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Kwinyanga ephelileyo, siye sacela uBen Sutcliffe-Davies, umhloli wezolwandle, ukuba ajonge kwinqanawa yeprojekthi ye-PBO iMaximus. Umfundi uDaniel Kirtley usinike uMaxi oneminyaka engama-43 ubudala, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba siyamkele, ndifuna ukwazi ukuba ungakanani umsebenzi obandakanyekayo, kuba mna - umhleli okhethekileyo wephephancwadi - ndathatha iprojekthi kwaye ndaba ngumnini wokuqala. yenqanawe .
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Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, yonke into ilungile: i-hull iyomile ngokumnandi, i-deck iqinile, kwaye i-rig-ukususela ekubonakaleni kwayo kokuqala-ibonakala isesimweni esihle. Noko ke, izinto zokuhombisa kunye negesi esebenzayo kufuneka ziphuculwe, yaye kunokulindeleka omnye umsebenzi, njengokupolisha uphahla, ukufaka ipeyinti enqanda ukubola, ukulungisa iiplagi ezivuzayo kunye nokuphucula izixhobo zomgangatho.
UBen sele eyigwebele itanki yerhasi ye-DIY, ngoko ke ngaphambi kokungena esaluni, wakhupha intonga yakhe yokufumanisa igesi. Nangona irhasi icinyiwe, ngenxa yezizathu zokhuseleko, kufuneka ajonge ukuba kukho irhasi evaleleke kwibhiliji.
"Ngama-£40, ndicinga ukuba intonga yokukhangela igesi yikiti enkulu," watsho uBen. "Ndiyisebenzisa kakhulu kuvavanyo lweenqanawa ezimxinwa kuba zidume ngokuvuza iilokha, kodwa kufanelekile ukuba nazo."
U-Ben uthenge eyakhe kwiScrewfix, kodwa wacebisa inkampani ebizwa ngokuba yiNereus, ethengisa iialam zerhasi ezinezivamvo zokungangeni manzi ezinokuthi zisetyenziswe kwiibilges ezimanzi.
Ngoku lixesha lokuhlolwa kwangaphakathi kwe-hull. Xa uMaximus wakhiwa eSweden ngo-1978, wadibana nemigangatho emihle, esebenzisa i-teak veneer marine plywood kwigumbi le-injini, kunye neefreyimu zeplywood ezifakwe ngokupheleleyo kunye neentambo kwiilokha kunye neebhiliji. U-Ben wachukumisa umhlaba ngezandla namadolo, wakhwela phezu kwesikhephe, waphakamisa ipleyiti engezantsi, wacofa, waphulaphula ihygrometer, wabhala phantsi kwinotepad.
Wandibonisa amanqaku e-anchor amacwecwe ekhonkco kwaye wandiqinisekisa ukuba aqinile kwaye awabonisi zimpawu zoxinzelelo okanye ukunyakaza. Kuyafana nakwinkxaso yangaphambili kunye nezixhobo zokuxhasa ngasemva.
“Eli asilolungiselelo lemveli,” watsho uBen. Ngokuphathelele inxalenye engezantsi, idibaniswe kwindawo emiselweyo yemoto ngokusebenzisa ilungiselelo le-cantilever. “Izikhephe ezininzi zibotshelelwe emacaleni omkhumbi. Kwesi sikhephe sikhethekileyo, baxhomekeke kweyona ntloko iphambili apha, ekhangeleka ngathi yidekhi eyi-12mm.
Sekunjalo, waneliseke gqitha leli lungiselelo. “Yonke into ibonakala intle kwaye yomile. Akukho mizila yokubola, elinye icala liyafana. ”
UBen akakwazanga ukufikelela kwiindawo ezininzi, kubandakanya indawo ejikeleze itanki yamanzi kunye nommandla osezantsi we-salon. Uninzi lweendawo awazihlolayo zazicocekile kwaye zomile. Nangona kunjalo, imiqamelo kunye nekhenopi yendawo yokulala yomqhubi wenqanawa yangasemva yayifumile, kwaye iibholiti ze-anode zomkhumbi okwilokhari zadleka emanzini amileyo ubunzulu obuziisentimitha ezininzi.
I-Foromast nayo yayimanzi ngenxa yokuvuza kweedekhi kunye neevents. U-Ben wakhupha isipinaker esimanzi kwilokhari waze wafumana i-intshi ezimbalwa zamanzi ngaphantsi. Kukho amathontsi amanzi abonakalayo phezu kwentloko.
“Yh, kuqhubeka ntoni!” Wakhwaza uBen wafumana amabala amanzi kufutshane neepleyiti zamatsheyina. "Jonga, amanzi aqukuqela ukusuka kwisiseko somgangatho ovulekileyo aqukuqela ukusuka kwimibhobho yangaphakathi apha nangaphandle kwimingxuma eyahlukeneyo yeecork."
Ezinye izandyondyo zemvula, ngeli xesha zityhutyha i-gangway, zonakalise i-ring box ejikeleze isinki yasekhitshini kwaye yabola ngokupheleleyo. Ukuba ndifuna ubungqina, uBen ngobubele uqhuba umnwe wam kuyo ukuze aqinisekise.
U-Ben wabeka imiqamelo ecaleni kwawo waze wavula zonke iilokhari ukuze umoya ujikeleze. Ukulungisa konke oku kuvuza kufuneka kube yeyona nto iphambili.
Kwicala eliqaqambileyo, i-upholstery ikwimeko efanelekileyo. Ndizithanda kakhulu iikhethini kunye neekhushini ezintle ze-cockpit. I-beige pinstripe cushion ibonakala intsha, kwaye kuyacaca ukuba uDaniel uye waqaphela kakhulu ukwenza uMaximus azive ngathi ikhaya. Unezinto ezithandekayo kunye netiki eninzi ehlwahlwazayo. Ndiyazithanda iinqanawa zeli xesha.
I-cushions kufuneka ihlanjululwe yomile, abambalwa bafuna ii-zippers ezintsha, kunye nelaphu phantsi kokukrazula. U-Ben uye wachaza ukuba kufuneka ziqatywe ngesitshizi se-flame retardant, kuba akukho ileyibhile yokuqinisekisa oku.
“Ungazifumana kwiScrewfix,” ucebise watsho. “Tyafa zonke izihombiso zakho ezithambileyo. Ukuba ukhe wakhwela isikhephe, xa kusitsha, ugwebu luyoyikeka. Liza kutshaya kwaye litshaye kakubi kakhulu.”
“Ewe, ithumbu lerhasi lisuka ku-1984,” utshilo. "Eyona nto ixhalabisa ngakumbi kukubona umbhobho werhasi udlula emva kwesipheki ngolu hlobo."
Wabonisa umsantsa kwirabha esikiweyo kwikhaka lentsimbi lombhobho. Nantoni na edibeneyo yendalo yonke kufuneka ibe nombhobho oqinisiweyo. Ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, umpheki ngokwawo akanaso isixhobo sokusika i-thermal.
“Baninzi abantu abanazo ezi zinto, kodwa abaqondi ukuba xa uhamba ngesikhephe ngokonwaba kwacima ilangatye, irhasi iya kuqhubeka nokuhamba ingacinywanga,” utshilo.
Ngeendleko zokutshintsha izitya zokupheka, emva koko imibhobho yegesi, ukucoca itanki yegesi kunye nayo yonke enye into, esi siphakamiso sinokubiza kakhulu ukususa ngokupheleleyo igesi kunye nokuthenga idizili okanye izitovu zotywala.
Ndithathe inqaku ukuze ndifumane iikowuti zazo zombini kwaye ndiphande iingenelo kunye nokungalunganga kwepetroli ngokuchasene nedizili kunye nespirit.
Nangona uBen wavakalisa uvuyo lwakhe ngonomathotholo wakudala waseSailor—“Sasinonomathotholo onjalo kwiphenyane lethu lokuloba kwiminyaka embalwa edluleyo!”—asizange sikwazi ukumvavanya ngokwenene. Ibhetri ifile, ngoko ke asikwazi ukuvavanya injini.
"I-voltage yaleya ingaphantsi kwe-2V, kwaye amandla ethu ombane yi-8V kuphela, yiyo loo nto singenakusebenza nto!" Watsho uBen ebeka i voltmeter yakhe.
"Ngokwembono yophando, kusoloko kufanelekile ukuqinisekisa ukuba ibhetri ihlawulisiwe. Abavavanyi badla ngokutshintsha ukuvavanya yonke into ukuqinisekisa ukuba isebenza kakuhle. Sithetha nje siziimfama kuyo yonke le nto.”
Iibhetri ezimbini ezifakwe phantsi kweendlela ezihamba ngeenyawo kufuneka zitshintshwe. Abanalo ukhuseleko lwasemzimbeni kwaye abanasikhuselo sesiphelo.
“Ngokucacileyo, asiqhagamshelwanga kumbane oselunxwemeni, kodwa xa unamanzi aqukuqelayo phezu kombane ongaselunxwemeni njengalapha, awulumkanga kangako,” watsho uBen, esalatha kwisixhobo sombane esivuzayo kwindlela yemigulukudu, “kwaye andikwenzi oko’. ndiyayithanda. Umbono webhokisi yentsimbi engasemva kuba iya kuhlala ingcangcazela. ”
UMaximus unenjini ye-3-cylinder Volvo 2020MD epholile ngokungathanga ngqo. Nangona wayengenako ukuqalisa, wayijonga kakuhle.
Wayengonelisekanga ngumhlwa kwisakhelo kunye nenkxaso ngenxa yokuvuza kwi-gangway.
“Yonke le nto ifuna ukucocwa,” ucebise watsho. “Uyayibona yonke le nto yokungena kwamanzi, ayincedi nganto. Jonga ukubola kwevili lempukane kwipuli apha. Ngexesha lokuqala i-corrosion iqala, ibhanti liya kukrazula ngokukhawuleza. Ngoko uya kuphulukana nonxibelelwano lwakho. Ijenereyitha kunye nempompo yamanzi yangaphakathi.”
“Olunye uncedo olukhulu lweVolvo kukuba basebenzisa iinjini ezisisiseko zePerkins. Kuhlala kufanelekile ukufumana olu lwazi, kuba naphi na emhlabeni, ukuba ufuna iindawo ezisecaleni, kuyafana noPerkins.”
Injini iqhutywa yigearbox yakwaVolvo Saildrive. U-Ben wahlola imilenze waza wabona ukuba akukho mhlwa ucacileyo, kwaye iikawusi zerabha zangaphandle zaziphelele. Ioyile icocekile kwaye ngethamsanqa akukho phawu lokungcoliseka kwamanzi.
Isixhobo sine-rubber gasket seal enkulu kwaye kufuneka itshintshwe rhoqo emva kweminyaka esixhenxe. Xa igqitywe ekugqibeleni-kwi-2015-ixabisa malunga ne-£ 1,500, ngoko ke kunye ne-drilling rig, kufuneka ihlaziywe kwikamva elikufutshane.
“Isixhobo sokuxhoma i-injini sidla ngokufuna ukutshintshwa xa usenza iidonathi kwiseyile. Ukuba awunayo i-seil drive kwaye uneshaft eqhelekileyo, yenze rhoqo emva kweminyaka eli-10,” utshilo uBen. Washukumisa injini waza wandimema ukuba ndimamele.
"Ngaba uyasiva eso sandi sijikayo?" Ewe, ubuncinci uyazi ukuba ayibanjwanga kwiminyaka emibini enesiqingatha, olu luphawu oluhle. ”
"Xa kuziwa kwiinjini kunye nesikhephe esiye sahlala iminyaka emininzi, into yokugqibela ofuna ukuyenza kukubeka isikhephe ngqo emanzini," kusho uBen. “Kufuneka ukholelwe kakhulu kulawulo lwamafutha. Khupha itanki yamafutha, yigungxule, buyisela intambo yesibaso, isihluzo sepetroli, yijike ubone ukuba injini iyasebenza na elunxwemeni na ngamanzi. Musa ukuyijula nje emanzini. Ngaphakathi, uze ube nethemba!
UBen akakwazi ukumisela umthamo wetanki yamafutha okanye imeko yamafutha. Nangona kunjalo, uye waqaphela ukuba itywina lokuzalisa lonakele kancinci kwaye kufuneka litshintshwe.
“Azizofestile,” walungisa watsho uBen. "Ukuba zilungisiwe, ziyi-portholes, ukuba zivulekile, ziyi-portholes."
Ngethuba lophando, imozulu yayicacile kwaye kwakungekho mqondiso wokuba i-acrylic portholes yayivuza (nangona kuya kwenzeka kutyelelo olulandelayo!). Emva kokuthetha oko, uBen ubonisa ukuba kuxhaphake kakhulu ukuba umswakama ungene ngenxa yokutywinwa kwangaphakathi.
UMaximus unendlu yangasese yaselwandle yaseJabsco ekhuphela ngqo elwandle. Iibhobho zokungenisa kufuneka zitshintshwe (jonga i-seacocks), kodwa uBen uphinde wabonisa ukuba ukungena kwamanzi kunye nokuphuma kufuneka kube ne-gooseneck ephezulu, ngokukhethekileyo nge-valve anti-siphon.
“Umoya wokuthatha umoya kufuneka ufikelele kumazantsi edesika,” utshilo. “Kukwabubulumko ukutshintsha imibhobho. Ngokucacileyo, sele ineminyaka engaphezu kwemihlanu zisetyenziswa, ngoko ziya kuba neentunja, yaye xa uqalisa ukuzisebenzisa, ziya kunuka kakhulu.”
“Jonga laa mibhobho yomsila,” wakhwaza watsho uBen akubona itephu yolwandle edibanisa intloko kunye nokuzika. “Iyandihlekisa; sithetha ngee-clamps eziphindwe kabini, kodwa ii-clamps azikho ekupheleni komsila we-hose. Ayinangqondo kwaphela.”
Umbhobho wolwandle wevalve yebhola ngokucacileyo usetyenziswe ngaphezulu kweminyaka emihlanu, kwaye ukubola kubi kakhulu. Nangona inkukhu yolwandle ithatha indawo, kubonakala ngathi basebenzisa izixhobo zolusu lokuqala.
“Kuluncedo ngokwenene oku,” watsho uBen, ebambe isiphatho, “kodwa ndiza kuzibuyisela zonke. Zilahleni nize niqale phantsi.”
UBen ucebise ukuba ubhedu lunobomi benkonzo obude kakhulu kune-DZR, kodwa ngoku abantu abaninzi basebenzisa izinto ezidibeneyo; Iimpawu ezifana neTru Design okanye iMarelon.
UBen wajonga-jonga iinkukhu zaselwandle ukuze afumane isinki yasekhitshini. Wayewazi umngxuma wokuphuma ongaphandle kwenqanawa, kodwa wamthatha ixesha ukufumana inkukhu yaselwandle. Emva kokuvula i-locker kunye nokukhupha i-pan, wafumana i-hose ye-drain, kodwa kwakungekho de wayisusa i-drawer ephantsi phantsi kwesitovu ukuba wayifumanisa ngokwenene-ivalve yesango endala eyayibambeke ngokupheleleyo kwaye idinga ukutshintshwa.
Kukho itanki yamanzi yensimbi engenasici kwi-Maximus, efakwe phantsi kweebhanti zangaphambili ze-cockpit. UBen wakwazi ukumpompa inkqubo ngesandla kwaye wafumana amanzi angcoliseke kakhulu kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo!
Ixesha lokuposa: Nov-01-2021
