What's involved in the rebuild?
Main sail and clew connection needs rebuilding. If I have to do that, I might as well do a complete rebuild of the main sail system.
All my bright work needs refinishing. I have a wooden hand rail (don't recall what they are called) on my port side cabin top that has to be rebuilt. I'm considering changing it to SS which would mean both sides would be rebuilt. I might as well get both fore sails serviced. The sunbrella likely needs replacing. Lots of the exterior wood needs attention. Like all of it...
I need to restitch parts of my dodger and patch one area that suffered chafe. If budget allows, I may either replace the lenses or maybe just build a solid dodger
I'd like to make new sail cover for the main sail, the original is really getting old.
My windlass needs service, the clutch is being glitchy.
One support bar holding my davits/solar panel up has to be rebuilt. That will actually cause me to redesign that member and I'll rebuild both supports.
My automatic bulge pump switch stopped working, so I have to dig into that system. The bilge pump still works, the last few weeks I simply kept an eye on the bilge - it's a very dry boat so I wasn't worried but I prefer it to work...
I want to do a number of upgrades, but those can all be done while sailing. Living on her for the past almost year has given me a list of things that would be nice to have...
iI' really love to have her back in tip-top shape so next year I could sail her back to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. But then come.back to the Chesapeake instead of heading ocean side...
Of course the glitch with the engine needs to be fixed - still looking at that...
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