Boat projects
My sailboat is an old Hughes that was gutted long time ago and sold to me one beautiful winter morning for the price equaling roughly six hundred and forty three coffees at Starbucks. This, of course, has nothing to do with anything.
I am obsessive lists composer. It’s probably self-defense mechanisms countering my single track brain that tends to focus so much on a given task that everything else cease to exist. To complete more than one task and properly interact with world at large I need reminders, calendars, checklists and friends who recognize this handicap. Lists also help me to prioritize tasks, which comes handy in more complex projects and this, actually, is what this page is all about.
The following list helps me to keep track of some ongoing projects on my sailboat. I doubt if it has any value to anyone else but me, however since there are no ridged guidelines on what my online friends might be interested in I’ll allow myself this indulgence and ask you kindly to forgive me if you feel you’d rather be watching another car commercial on TV instead.
Current Sailboat Projects
New Stairs
sand pieces, round the edgesshave off left support 1/8 inchesdrill side holesstair mounting bracketsstainand varnish – 1 coat- design bottom floor raised panel with intake valve access
mount the darn thing- build the cover piece
Plumbing
install barbed port cockpit drain3 feet of 1-1/4 bildge hose1-1/2 to 1-1/4 reducer barbed3 way 1-1/4 barbed hose connectors- vented loop for the can
- look for an RV or used waste tank – wish list
- look for fresh water tank 20 gallons?, under V-berth? Or bladders in stern lockers or way at the back
Install sink 14.75×12.75 outside rim and 13. 5×11.5 hole- install sink drain and valve – need pipe to thread 1-1/2
- Install fresh water galley pump
grease seacoks
Electrical
- New three deep cycle batteries 12”x24” space, golf cart?– wish list
- New 80W solar panel mounted on the bimini – wish list
- move electrical panel if installing sink there
- topmast three color? (if so install cable in the mast and prevent its banging)
- New LED reading lights and navigational lights – wish list
- box the speakers
Bottom paint – done! – click here
before the launch preferably
get the paintscrub and even out the bottomfigure out how to paint under padsmasking tapeborrow respiratorpaint daybootstrap – sand and paint
V-berth
- reupholster cushions – 3 inch closed cell foam
Rigging
- clean and grease winches
Galley
- ice box?
Find propane or alcohol 2 burner stove 14×17.5 or 13×20, stainless, receded?Butch, you rock!
Outboard Maintenance
new prop?– naaahreplace oil– click here
Launch date: May 15th
paint the boot strapseal the transom throuholemount the outboard– change gaspaint the transomclean, rubbing compound, waxcheck the fuel hoses, connectors, drain the tank, refill
2005 Expenses
- marina fees – $1250
- hardware store – $320
(plywood, varnish, pipe fittings, valves, brushes, scraper, gear oil etc.) - marine store – $330
(new head, stainless bolts, bottom paint, fittings, compounds etc.) - total: $1900
