January 26, 2016
Yep, if there’s blood… There must be boat work!
We’ve been working away on the boat for the entire three weeks or so that we’ve been in Tauranga. I think today was our first day off. We took it off because we finished some major engine work including a new rear main oil seal and new engine mounts.
Tomorrow, Legacy gets hauled out of the water for bottom painting. But first, we’re going to water and garnet blast off the old bottom paint, 27 years worth.
Here’s what we’ve done…
Installed a new heater for boat and hot heater
Installed shower WarmerUpper
Replaced anchor chain
Relocated extra anchor rode
Replaced boom vang spring
Rebuilt windlass
Replaced broken stereo
Moved stereo speakers
Installed a new fresh water pump
Added an indicator light on fresh water pump
Re-plumbed head sink
Fixed sticking head drawer
Moved refrigerator temperature sensor
New glasses for both of us
Moved data to new hard disks
Placed stateside (Amazon) order
Updated cruising information pages on our blog
Replaced engine fresh water pump
Installed new engine mounts
Replaced leaking engine rear main oil seal
Remounted rudder sensor
And yet to do…
- Find and fix fresh water leak
- Dentist for Cyndi
- Skin doctor
- Eye doctor
- Visa extension
- Lanyard for Espar heater exhaust cap
- Rewire Espar heater connector
- Tie up Espar air intake
- Get chain test results
- Straighten and secure spreaders
- Carpet companionway steps
- Final check of engine alignment
- New autopilot pump connectors
- New toilet seat
- Outboard engine fuel vent
- Outboard carb, clean jets
- Clean outboard fuel tank
- Install refrigerator fan relay
- Replace secondary refrigerator fan
- Install 220 volt inverter for printer
- Install new bilge blower
- New engine vent hoses
- Fix deck leak over stereo
- Fix head door latch
- Seal stanchions
- Update sat phone firmware
- Replace water maker pumps
- Replace autopilot hydraulic pump
- Remount watermaker pumps
- Lube extra bow roller
- Glue old faucet holes
- Clean bilge
- Install new bilge pump and pump switch
- Replace Seagull filter hoses
- Make refrig shelf
- update and test mailasail
- hf radio noise issue
- Bonding wire to arch
- Seal solar panel wire holes in Bimini
- deck chip on port by cockpit
- Battery hold downs
- Epoxy overboard pole
- New offline wikipedia copy
- Get DANBoater policy
- Fix stripped propane cover screws
- Check cutlass
- Wax hull
- Lube prop
- Check prop freeplay
- replace head houses
- replace head thru-hulls
- Replumb sink drain, new thru hull
Ain’t boating grand!? Or ten grand!? Or fifty grand!? -Rich
Update… We went out for a test spin on the way to the boatyard and what a difference the new engine mounts make! The engine is much quieter, very smooth and there is very little vibration transmitted through the hull. I ran it up to full throttle and Cyndi said it all: “There’s no drama!”
