Just wanted to give everyone a heads up. I just spent five weeks working on the boat full-time. I had three mammoth projects all rolled into one. First, my cutouts for my ports were enlarged by the previous owner, so I had to shrink them back down. They tried to fill the area--over one inch in all directions--with 5200 which did not work at all to keep the ports water-tight. They leaked alot. So I cut out a bunch of rot, filled the rest of the wood in the vicinity of each port with penetrating epoxy, then filled the gaps with West Systems epoxy. I glassed in plywood plugs, faired them, and then re-cut out the potholes. Then I removed the hardware from the deck, drilled 1/2 inch holes for all screwholes, and glassed in 1/2 inch dowels in the holes (Ed S.'s idea for the dowels), putting a bit of epoxy over the top as well, so the holes wuld be completely water-sealed and invisible after painting. Then I painted the deck and cockpit with 1 coat of Interlux Primer (2 in some places), and 2 coats of Toplac. I had a problem with some of the Toplac; it came out flat in spots instead of shiny, so I did a third coat on the cabin trunk and top. I used Toplac for the entire deck. I thought I could get away with no non-skid, since the previous owner put on an extremely thick non-skid surface. Finally I put the S.S. Hood ports in and still have to put the hardware back on the deck. I thoroughly recommend the Hood ports over NFM, if for no other reason than that they do not bolt through to one another. Thus, I did not ave to make shims to account for the different angle on the headliner and outside cabin trunk. Three days ago I headed out with a friend--who not only knows nothing about sailing, but tends to break stuff, still better than going alone though--and moved from inside the San Francisco Bay to a marina in Half Moon Bay, on the Pacific Ocean--a two-day trip. I'll leave that story for another time, but it included, replacing the impeller just before heading out, overheating about 20 minutes into the trip, diving on the boat while en route (at anchor) to clean off the prop shaft and prop (which I thought might be the culprits), jib and main ripping while on the Pacific ocean, and getting a rogue rope caught in my prop upon arriving at Half Moon Bay. The whole past five weeks have taken their pound of flesh, but isn't that why we got into this at the get go? Fair winds, Josh
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So Josh,
you lost my phone number in the bay? When you were diving on the prop? What was the cause of the overheating, you didn't say? Maybe when you detail the two day trip to Half Moon Bay. But congratulations! When you called and told me what you had to do before heading out I will admit I had my doubts. No charger, no working batteries, no portlights, and the painting had not been started! So did the non-skid turn out OK? And do you like the new digs? What about sailing where you are now located? Much easier to live on Lake Erie and just put the boat away for six months. Unless you live on it of course. Thanks for the update.
you lost my phone number in the bay? When you were diving on the prop? What was the cause of the overheating, you didn't say? Maybe when you detail the two day trip to Half Moon Bay. But congratulations! When you called and told me what you had to do before heading out I will admit I had my doubts. No charger, no working batteries, no portlights, and the painting had not been started! So did the non-skid turn out OK? And do you like the new digs? What about sailing where you are now located? Much easier to live on Lake Erie and just put the boat away for six months. Unless you live on it of course. Thanks for the update.
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