Raise the Mizzen boom to the original designed height to facilitate easier passageway beneath.   It will now be possible to properly use an aft deck table.
• Sails are in storage at the sailmakers after laundering.
• Main engine gearbox has been removed from the yacht.   The decision was taken to do this as it has never been out.   Apart from requiring new bearings, no wear is reported. It has been reconditioned by GB Gearboxes. It will be refitted.
• The bilge beneath the gearbox stripped to bear metal and repainted.
• All ancillary parts of the Gardner main engine have been removed for checking, polishing and/or enameling.
• Various parts on the Gardner main engine have been replaced – starter motor, heat exchangers have been stripped, cleaned and serviced, water pump serviced, sump pump serviced, inlet manifold.
• Any interior varnish work not refinished in 2008 is being brought up to standard.
• All heads compartment worktops have been removed and replaced.
• Heads fittings are being replaced/rechromed.
• Bow Thruster pump overhaul.
• Main engine bilge & midships builge thoroughly cleaned and repainted.
• All house batteries replaced. Generator batteries also replaced.
• A number of external fittings have been modified to maintenance free material – vents, breathers, forward deck plates etc.
• Aft deck summer/winter cover tailor made with handrail covers. Outside cockpit position has a sun/winter cover.
• Aft deck fully recaulked.
• Maintenance to steel plating in wheelhouse area.
• Aft lazarette totally refurbished, including new hatch and hatch surround with self draining mechanism.
• Aft platform refurbished with stainless steel stanchions fitted.
• External varnishing redone.
• Superstructure awlgripped white.
• All fuel tanks emptied and cleaned.

2008:

• Teak decks replaced.
• Hull repainted.
• Main engine overhauled.
• New bowthruster and watermaker.
• 2 x New Kohler generators (including new exhausts and fuel systems).
• Both masts completely overhauled, new booms, new running rigging, and approximately 50% of standing rigging replaced, mainsail and mizzen replaced, new sail boom covers.

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