I went down to the boat to do some work on her despite the snow on the ground. The day already started off rough for other reasons.
I got down to the boat and when I opened it up I found condensation everywhere. There was the very beginnings of mold/mildew. One of my cushions was damp and it was the main source of the new stuff.
This has never happened before. Even more irritating is that these are newer cushions.
I wiped everything down and the boat was open for most of the day so it is dried out okay. I have a few chemical dehumidifiers to put it in the boat when I leave it this time.
So I started working on putting the fresh water pump into the boat. The company sent me the wrong fittings (I had ordered an extra fitting that was in the right size so I put one side of the system in). Then I discovered that the bolts that I bought to fix the pump to its location were too small so I ran out to get 4 longer bolts. I didn't even bother finish wiring the pump in because there is no sense in doing it until I have the hoses attached.
I went to install my new water faucet. Well, there were two holes that the previous owner had in the slide out sink thing (one had the old faucet and one larger hole that I have no idea what it was for). I ended up having to drill a new hole to put the faucet in. Now I have to figure out a nice way to clover the old holes.
Finally a project that went right. I put a new hose in for my sink drain. This actually worked the way it should.
Then I started looking at how I would run the wires for the rewire of my mast (new deck plug that goes from 2 wires to 4 wires) and I also had to run the coax cable for my VHF.
Well, of course the area to run the wire was way too small. I routed it out some but it still wasn't enough.
I put that aside to look at my deck fittings. I ended up installing them. The 4 prong connector actually went on with minimal frustration.
I decided to put the coax deck pass through on. When drilling it out I broke a brand new titanium bit in the boat. Of course I couldn't get the bit out because it was in the middle of what I was drilling. Finally I drilled at a slight angle to avoid the broken bit piece and that worked out okay. I heated the butyle tape and deck and I was able to get it sealed okay.
Back into the interior and I managed to hide my wire run. It is okay and passable but I wished I had more room to fit the wires.
There is so much left to do before I splash in April. As always, I have two more projects that I need to work on that I just discovered needed to be done sooner than later. I had intended to do these projects but they were on the back burner. One of them is the cabin woodwork and the other was a bulkhead area where the PO had put a piece of wood to cover old instrument holes. The bulkhead wood cover is leaking now so I will replace with starboard and seal it with butyle tape.
What a frustrating day!!!!!
I got down to the boat and when I opened it up I found condensation everywhere. There was the very beginnings of mold/mildew. One of my cushions was damp and it was the main source of the new stuff.
This has never happened before. Even more irritating is that these are newer cushions.
I wiped everything down and the boat was open for most of the day so it is dried out okay. I have a few chemical dehumidifiers to put it in the boat when I leave it this time.
So I started working on putting the fresh water pump into the boat. The company sent me the wrong fittings (I had ordered an extra fitting that was in the right size so I put one side of the system in). Then I discovered that the bolts that I bought to fix the pump to its location were too small so I ran out to get 4 longer bolts. I didn't even bother finish wiring the pump in because there is no sense in doing it until I have the hoses attached.
I went to install my new water faucet. Well, there were two holes that the previous owner had in the slide out sink thing (one had the old faucet and one larger hole that I have no idea what it was for). I ended up having to drill a new hole to put the faucet in. Now I have to figure out a nice way to clover the old holes.
Finally a project that went right. I put a new hose in for my sink drain. This actually worked the way it should.
Then I started looking at how I would run the wires for the rewire of my mast (new deck plug that goes from 2 wires to 4 wires) and I also had to run the coax cable for my VHF.
Well, of course the area to run the wire was way too small. I routed it out some but it still wasn't enough.
I put that aside to look at my deck fittings. I ended up installing them. The 4 prong connector actually went on with minimal frustration.
I decided to put the coax deck pass through on. When drilling it out I broke a brand new titanium bit in the boat. Of course I couldn't get the bit out because it was in the middle of what I was drilling. Finally I drilled at a slight angle to avoid the broken bit piece and that worked out okay. I heated the butyle tape and deck and I was able to get it sealed okay.
Back into the interior and I managed to hide my wire run. It is okay and passable but I wished I had more room to fit the wires.
There is so much left to do before I splash in April. As always, I have two more projects that I need to work on that I just discovered needed to be done sooner than later. I had intended to do these projects but they were on the back burner. One of them is the cabin woodwork and the other was a bulkhead area where the PO had put a piece of wood to cover old instrument holes. The bulkhead wood cover is leaking now so I will replace with starboard and seal it with butyle tape.
What a frustrating day!!!!!
