Well after almost 6 months of hard work the Second Chance (her new name) is coming along. She broke off her mooring two years ago today in Salem Harbor, Mass during a nasty nor easter and ended up on the shore with a some hull cracks. She sits here today newly painted, all new port lights, hatches, electrical, plumbing and to much other money that makes me sick to think about. I will try to update as things move along, the paint is single part poly that I did myself, major pain but doable.
She is coming along
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Spectacular!
I envy your dedication. Sail up to the York River and show her off after you launch.
I envy your dedication. Sail up to the York River and show her off after you launch.
Lessons learned - mooring advice
Brad, sorry for your loss and it looks like you are moving along very nicely. Ernesto caused alot of mooring looses in the N.E. last year and many yacht clubs were putting most of the blame on the mooring quality/condition and the owners lack of attention. I.E. lack of inspection, impropper hook-up(chafing), etc... Did you find out why your boat broke free and could you share some experience with the forum about what you might do differently next time.
Brad, sorry for your loss and it looks like you are moving along very nicely. Ernesto caused alot of mooring looses in the N.E. last year and many yacht clubs were putting most of the blame on the mooring quality/condition and the owners lack of attention. I.E. lack of inspection, impropper hook-up(chafing), etc... Did you find out why your boat broke free and could you share some experience with the forum about what you might do differently next time.
Mooring Experience
This was my first time being on a mooring. I was used to Docks in Georgia and Maryland and had no idea how much attention needed to be paid to mooring lines, chafe gear. I chaffed through both lines in 6 foot waves in the harbor, I can only imagine how bad it was out there but saw pictures and it was ugly. The mooring was new and I actually had it serviced that spring and is not to blame. This was entirely my fault. The moral of the story is use the biggest line possible, use chaffing gear...a lot of it, and have a big backup with chaffing gear. My roller furling also let go a little and a storm sail size of 135% came out and moved things along. The real kicker was getting this bad boy off the shore line, she went up so high that a normal high tide would not even touch the keel....so i had 30 people from work come out on a blustery oct 31 morning and we jacked up the boat and slid 2 very greased up 8x8 underneath her and pushed all 27ft down the beach 100 ft. She sustained hull damage and water inside from the pounding on the rocky beach, but I was able to have the yard fix the hull (hopefully, everything looks good
but we will see in a couple of weeks when she goes back in down in Va Beach) I also lost my chartplotter, roller furling and head sail, plus most of my lines got trashed, and two anchors. I am excepting old gear donations, just kidding. After all the damage I thought about trashing her but looked at boats and could not justify buying another used boat and having to fix it up to sailing standards. So I decided to do all the other work at the same time, plus I had just rebuilt the 1GM 2 years prior and love this boat, we have sailed the entire east coast together, mostly on the outside without incident and I have a lot of respect for the design, she is not the fastest boat and has some wicked weather helm but she is tough, comfortable, and attractive. All that being said I motored her from Salem Harbor to Gloucester after floating her with hull damage and very little left of the electrical system and felt safe, even though she was taking on about 2-4 gallons an hour through the damaged hull. Big Lines, Chafe gear, secure your sails and then resecure your sails, pray, if you live in NE take your boat out the water before October. Brad
This was my first time being on a mooring. I was used to Docks in Georgia and Maryland and had no idea how much attention needed to be paid to mooring lines, chafe gear. I chaffed through both lines in 6 foot waves in the harbor, I can only imagine how bad it was out there but saw pictures and it was ugly. The mooring was new and I actually had it serviced that spring and is not to blame. This was entirely my fault. The moral of the story is use the biggest line possible, use chaffing gear...a lot of it, and have a big backup with chaffing gear. My roller furling also let go a little and a storm sail size of 135% came out and moved things along. The real kicker was getting this bad boy off the shore line, she went up so high that a normal high tide would not even touch the keel....so i had 30 people from work come out on a blustery oct 31 morning and we jacked up the boat and slid 2 very greased up 8x8 underneath her and pushed all 27ft down the beach 100 ft. She sustained hull damage and water inside from the pounding on the rocky beach, but I was able to have the yard fix the hull (hopefully, everything looks good
but we will see in a couple of weeks when she goes back in down in Va Beach) I also lost my chartplotter, roller furling and head sail, plus most of my lines got trashed, and two anchors. I am excepting old gear donations, just kidding. After all the damage I thought about trashing her but looked at boats and could not justify buying another used boat and having to fix it up to sailing standards. So I decided to do all the other work at the same time, plus I had just rebuilt the 1GM 2 years prior and love this boat, we have sailed the entire east coast together, mostly on the outside without incident and I have a lot of respect for the design, she is not the fastest boat and has some wicked weather helm but she is tough, comfortable, and attractive. All that being said I motored her from Salem Harbor to Gloucester after floating her with hull damage and very little left of the electrical system and felt safe, even though she was taking on about 2-4 gallons an hour through the damaged hull. Big Lines, Chafe gear, secure your sails and then resecure your sails, pray, if you live in NE take your boat out the water before October. Brad
Looks great
I like to see other people value the H27's. I spent my second season with one I spent the previous two season rebullding. A few times through the project I questioned my sanity, but now I'm convinced it was worth it.
I like to see other people value the H27's. I spent my second season with one I spent the previous two season rebullding. A few times through the project I questioned my sanity, but now I'm convinced it was worth it.
Bradg when your finished you can work on mine!
Just kidding ;D Seriously, it looks absolutely fantastic. Like Randy, I too like to see other people value their 27's. All the work I've done on mine has drawn comments at the marina like why don't I just get a better boat or why am I putting all the time, energy, and money (I haven't really put that much $ into it - guess it just looks that way) into a 27 year old Hunter. I guess those people don't get it, it's a great boat. I agree a 1000% with your statement: "I have a lot of respect for the design, she is not the fastest boat and has some wicked weather helm but she is tough, comfortable, and attractive." Keep us posted on your progress. BTW - It's interesting to see how different the floor of your interior is to mine. Manny
Just kidding ;D Seriously, it looks absolutely fantastic. Like Randy, I too like to see other people value their 27's. All the work I've done on mine has drawn comments at the marina like why don't I just get a better boat or why am I putting all the time, energy, and money (I haven't really put that much $ into it - guess it just looks that way) into a 27 year old Hunter. I guess those people don't get it, it's a great boat. I agree a 1000% with your statement: "I have a lot of respect for the design, she is not the fastest boat and has some wicked weather helm but she is tough, comfortable, and attractive." Keep us posted on your progress. BTW - It's interesting to see how different the floor of your interior is to mine. Manny
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