Hendo quit playing around on the docks and keep grinding away on Axe
Oh righto! Gees ... Lol
I'm glad someone is here to keep me true, straight and honest haha thanks Craigo!
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Hendo quit playing around on the docks and keep grinding away on Axe
Shat man - Them are some BIG Firecrackers!
Art-you beat me to it on the anchor in Pic #2. But then again, I guess that sucker can anchor any frickin' place it wants to, anytime it wants to, probably runs its generator 24X7 too.
On why they are there, I think the US has been making a little show of force in the South China Sea due to China's wanting to pretty much claim the entire Sea as its sovereign water.
I think the real reason is somewhat more mundane sorry guys. We just had the carrier US George Washington in here in Brisbane. They are here for joint exercises with Aussie off the Queensland coast, as some co-operative defence deal we have, is my understanding.
USS George Washington: Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 5,500 crew arrive in Brisbane - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
I suspect those in Fremantle are there for the same reason, but Matt may know more. Possibly purely coincidental, but I suspect not.
Righto so once I cleared off those pesky navy folk, I went to the boat shop and bought 60ltrs of Bote Cote resin, 30ltrs of Hardener, 10kgs of Glue/Fillet powder, 5kgs of High Strength glue powder and 100mtrs of 150mm wide 450gsm tape and took it down to AXE. I also took a couple of pics of my glassing yesterday.
Am curious, what does everyone have on their back decks?
I'll be fishing (hooks, blood, scales), diving (tanks, spearguns), drinking (spills) having parties (food, kids) on the decks of AXE.
I'm not putting down teak and I don't want to paint it so I'm going to put carpet on the back deck and hull extension. Has anyone got any other suggestions that is as easy to take care of as Marine Carpet?
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Am curious, what does everyone have on their back decks?
I'll be drinking (spills) having parties on the decks of AXE.
I'm not putting down teak and I don't want to paint it so I'm going to put carpet on the back deck and hull extension. Has anyone got any other suggestions that is as easy to take care of as Marine Carpet?
holy crap. Now i know why there were guys with big guns on the back ship pointing them at us when i was taking photos; it was a class destroyer! Whoopsies lol
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lol!
Matt my 2 cents is hang the carpet idea. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt and the bag o chips. No clue what to put down but I'd lay down pea gravel before I ever carpeted another boat deck. Stuff feels nasty even when it's clean, some sorta solid painted surface is my best guess. Good luck.
The Blue rubber matting maybe?? Softer underfoot than non-skid paint and easy to hose off. I have carpet on my boat and have no issues hosing it off after each trip.
Cheers
PS. Followed your thread all the way through and what a great effort. When you bring Axe for a trip to Tassie the beers on me
Hello mate! Yeah I'm still going carpet at this stage. I've had it on all of my boats and haven't had issues, except the odd lure getting stuck on it. I want low care hard wearing non reflective surface. I don't want to be fussing or panicking and having to wear special no scratch covers on shoes or having to wear a welding mask to block out the reflection
It's there to be enjoyed. Carpet will be a dark charcoal Marine Grade with the same style as the beige planked/striped one pictured below.
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Matt me Mate!
Please review this SuperKrete website http://www.super-krete.com/tag/supercrete/ ; regarding an exceptional product line I have used in several instances other than marine. I also plan to use it on our boat in future, when deck coating may be required. Knowing what you do and how you can adapt items to fit your building needs... I believe Super-Krete product's many, many levels of "interactive-mixes" and their extreme durability/usefulness may become your choice for both marine and land-based projects.
Cheers! - Art
Very nice choice!!!!
It will look great and classy.
Heya Art
That stuff sounds very similar to a product I have used when renovating houses over here. Below link FYI
http://www.lanko.com.au/lanko/images/product/Lanko%20173%20Floor%20Leveller%20v1.2.pdf
I wouldn't use this on a boat mate. Too much flexing and it will just crack. Also being self levelling, it will take the fall off my floors lol
That's for the suggestion tho mate!
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If you're considering something squishy and stick-on, you might also consider Seadek.com. I did my swim platform with the fake teak stuff about a year ago, and it's holding up well.
I do like that carpet you had picked out though.
Matt
I've got "cut to fit" snap on carpet on my deck and love it. Easy on the footsies, doesn't cook you on a sunny day, I can and do just hose it off. And, if I want/need to, it's easily removable and replaceable.