Finally!! Starting projects

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DAVA390

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Jul 13, 2010
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Precision 23 Perry Hall,Baltimore County
Finally unwrapped on Saturday, got started on projects.

The GPS holder made this winter fits perfectly. When I reinstalled the hatch side trims (in basement for teak oil) I countersunk a small hole in the wood and the fiberglass to make a small pocket for the butyl tape to compress in.

Clamped down the new rails , ran a small drill bit up into them from inside the cabin to mark the locations. Now off to my cabinetmaker buddy this week to finish the bolt holes in his drill press. Plan to countersink holes here for butyl tape also.Also bought oversize S/S washers for inside cabintop. (Wooden clamps courtesy of my Great grandfather, Warsaw/Baltimore 1875-1957. Thankfully , my grandmother was a serious pack rat!)

After dark, installed a stow-away system on the boom from John Balch (Balchboats) that I bought Annie for Christmas. (Still paying for that one, by the way:redface:). It comes from him with #6/5/8 long screws. After breaking 3 of them , I switched up to # 8`s and I recommend hand screwing them in, easy to crunch the little white plastic brackets using a screw gun.
Felt great to be working in the driveway again instead of cleaning up the work bench for the 5/6/7/8th time !
 

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Bad Obsession

Bad Obsession

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May 23, 2004
3,319
I'm in the market as were . Colonial Beach
Nice. It is good to get work done on the boat.

I spent the last bit re-wiring my Compac. I upgraded the battery bank and did a bunch of other things. The nice thing about boats is that progress happens quickly.
 
dscribner

dscribner

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Nov 9, 2008
1,338
Pearson-O'Day 290 Portland Maine
Dave,

I like the stow-away system. Good news is Mother's Day is right around the corner! Pam loves home made projects so I think I'll make her one similar but strap it on, rather than screw the parts to my boom. I hate making holes in things.

Hand rails look great. Can't wait to do some projects myself. Been making a mainsail for most of the winter. Did I email you pictures yet? I'll see if I can send off a few tomorrow.
 
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gregpallen

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Nov 12, 2010
24
Hunter e36 Lake St. Clair
Launched on April 3 (it was a good Friday). There was a little skim ice in the marina on lake Saint Clair, Michigan but it was gone on April 4.
Updated my VHF to a Standard Horizion Matrix 2200 with AIS. Had to pull in wiring for NMEA0183 protocol...a pain but all is working. Found both my bilge pump and manual head non functional (probably ice damage). The float switch looked like it had been crushed in a vice. Apparently activated the bilge pump which ran till it overheated and burned out. Still not sure why the circuitry did not protect the pump. Replaced both and OK now. Manual head was leaking at all joints and black gasket material was floating in the bowl after the first pump. I replaced the assembly and all is good again.

Yes...everthing was winterized. Both bilge pump and head were cycled with antifreeze prior to winter storage to make sure all lines were protected. It must have been really cold. Next year I will use the blue antifreeze instead of the "red pop".

Next on the list are sails....does it ever end? I guess that's part of the joy of boat ownership.

Fair Winds

Greg
 
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FreeCat30

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Oct 11, 2014
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Catalina 30 Deale
My buddy and I got a free Catalina 30. Needs a fair amount of interior cosmetic work but that is fun to me. One of the many jobs is rehabbing the chart table. It was fairly well rotted from the leaking window above it. I also did not like that it was slanted.
I completely disassembled the unit, replaced the front, cut the sides down so the table is flat, removed the table trim, cut the rotted front edge of the table off, sanded and varnished the unit. I still need to add filler pieces in the back, sand and re varnish the trim and doors and reapply the trim. (I just put it on temporarily to see how it looked). Not a bad weekend project.
I can only get one photo to upload at a time so the after picture will be coming right after...
 

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FreeCat30

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Oct 11, 2014
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Catalina 30 Deale
FreeCat30 said:
My buddy and I got a free Catalina 30. Needs a fair amount of interior cosmetic work but that is fun to me. One of the many jobs is rehabbing the chart table. It was fairly well rotted from the leaking window above it. I also did not like that it was slanted.
I completely disassembled the unit, replaced the front, cut the sides down so the table is flat, removed the table trim, cut the rotted front edge of the table off, sanded and varnished the unit. I still need to add filler pieces in the back, sand and re varnish the trim and doors and reapply the trim. (I just put it on temporarily to see how it looked). Not a bad weekend project.
I can only get one photo to upload at a time so the after picture will be coming right after...
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After pic.
 

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Sunday Sailor

Sunday Sailor

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Jul 30, 2013
56
Hughes 25 Burlington
Projects yet to do as weather just now ok;
Moving radio and depth sounder
installing check valve in cockpit drain
new led lighting
install fair lead for main halyard
install new block on spar
repair loose stanchion

I need to put some weight forward to even out the boat a bit. Anyone have some ideas?
 
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Scott T-Bird

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Oct 26, 2008
6,432
Catalina 320 Barnegat, NJ
Projects ...

Sunday Sailor said:
Projects yet to do as weather just now ok;
installing check valve in cockpit drain

I need to put some weight forward to even out the boat a bit. Anyone have some ideas?
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I suppose you've heard it before, but .... why a check valve for the cockpit drain? It's generally not a good idea. (Just one drain? Two would be normal, no?)

How is it that the boat is unbalanced as it is? If she really is settling aft, then I suppose that might explain your problem with the cockpit drain(s). But I would focus on correcting the weight imbalance by eliminating the component in the aft portion of the boat which may not belong. Aside from that ... more tankage in the bow, plus a heavier anchor and chain instead of rope for rode could make a difference.
 
Sunday Sailor

Sunday Sailor

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Jul 30, 2013
56
Hughes 25 Burlington
I put an 8hp 4 stroke in and it and emptying the holding tank was just enough to make it heavier in the stern. Also the previous owner was a skinny 130lbs and I am more like 210.
 
Worldwalker88

Worldwalker88

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Aug 27, 2013
41
Moody 346 Kenosha
Projects:
1 Wash EVERYthing
2 New windex since some seagull went for a merry-go-round ride
3 New LED anchor light
4 Sand and paint hull and rudder
5 Recaulk deck seam
6 Refurbish an old inflatable, fix a leak, repait bottom and sponsons

Won't splash until early May from the looks of it..
 
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py26129

py26129

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Oct 25, 2011
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Island Packet IP31 Lake St. Louis, Montreal
dscribner said:
Dave,

I like the stow-away system. Good news is Mother's Day is right around the corner! Pam loves home made projects so I think I'll make her one similar but strap it on, rather than screw the parts to my boom. I hate making holes in things.

Hand rails look great. Can't wait to do some projects myself. Been making a mainsail for most of the winter. Did I email you pictures yet? I'll see if I can send off a few tomorrow.
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No need to even strap it on. On a previous boat, I had two parallel pieces of bungee, with a hook at either end. The hooks attached to existing fittings the gooseneck and the aft end of the boom. At intervals (where he shows eye straps screwed to the boom) Ty-wrap the bungees together and add a plastic hook to each of the sections. Easy to install and easy to take of at the end of the season.

Hope this is not too unclear

Matt
 
Brian S

Brian S

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Nov 9, 2012
2,500
Oday 192 Lake Nockamixon
py26129 said:
No need to even strap it on. On a previous boat, I had two parallel pieces of bungee, with a hook at either end. The hooks attached to existing fittings the gooseneck and the aft end of the boom. At intervals (where he shows eye straps screwed to the boom) Ty-wrap the bungees together and add a plastic hook to each of the sections. Easy to install and easy to take of at the end of the season.

Hope this is not too unclear

Matt
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That sounds like a good idea, Matt! I might just try that...
 
dscribner

dscribner

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Nov 9, 2008
1,338
Pearson-O'Day 290 Portland Maine
py26129 said:
No need to even strap it on. On a previous boat, I had two parallel pieces of bungee, with a hook at either end. The hooks attached to existing fittings the gooseneck and the aft end of the boom. At intervals (where he shows eye straps screwed to the boom) Ty-wrap the bungees together and add a plastic hook to each of the sections. Easy to install and easy to take of at the end of the season.

Hope this is not too unclear

Matt
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Matt,

Way too uncomplicated! I need things that can fail at the worst possible moment, cost three times more that what I told my wife and rust within 3 days requiring a costly redesign. Engineer. Hello . . . !

Thanks
 
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Capt jgw

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Feb 8, 2014
1,300
Columbia 36 Muskegon
gregpallen said:
Launched on April 3 (it was a good Friday). There was a little skim ice in the marina on lake Saint Clair, Michigan but it was gone on April 4.
Updated my VHF to a Standard Horizion Matrix 2200 with AIS. Had to pull in wiring for NMEA0183 protocol...a pain but all is working. Found both my bilge pump and manual head non functional (probably ice damage). The float switch looked like it had been crushed in a vice. Apparently activated the bilge pump which ran till it overheated and burned out. Still not sure why the circuitry did not protect the pump. Replaced both and OK now. Manual head was leaking at all joints and black gasket material was floating in the bowl after the first pump. I replaced the assembly and all is good again.

Yes...everthing was winterized. Both bilge pump and head were cycled with antifreeze prior to winter storage to make sure all lines were protected. It must have been really cold. Next year I will use the blue antifreeze instead of the "red pop".

Next on the list are sails....does it ever end? I guess that's part of the joy of boat ownership.

Fair Winds

Greg
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Coldest February on record here in Grand Rapids, MI. Lots of ice damage to boats and docks.
Cold enough to freeze the cheap pink stuff. I always winterize the engine with auto AF, only is the red pop in the domestic water. I'm still on the hard do I don't know if I've got any damage yet. My boat has a drain plug down in the bilge, so there's never more than about an inch of water there in winter, no worries with the bilge pump.
 
Sunday Sailor

Sunday Sailor

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Jul 30, 2013
56
Hughes 25 Burlington
In Ontario, same weather, so I am crawling in tomorrow to check out lines and valves. Freezing weather must be behind us...
 
Chris & Lenore

Chris & Lenore

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Apr 24, 2006
868
Aloha 32 Toronto, Lake Ontario
Been a long cold winter this year in Ontario. I had a lot planed but with the weather, I'm just doing what's required to launch in two weeks (fixed date at our club).
My big job was getting the Yanmar back together. The heat exchanger inspection/cleaning was long overdue (actually never done). Fortunately it went "by the book". Now it's just a keel blister to grind out plus replace 5 cracked thruhulls (above water, cockpit drains).

The other 400 items on my list will have to wait until after launch :)

Chris



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