Some of you know that my purchase was less than stellar and my boat has several issues.
After discussion with the Admiral, she's agreed to give me a budget to work on the boat with her. It was her suggestion since we both love sailing this is a great boat for teaching ourselves things like fg, repair, wiring and many other items that boat owners without large bank accounts should know.
The bonus is that no matter how badly we screw up it won't devalue the boat at all. Budget for our project is 3k $.
The hull has rotting stringers, the bulkheads are po's maladjusted attempt to put something in and are just slightly too small causing a lot of flex in the hull. There is mold inside the bilge and it's not bad but needs to be removed. The bilge needs to be painted. The hull needs a barrier coat and ablative paint on top of that.
The keel has rust spots, needs a new wire, probably new hanger pin, and the keel friction bolt area is a wreck. Specifically the nut area is cracked and the crack goes down towards the waterline. In choppy water it does leak a bit. The keel will need to be refinished. Maintenance needs to be performed on the winch.
The deck doesn't have soft spots but has a lot of gel coat cracks and is alligatoring in places. Hinges, locks and other hatch associated hardware is poorly put in and in awful shape.
I have no lights besides a jury rigged anchor light and clip on nav lights. I wish to wire the boat with basic lights.
Mast spreaders are old pot metal and look dangerously fatigued, cracked and in need of replacement. Because it's Fl, a lightning preventer or something is also a must add.
Trailer needs to have the hull pads raised so the keel doesn't contact metal crossbar when fully raised. Pad needs be on said crossbar to prevent damage to keel.
Those are the big structural things and the wife and I are gonna get our learn on. To make this boat nice would take $$$$$$ and time time time so we aren't going into this with any expectations at all. We are hoping to get some good experience and maybe get 1-2 more years out of her before she self destructs and we get a nicer boat. The project starts when I get home early next year from a deployment. This will give the boat several months of drying out. Pictures of the project areas to follow soon.
The goal is to accomplish this by the time the c22 nationals are here in Fort Walton Beach next year, I'd like to sail with like minded people. When is that date by the way?
After discussion with the Admiral, she's agreed to give me a budget to work on the boat with her. It was her suggestion since we both love sailing this is a great boat for teaching ourselves things like fg, repair, wiring and many other items that boat owners without large bank accounts should know.
The bonus is that no matter how badly we screw up it won't devalue the boat at all. Budget for our project is 3k $.
The hull has rotting stringers, the bulkheads are po's maladjusted attempt to put something in and are just slightly too small causing a lot of flex in the hull. There is mold inside the bilge and it's not bad but needs to be removed. The bilge needs to be painted. The hull needs a barrier coat and ablative paint on top of that.
The keel has rust spots, needs a new wire, probably new hanger pin, and the keel friction bolt area is a wreck. Specifically the nut area is cracked and the crack goes down towards the waterline. In choppy water it does leak a bit. The keel will need to be refinished. Maintenance needs to be performed on the winch.
The deck doesn't have soft spots but has a lot of gel coat cracks and is alligatoring in places. Hinges, locks and other hatch associated hardware is poorly put in and in awful shape.
I have no lights besides a jury rigged anchor light and clip on nav lights. I wish to wire the boat with basic lights.
Mast spreaders are old pot metal and look dangerously fatigued, cracked and in need of replacement. Because it's Fl, a lightning preventer or something is also a must add.
Trailer needs to have the hull pads raised so the keel doesn't contact metal crossbar when fully raised. Pad needs be on said crossbar to prevent damage to keel.
Those are the big structural things and the wife and I are gonna get our learn on. To make this boat nice would take $$$$$$ and time time time so we aren't going into this with any expectations at all. We are hoping to get some good experience and maybe get 1-2 more years out of her before she self destructs and we get a nicer boat. The project starts when I get home early next year from a deployment. This will give the boat several months of drying out. Pictures of the project areas to follow soon.
The goal is to accomplish this by the time the c22 nationals are here in Fort Walton Beach next year, I'd like to sail with like minded people. When is that date by the way?
. That's a lot of work in a short time! Gulp....checks calendar again....
