The List

Wednesday April 18, 2012

So I’m sure some of you might be looking at this site and thinking to yourself, ‘All the stories of their weekends out on the water are fine and dandy, but I know they’re getting ready for a possible circumnavigation and I want to know “What are they doing to get ready?”‘  Well I’m taking a break from our exciting leiserly yachting weekends (because right now I’m posting from September 2011) to get down to the nitty gritty and tell you exactly what we’re doing and what we still need to do to get our boat ready to leave this summer.  With no further ado, here is The List.

* means that it needs to get done before the boat is launched

Anchor Locker and Bow

• Install new Aqua Signal Series 25 Bow light and DR. LED Bi-color light – done 4/15/12
• Grease furling gear with Mclube Sailkote dry sail lube
• Check furling line for wear
• Mount stainless anchor chain stopper
• Separate chain from 5/8″ rode and coil the rope on Starboard anchor locker side.  Secure chain with easy to cut lashings
• Mount padeye on deck for Solent Stay
• Glass in bulkhead to anchor locker and mount lower padeye for Solent Stay
• Add protecting grease to windlass motor for corrosion
• Peen anchor chain Crosby – done 3/18/12

V-Berth

• Cut down bulkhead for better sleeping position – done 4/1/12
• Mount photos in v-berth
• Add half mixture of varnish and teak oil to modified bulkhead
• Mount fan in v-verth
• Replace drain hose for sink
• Secure windlass wiring on starboard side shelf
• Install LED lights in v-berth lights
• Mount 12v outlet in v-berth
• *Grease seacock

Saloon

• *Glass in the hole in the hull from the depth gauge
• Install DC outlet in cabin – done 4/1/12
• *Install new Airmar V744 depth, temp, and speed transducer
• Install Raymarine compass to old location above bilge pump – done 4/29/12
• *Torque keel bolts to 90 ftlbs – done 4/20/12

Mast

• Mount new Raymarine RD418 radar on mast (use old bracket) Wire pull already in mast.  Shorten RJ45 wire to length of mast and install terminal strip for easy stepping of mast
• Mount new Tri-lens radar reflector on mast above radar
• Remove streaming light and clean and inspect
• Install mast tang for Solent Stay
• Mount Spinlock clutch for jib sheet on mast
• Inspect rigging
• Install new forestay, backstay, and cap shrouds when dropping mast for Erie Canal
• Remove reefing hook from boom
• Install eye to the boom vang for single line reefing block
• Make and install mast gate for lowering the sail during reefing
• Get third reef added to mainsail (currently at North Sail’s sailmaker)

Navigation Station

• Move Xantrex inverter over 1 1/2″ from Starboard bulkhead to allow more airflow – done 4/20/12
• Install Raymarine x10 Smartpilot computer behind radio in navigation station (or in head compartment)
• *Install 4 new Duracell 6-volt batteries purchased from Sam’s Club – done 5/20/12
• Clean up wiring for wire panel
• Install bulb in Aqua Signal chart light  (BA 9s bulb)
• *Disconnect bonding system for all seacocks

Galley

• Heat shrink wire for fan and install outlet in galley port side
• Insulate refrigeration with slow rise foam – done 10/9/11
• Sand and polish Marine-tex that filled hole in refrigerator’s liner
• Install a holder for the cutting board on top of stove
• Install LED light bulb over stove – done
• Replace hose for sink drain – done 4/20/12
• Install Whale foot pump for salt water faucet – done 4/1/12
• *Grease seacock – done 6/2/12

Head

• Install 12v outlet in head – done 4/1/12
• Install fan for locker in head 4/15/12
• Install fan in head – done 4/1/12
• Replace hose for sink drain
• Install new Trident 101 hose for head to holding tank – done 1/15/12
• *Grease seacock – done 6/2/12

Engine

• Install bushing for alternator slide
• Plumb cooling lines for heater
• Install fan and switch for heater
• Switch fuel filter valve lines
• Install Soundown 1 1/2″ insulation to engine compartment
• *Adjust  drive seal to prevent leaks – done 4/20/12
• Install auxiliary fuel pump
• *Paint prop with Pettit Zinc Coat Barnacle Spray
• *Grease Max-prop

Aft Berth

• Correct leaking deck drain
• Add padeyes to hold down Rubbermaid containers in berth areas
• Refinish sole in berth area
• Seal engine cover to prevent sound from coming into the compartment
• Reinstall cover over steering system

Deck

• Build and install hatch screens for salon and v-berth
• Polish dead lights to remove haze
• *Polish deck to remove sanding residue of bottom paint
• Install spinnaker pole mounts
• Install new Amsteel Blue lifelines
• Install Lewmar organizers and Spinlock clutches for single line reefing – done 10/7/11
• Install Easylock clutches for furler, boom preventer and genoa tracks
• Make Sunbrella covers for 2 hatches on deck

Cockpit

• Cut down Edson pedestal guard and add horizontal support – done 4/28/12
• Install new steering chain and wire kit
• Grease and inspect steering system
• Install Starboard cover over hole left from old autopilot – done 4/28/12
• Install Standard Horizon helm mic and 12v outlet to Starboard cover (listed above) – done 4/28/12
• Replace rotten bulkhead in lazarette separating holding tank from water heater – done 4/15/12
• Reinstall plumbing to water heater – done 4/15/12
• Remove battery charger – done 4/28/12
• Install Katadyn 40 watermaker to area where the battery charger was
• Secure wiring in lazarette
• Install fuse for start battery next to water heater – done 4/1/12
• Mount 2 Kyocera 135 watt solar panels on new bimini frame
• Install antenna on backstay for WIFI
• *Reinstall rudder and patch drain hole on the bottom of rudder
• *Install tiller arm for rudder (being built from aluminum)
• *Fiberglass in shelf support for autopilot
• *Install Raymarine type 1 linear drive
• Calibrate autopilot once boat is in the water
• *Move stern light to davits and add LED to this light
• Make two point harness for aft of dinghy on the davits
• Mount Evergreen Solar 205 Watt panel to davits
• Install Whale o-ring to emergency bilge pump cover – done 9/24/11
• Relplace shower hose in cockpit – done 3/25/12
• Rebed cockpit drains – done 10/12/11
• Replace vinyl windows in dodger, replace zipper in dodger and touch up stitching – done 5/18/12
• Make Sunbrella/vinyl wind protector to wrap around cockpit

Hull

• *Polish hull
• *Raise waterline 1 1/2″ – done 5/27/12
• *Paint new boot line with Interlux Brightside (down to sand and polish now… it will look good enough) – done 5/28/12
• *Finish sanding and fairing hull – done 5/26/12
• *Apply 2 layers of Interprotect 2000 barrier coat – done 5/27/12
• *Paint on Interlux bottom paint to bottom – done 5/27/12

And there you have it.  The million and one things that will keep us busy past the day we leave.   So if you’re family wondering why we may not have the free time to make it to a weekend BBQ or friends wondering why we can’t just shell out a  few extra dollars to go out to the bars just this once, hopefully this list will give you a good perspective on where all of our time and money go.  Don’t feel too bad for us though.  Ten months from now we’ll be sitting in the Bahamas with fruity drinks in our hands while thinking about you at home doing the daily grind and remember that every cent and minute was worth it.