Late last April (2016) I bought a 1984 Oday 28. I have lots of projects on going. A fellow forum user suggest I start a new thread/topic to track the boat project. This is it.
She is a Marina shop where they are repairing the cockpit by the pedestal where there was excessive moisture. I started removing the teak rub rail today and will be replacing it with a rubber rub rail.
The mast is off and has been inspected by a reputable rigger. I have a big list of recommendations I'm sorting thru and would appreciate advise from you all- most of the rest of this post regards the rigging.
1. stays/shrouds, turnbuckles and swages... no cracks or apparent fatigue (except some twisting on the fore-stay). the shop says the manufacturer rates this standing rigging to have a safe life span of 14 years and mine has 33 years on it. For that reason they say replacement is appropriate and maybe the most important recommendation safety-wise. It is an expensive task/parts. Mine last boat was a 1975 Oday 25 with (I think original) standing rigging and it worked fine for me for 10 years. Do I get into this repair now or not? The mast is down and I've already paid for crane time to remove and ultimately step the mast so that cost I have already accepted.
2. My furler is original and the vertical pieces that riveted together are loose and worn. The spool is not smooth and apparently not easy to lube. The metal tangs under the spool are severely twisted. Shop suggests a harken furler.
3. Traveler - it is mid ships configuration right over the cabin. It has been jury rigged and has been welded and has cheesy wooden shims in multiple places. The starboard and port sides of the traveler do not match rig-wise. It is set with reduction blocks to help windward sheeting. The shop showed me a recent boom snapped in two (and torn up main sail) from a sailor whose upwind tack went bad when his traveler failed and the main rig slid from windward to lee ward side of the boat before violently reaching the end of traveler track. Harken traveler is about $1000 for the parts to assemble a working unit. Rigger tells me a cheap way out would be to give up the up-wind block reduction added trimming and get a pin-stop rig for the traveler at a used boat supply place if I can find compatible stuff.
4. Suggests I need to lube all winches. Gotta learn how to do that.
5. The boat has 4 opening windows/portals. I'm told they are originals, the brand starts with a B I believe but cannot the product name. They are a bit foggy plexiglass, missing bug screens and leak some unless tightening to just right - not too tight or too loose. I understand there are repair kits so i could new gaskets, screens and plexiglass and fix em. I'm inclined to go that route. Does it just make sense to replace them instead? What are cost and level of effort differentials. I've seen in the forums where other says that factory installed brand is low-end and to upgrade to another brand. All options other than the original seem to be a different size causing more work and stress and costs to deal with. If the first ones lasted this long how bad can they really be?
Lots more to come but I'd appreciate feedback on these items
She is a Marina shop where they are repairing the cockpit by the pedestal where there was excessive moisture. I started removing the teak rub rail today and will be replacing it with a rubber rub rail.
The mast is off and has been inspected by a reputable rigger. I have a big list of recommendations I'm sorting thru and would appreciate advise from you all- most of the rest of this post regards the rigging.
1. stays/shrouds, turnbuckles and swages... no cracks or apparent fatigue (except some twisting on the fore-stay). the shop says the manufacturer rates this standing rigging to have a safe life span of 14 years and mine has 33 years on it. For that reason they say replacement is appropriate and maybe the most important recommendation safety-wise. It is an expensive task/parts. Mine last boat was a 1975 Oday 25 with (I think original) standing rigging and it worked fine for me for 10 years. Do I get into this repair now or not? The mast is down and I've already paid for crane time to remove and ultimately step the mast so that cost I have already accepted.
2. My furler is original and the vertical pieces that riveted together are loose and worn. The spool is not smooth and apparently not easy to lube. The metal tangs under the spool are severely twisted. Shop suggests a harken furler.
3. Traveler - it is mid ships configuration right over the cabin. It has been jury rigged and has been welded and has cheesy wooden shims in multiple places. The starboard and port sides of the traveler do not match rig-wise. It is set with reduction blocks to help windward sheeting. The shop showed me a recent boom snapped in two (and torn up main sail) from a sailor whose upwind tack went bad when his traveler failed and the main rig slid from windward to lee ward side of the boat before violently reaching the end of traveler track. Harken traveler is about $1000 for the parts to assemble a working unit. Rigger tells me a cheap way out would be to give up the up-wind block reduction added trimming and get a pin-stop rig for the traveler at a used boat supply place if I can find compatible stuff.
4. Suggests I need to lube all winches. Gotta learn how to do that.
5. The boat has 4 opening windows/portals. I'm told they are originals, the brand starts with a B I believe but cannot the product name. They are a bit foggy plexiglass, missing bug screens and leak some unless tightening to just right - not too tight or too loose. I understand there are repair kits so i could new gaskets, screens and plexiglass and fix em. I'm inclined to go that route. Does it just make sense to replace them instead? What are cost and level of effort differentials. I've seen in the forums where other says that factory installed brand is low-end and to upgrade to another brand. All options other than the original seem to be a different size causing more work and stress and costs to deal with. If the first ones lasted this long how bad can they really be?
Lots more to come but I'd appreciate feedback on these items
