{"id":39,"date":"2012-05-10T07:40:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T07:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/?p=39"},"modified":"2012-05-22T07:57:11","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T07:57:11","slug":"work-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"Work Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_40\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tn_20120508_101822.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40\" title=\"Grumpy Bear Too on the hard\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tn_20120508_101822-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"Grumpy Bear Too on the hard\" width=\"584\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tn_20120508_101822-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tn_20120508_101822-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tn_20120508_101822-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tn_20120508_101822.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grumpy Bear Too on the hard<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Work is progressing well.\u00a0 The engine has been serviced and just requires &#8220;in-water&#8221; testing.\u00a0 The hull has been cleaned using a gelcoat paste and &#8220;elbow grease&#8221;, and then polished with gelcoat polish\u00a0with the aid of the &#8220;Halfords&#8221; electric car polisher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Work continues &#8211; albeit slowly &#8211;\u00a0on fitting the inboard fuel tank.\u00a0 There is just enough\u00a0space to fit a 93 litre tank and its associated fittings, but the working area is very confined.\u00a0 The installation\u00a0must fully comply with the requirements of the &#8220;Boat Safety Scheme&#8221; &#8211; the boating equivalent of an MOT, and of course we don&#8217;t want petrol leaking in the boat!!\u00a0\u00a0 There will also be a fuel gauge on the instrument panel so wiring has to be run through the boat to the dashboard.\u00a0\u00a0 The tank fitting is\u00a0more easily finished\u00a0with the boat back in the water.<\/p>\n<p>The antifoul paint &#8211; to\u00a0prevent barnacles etc sticking to the bottom\u00a0&#8211; which must be suitable for the salty tidal Thames as well as fresh river water, will be applied immediately before the boat goes back in the water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work is progressing well.\u00a0 The engine has been serviced and just requires &#8220;in-water&#8221; testing.\u00a0 The hull has been cleaned using a gelcoat paste and &#8220;elbow grease&#8221;, and then polished with gelcoat polish\u00a0with the aid of the &#8220;Halfords&#8221; electric car polisher.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/?p=39\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-queens-jubilee-river-pageant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpybeartoo.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}