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accept my apology for this posting.
Hello all
First let me apologise for this posting, apparently Arenal got alot of
attention and at this point and i'm buried with emails. This is to answer
all who wrote and answer those who have not written yet. If I got the same
question from 3 or more people I'll answer here.
General Condition: Ok well the pictures are more than fair to her unless you
stand closer but again she's a 30 year old boat with all the same traits as
the rest of the vegas. So I'll tell you all I know, warts and all...
From bow to stern the white topside paint is faded a bit and wearing thin
in all the usual places you step, I despise painting unless forced to so it
will stay that way. There is small crazing in the usual spots but we all
have it. The green hull paint is 18 months old, It is awlgrip and im
including an extra gallon unopened. On both port and starboard where she's
the widest the paint is rubbed through to the white beneath it in small
areas (all the fuel docks with fixed fenders on my trip south and back),
nothing a small brush and the included paint couldn't fine in 20 miutes.
Bottom paint.... I'm anal about bottom jobs. When I got her the bottom had
so many coats of paint over old pitted paint I hated it. Last Feb I
sandblasted her all the way down. Reworked the rudder and combi and
reassembled it. Put an excellent blister protection barrier coat on the
bottom and 2 coats of the best bottom paint available and zinc'd her. (see
pictures) Total cost exceeded $1000, proof i'm anal (slow grin.)
On the topside of things everything works and I wouldnt change anything.
Cockpit wise there's a new tiller, new autopilot and new radio placed below
the aft hatch lid (see pics) where I can use it underway. There is a GPS
interface (garmin) wired to the autopilot, make your waypoints and she'll
follow them. All three locker hatches have 3 new coats of Cetol. Yes the
saloon doubledoors are hand made and I love them, wood/plexiglass and also
coated with cetol. There is also a 1 piece plexiglass slide in for there,
and a screen 1 piece slide in for warm weather. The forward hatch has a
velcro screen for the bug free warm nights. The windows have the usual vega
drip when it rains but again since it doesn't soak anything or bother me I
didn't bother. The grab rails atop the cabin are all bare wood so some
cetol, varnish or oil are in order there. I stepped on the ventilator above
the head and cracked it, works fine and no leaks.
Interior: Well it's also 30 years old and completely stock. Nothing cut up,
modified or rewired. V-berth cushions told a clear tale of pets once upon a
time. Now she sports new foam and covers (sunbrella) and no more odor. The
head has now been replaced and a new stainless holding tank with overboard &
pumpout plumbed in. The head didn't have a ring/lid in the box and I gave up
on fighting the company about it and left it as is. There is a am/fm
cassette above the port settee next to the woodstove. (see picture) Never
worked, never will. It is not wired up and too badly corroded to think about
it. But it fills the hole some moron cut in there to install it in the first
place. Settee cushions are all origional as far as I know but still in
decent shape. The stove is factory and works as it should and so is/does the
sink. Both foot pumps need new screws as they worked loose (for the 20th
time) and some are lost, hardware store stuff. In the forward bulkhead just
above the floor there is now an electric heater (fan forced) that blows aft
and it is controlled by a thermostat just above the starboard settee on the
head bulkhead (see picture) It will take you from below freezing to running
you out of the boat in about 10 minutes, runs on AC from dock.
Electrical: There are 4 outlets, 2 forward and 2 aft in cabin, breakers are
located in starboard locker forward near sink. Shore plug is aft in center,
cord is included.
Pumps: There's a manual pump in aft cockpit bulkhead just to port tiller
(see picture) and an automatic electric pump in bilge. Both are tee'd into
the port cockpit drain just inside the hull and work wonderfully (no I WONT
cut additional holes in my hull)
Engine/Transmission: Factory MD6A and combi. I would't trade them for the
world. The volvo runs great and is well maintained. No it's not pretty as I
never bothered to remove the grease that will reappear next week and paint
doesn't make it run any better, sorry thats just policy. I bought her to use
not to look at. It uses no oil, starts below freezing without a priest uses
well under a pint an hour cruising. New belts and alternator just rebuilt.
The sending unit for the oil light started leaking coming up from Florida
and is currently removed and plugged. I will replace this before she goes.
Temp guage lens has a crack but if it works leave it alone (also policy).
Combi is as it always was, a combi. Works great. ENgine top speed has been
cut back about 500 RPM from factory. I dont like an engine to run full
throttle and it makes her 1/2 a knot slower but almost doubled my fuel
milage, and im giving the ol girl a break.
:Electrical: batteries are 7 months old and never left the dock, biggest two
batteries I could put in. Alternator works great, ebuilt to 45 amps. New
belts. Dynastart is normally faithful. Spins every time although sometimes
it acts like the batteries are almost dead and I have to raise the
compression release to get her spinning, and lower it to get her running,
this doesnt happen often but annoying nontheless.
Oh, I almost forgot. When inside facing the companionway hatch there's a
piece of wood thar runs just under the companionway at the bottom of the
hatch. At the lower right of hatch (see picture) it appears to be rotted in
two although there is no rot on the remaining ends. I dont know what the
story is as it was that way when I got her. Again it didnt bother me so I
didnt bother it.
There she is, warts and all.
Claude V1460
captainclaude@...
540 560 5110 mobile
accept my apology for this posting.
Hello all
First let me apologise for this posting, apparently Arenal got alot of
attention and at this point and i'm buried with emails. This is to answer
all who wrote and answer those who have not written yet. If I got the same
question from 3 or more people I'll answer here.
General Condition: Ok well the pictures are more than fair to her unless you
stand closer but again she's a 30 year old boat with all the same traits as
the rest of the vegas. So I'll tell you all I know, warts and all...
From bow to stern the white topside paint is faded a bit and wearing thin
in all the usual places you step, I despise painting unless forced to so it
will stay that way. There is small crazing in the usual spots but we all
have it. The green hull paint is 18 months old, It is awlgrip and im
including an extra gallon unopened. On both port and starboard where she's
the widest the paint is rubbed through to the white beneath it in small
areas (all the fuel docks with fixed fenders on my trip south and back),
nothing a small brush and the included paint couldn't fine in 20 miutes.
Bottom paint.... I'm anal about bottom jobs. When I got her the bottom had
so many coats of paint over old pitted paint I hated it. Last Feb I
sandblasted her all the way down. Reworked the rudder and combi and
reassembled it. Put an excellent blister protection barrier coat on the
bottom and 2 coats of the best bottom paint available and zinc'd her. (see
pictures) Total cost exceeded $1000, proof i'm anal (slow grin.)
On the topside of things everything works and I wouldnt change anything.
Cockpit wise there's a new tiller, new autopilot and new radio placed below
the aft hatch lid (see pics) where I can use it underway. There is a GPS
interface (garmin) wired to the autopilot, make your waypoints and she'll
follow them. All three locker hatches have 3 new coats of Cetol. Yes the
saloon doubledoors are hand made and I love them, wood/plexiglass and also
coated with cetol. There is also a 1 piece plexiglass slide in for there,
and a screen 1 piece slide in for warm weather. The forward hatch has a
velcro screen for the bug free warm nights. The windows have the usual vega
drip when it rains but again since it doesn't soak anything or bother me I
didn't bother. The grab rails atop the cabin are all bare wood so some
cetol, varnish or oil are in order there. I stepped on the ventilator above
the head and cracked it, works fine and no leaks.
Interior: Well it's also 30 years old and completely stock. Nothing cut up,
modified or rewired. V-berth cushions told a clear tale of pets once upon a
time. Now she sports new foam and covers (sunbrella) and no more odor. The
head has now been replaced and a new stainless holding tank with overboard &
pumpout plumbed in. The head didn't have a ring/lid in the box and I gave up
on fighting the company about it and left it as is. There is a am/fm
cassette above the port settee next to the woodstove. (see picture) Never
worked, never will. It is not wired up and too badly corroded to think about
it. But it fills the hole some moron cut in there to install it in the first
place. Settee cushions are all origional as far as I know but still in
decent shape. The stove is factory and works as it should and so is/does the
sink. Both foot pumps need new screws as they worked loose (for the 20th
time) and some are lost, hardware store stuff. In the forward bulkhead just
above the floor there is now an electric heater (fan forced) that blows aft
and it is controlled by a thermostat just above the starboard settee on the
head bulkhead (see picture) It will take you from below freezing to running
you out of the boat in about 10 minutes, runs on AC from dock.
Electrical: There are 4 outlets, 2 forward and 2 aft in cabin, breakers are
located in starboard locker forward near sink. Shore plug is aft in center,
cord is included.
Pumps: There's a manual pump in aft cockpit bulkhead just to port tiller
(see picture) and an automatic electric pump in bilge. Both are tee'd into
the port cockpit drain just inside the hull and work wonderfully (no I WONT
cut additional holes in my hull)
Engine/Transmission: Factory MD6A and combi. I would't trade them for the
world. The volvo runs great and is well maintained. No it's not pretty as I
never bothered to remove the grease that will reappear next week and paint
doesn't make it run any better, sorry thats just policy. I bought her to use
not to look at. It uses no oil, starts below freezing without a priest uses
well under a pint an hour cruising. New belts and alternator just rebuilt.
The sending unit for the oil light started leaking coming up from Florida
and is currently removed and plugged. I will replace this before she goes.
Temp guage lens has a crack but if it works leave it alone (also policy).
Combi is as it always was, a combi. Works great. ENgine top speed has been
cut back about 500 RPM from factory. I dont like an engine to run full
throttle and it makes her 1/2 a knot slower but almost doubled my fuel
milage, and im giving the ol girl a break.
:Electrical: batteries are 7 months old and never left the dock, biggest two
batteries I could put in. Alternator works great, ebuilt to 45 amps. New
belts. Dynastart is normally faithful. Spins every time although sometimes
it acts like the batteries are almost dead and I have to raise the
compression release to get her spinning, and lower it to get her running,
this doesnt happen often but annoying nontheless.
Oh, I almost forgot. When inside facing the companionway hatch there's a
piece of wood thar runs just under the companionway at the bottom of the
hatch. At the lower right of hatch (see picture) it appears to be rotted in
two although there is no rot on the remaining ends. I dont know what the
story is as it was that way when I got her. Again it didnt bother me so I
didnt bother it.
There she is, warts and all.
Claude V1460
captainclaude@...
540 560 5110 mobile