Baragoola 18th & 19th June 2011

In attendance: Nick, Glen, Gary, Lance, Ernie, Peter H, Peter C, Peter M, Geoff E, Geoff L, Axel, Jimmy & Daniel Visitors: Three This week our income was $150 and outgoings were $963 (insurance – bummer!). We also gained three

new members this week – all of a sudden we seem to be getting lots of new people – all welcome of

course; volunteers and members are the heart and soul of our organisation.

Don’t forget that all donations over $2 are now tax deductible. Glen has now sent out all corrected

receipts that show the right ABN – these were emailed or posted last Friday so you should have them

already (or very soon).

You should have your membership renewal form and Annual General Meeting pack by now. If not,

please contact me at president@savethebaragoola.com. There’s been a good number returned thus far;

many thanks to those who have already renewed their membership for the next financial year.

Remember, you have until the 30th of this month for these to be returned to be eligible for voting at the

Annual General Meeting or being nominated as a committee candidate.

We are planning another day at Manly soon – we’ll let you know the details once it has been booked –

members who can help out with our small stall and info area are welcome to stick up their hand; we

have the usual suspects of course but it’d be good if some “new faces” could attend and help us out as

well. Planning for our December Bunning’s BBQ is in hand too – thanks to Mark and Janelle for taking

this on.

A huge turn out this weekend, nice to see so many on board and much being done – the boat was a hive

of activity and rather noisy with chipping, sawing and hammering going on. Saturday saw thirteen

attending plus visitors and Sunday saw six attending. Very nice!

Of course, with so many here, poor Nick was kept busy running around with the small work boat – not a

pleasant task with the strong westerly and unfortunately our bigger tenders wasn’t back yet, still has an

issue that needs to be dealt with. Conversely Sunday was near perfect, no wind and a very pleasant day

out on the harbour, perhaps everyone should have come down then rather than the prior day!

On to the work – starting on the roof and moving down. Peter H removed a very large section of old roof

material and replaced it with some help from Axel and Jimmy to do the Bitkote sealing. Great to see a

good turnout of younger people this week – some of them weren’t even born when Baragoola was in

service!

Peter working on the area to the port of the forward wheelhouse

Jimmy (l) and Axel (r) applying Bitkote

How many people does it take to bring down a flagpole? Ten – felt like we were all council workers for a

while there...... The aft flagpole is in sad condition (on the other hand the forward one is great – go

figure) so the decision was made to bring it down for repairs. It’s close on six metres tall so this was

always going to be an interesting job, especially with the stem of the boat getting in the way.

Going, going......

Ernie tasked himself with working this out and coming up with a solution that wouldn’t cause it to be

lost over the side and after one false start it was down. Unfortunately, it was in worse condition than we

thought and we’ve decided that it is better to replace it rather than to repair it.

It shows signs of having been repaired several times in the past but now it’s just too far gone. We will of

course re-use the original collar and struts that support it. Putting the new one up is going to be very

interesting indeed. And it will need to go up soon; Baragoola looks decidedly odd without the flag pole

on that end!

Peter C has said we need a piece of Oregon pine 120mm x 120mm x 6000mm to do the trick. So if

anyone knows a source, let us know. We will not, of course, be putting on a short and stumpy one like

the current Manly boats carry!

Looks all wrong now

Work continued on the floor plates with several more being put back into their old positions. Short work

of cleaning up some others was made by both Nick and Peter M with elbow grease and an air chisel

whilst Geoff L painted up what was done. Jimmy assisted by Rustmastering the newly cleaned up plates

and Nick (on Sunday) painted up a few more.

Nick also painted (in black) the stairs into the Control Room and a couple of other floor plates already

existing down there.

All this of course is but one part of the work being done to improve the safety and amenity of the below

decks areas; other tasks where done this weekend that all feed in to that as well.

We still need to retrieve quite a few of the plates from Waterview Wharf; once the large tinny is back

we’ll be progressively shifting the remainder over to Baragoola where they’ll be cleaned, treated,

painted and placed back below.

I have to say, they look great painted up in black and go a long way to improving the looks of downstairs

as well.

Geoff L and Nick with finished plates

Peter M chiselling a plate

Further painting this weekend was done in the Smoking Saloon in preparation for the partitioning and

rebuild that will be done up here. Gary worked on electrical in this area with the original fuse box

removed (to be re-used later) and making a start on putting up the house lighting. As well, the bilge

pump for the hold under this section was re-wired so it has its own circuit and is no longer powered off

the same circuit as the lights. Less chance of it being turned off in error, although it isn’t much needed as

little water is getting into the hull these days. Good to know our backup pump is secured though.

Gary cleaning the roof in preparation for installing lighting

External painting on the Smoking Saloon done by Daniel and Lance

Sunday saw Glen stripping the windows surrounds and cleaning old paint of the varnish – a very tedious

job!

Glen at work

Sunday also saw work being done on the aft starboard bulwark with Nick chipping rust and Daniel and

Lance painting.

Completed bulwark in heritage colour “Warm Stone”

Work on completing the last of the painting on the aft stairway was done by Nick and he’s expressed an

interest in starting the Forward ones this week. These are a showcase piece of the interior and date back

to 1922.

Aft stairs

I’m pleased to report that all our new anodes are now installed – thanks to Ernie, Gary and Peter C.

Last anode ready to do its duty

Downstairs work proceeded on reinstalling the floor plates (as mentioned).

Axel and Daniel

Peter C continued working on the No. 1 Gardner with the circulating pump now back in place and the

leaking oil pipe from last week now fixed. Bilges were pumped out after all the rain this week and she

now has a nice dry bottom again.

Ernie has nearly completed restoration of the generator in the Battery Compartment and it’s looking

very good.

110/240 volt generator

Geoff E continued to pressure blast the inside of the hull (bilges) in the Control Room and more of it is

now nice and clean with remnant paintwork exposed. With the gunk and rubbish removed and the clean

metal exposed it’s now easy to keep clean. Also it’s exposed the plates and the good condition of them

can be easily observed.

Original paint on bilge plates

These will be Rustmastered and the surrounding frames cleaned and treated; we will not repaint these

at this stage.

And that’s where we leave you this week – don’t forget to get your membership renewals in if you

haven’t already and with tax time nearly coming it’s a great opportunity to make a donation to a worthy

cause – and at the same time reduce your tax bill!

Next working days are next Saturday the 25th of June. As well, the boat will be open for work for the

entire week with(this week) with some of our guys in attendance every day, so feel free to come down

and assist. If you’re coming don’t forget to bring lunch – we provide tea, coffee, cold drinks and fresh

fruit to all volunteers on board.

Don’t forget – all donations above two dollars are now tax deductible – see our website for details on

how to donate.

Also, if you have Google Talk installed you can chat to us if anyone is online and nearby the computer –

add baragoola@gmail.com as a friend.

That’s it for this week – don’t forget you can keep up with all the latest on our forums at

http://www.savethebaragoola.com/forum/index.php and you can see our old newsletters at

http://www.savethebaragoola.com/works.html

Show your support!

We’re pleased to announce some additions to our range of collectable items.

All items can be ordered by sending an email to help@savethebaragoola.com with the following details:

Your name Postal address Size (for clothing) and quantity Your contact phone number All items will be sent with an invoice payable within 30 days.

White T-shirt, printed with Baragoola’s build year and our web address, available in white cotton only in

sizes S, M, L, XL & XXL. Price is $22 including delivery.

SS Baragoola – Baragoola as built in 1922, white coffee mug.

Price $25.80 including delivery – available now.

SS Binngarra (class vessel), white coffee mugs.

Price $25.80 including delivery – available now.

MV Baragoola – Baragoola near the end of her public life, white coffee mug.

Price $25.80 including delivery – available now – limited edition.

Coming soon will be a range of mugs featuring the current four Manly ferries. The price for these is the

same as the current stock and you can pre-order if you wish.

Specify which you want – Freshwater, Narrabeen, Queenscliff or Collaroy.

These should arrive between four to six weeks from now.

Designs will be the same as our current range.

And also coming soon – a new range of calendars similar to those released last year but for the financial

year 2011-2012.

These are printed on high quality thick glossy A4 card and will feature several views of the internal and

exterior of Baragoola. Only twenty were printed last time and they went quickly so it would be a good

idea to pre-order now to avoid disappointment!

Price will be $30 including postage.