Hi:
I pulled my 1980 Hunter out of the water a few days ago ... and managed to time it well to a series rare California heavy rain storms in April. The bottom looked rather good I thought considering the boat's been in the water now 2.5 years since I've owned it, and also that the bottom paint was past its prime already when I bought it.
I'm a first time haul-outer. I'm doing the work myself.
One decision item is thru-hull and sea-cock replacement or not. I don't know how long the exisiting thru-hulls have been on the boat. But all of my bronze thru-hulls pass the scraping/sanding test -- still show bright yellow metal with not a hint of pink. Inside, the bronze surfaces have some green tarnish in spots, but upon scraping, also only yellow metal with no evidence of pink. The wood stiffening/backing plates on the sea-cock side are still solid with no indication of wetness or softening. I've had no leaking at all at the thru-hulls.
Viewing the apparent sound condition of them, I'm thinking I'm safe to leave well enough alone and check again at the next haul-out a few years from now.
Opinions?
The sea-cocks are all working smoothly. Half are the marlon type. Half are bronze. The bronze ones are not displaying any pink metal, nor any signs of corrosion. But again age is unknown. Any need to replace?
Other projects are: -
-Sand bottom (got this done yesterday during a sunny rain break day) and repaint.
-Replace my generic 2-Blade prop with a more specialized sailing prop I'm hoping will help tame extreme reverse prop walk. Always looking for a challenge, I'm hoping to successfully remove the old prop using liquid wrench for a few days, then gear pullers I still have from my DIY Jaguar repair days, "precision" tapping with a hammer, and maybe gently warming up the prop with a propane torch. The boat yard folks with their hydraulic prop remover is the fall-back.
- My strut and cutlass bearing still look to be in very good shape.
- And of course, I'll take the opportunity to replace the zincs.
Thanks any comments and hints to help me get the most out of the haul-out.
rardi
I pulled my 1980 Hunter out of the water a few days ago ... and managed to time it well to a series rare California heavy rain storms in April. The bottom looked rather good I thought considering the boat's been in the water now 2.5 years since I've owned it, and also that the bottom paint was past its prime already when I bought it.
I'm a first time haul-outer. I'm doing the work myself.
One decision item is thru-hull and sea-cock replacement or not. I don't know how long the exisiting thru-hulls have been on the boat. But all of my bronze thru-hulls pass the scraping/sanding test -- still show bright yellow metal with not a hint of pink. Inside, the bronze surfaces have some green tarnish in spots, but upon scraping, also only yellow metal with no evidence of pink. The wood stiffening/backing plates on the sea-cock side are still solid with no indication of wetness or softening. I've had no leaking at all at the thru-hulls.
Viewing the apparent sound condition of them, I'm thinking I'm safe to leave well enough alone and check again at the next haul-out a few years from now.
Opinions?
The sea-cocks are all working smoothly. Half are the marlon type. Half are bronze. The bronze ones are not displaying any pink metal, nor any signs of corrosion. But again age is unknown. Any need to replace?
Other projects are: -
-Sand bottom (got this done yesterday during a sunny rain break day) and repaint.
-Replace my generic 2-Blade prop with a more specialized sailing prop I'm hoping will help tame extreme reverse prop walk. Always looking for a challenge, I'm hoping to successfully remove the old prop using liquid wrench for a few days, then gear pullers I still have from my DIY Jaguar repair days, "precision" tapping with a hammer, and maybe gently warming up the prop with a propane torch. The boat yard folks with their hydraulic prop remover is the fall-back.
- My strut and cutlass bearing still look to be in very good shape.
- And of course, I'll take the opportunity to replace the zincs.
Thanks any comments and hints to help me get the most out of the haul-out.
rardi
