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NORTHERN PHOENIX

June 18, 2013
We have a name!!!!  Our Registration came back:

Say Hello to:


Art work by Sahara, Grade 7
We have ordered hats and shirts with the logo on them.
And perhaps a flag. 

Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Boat Name 

 

Cabin Floors Painted

June 18, 2013
While we are varnishing the teak and holly floor boards, we painted the rest of the floor.  The plywood pieces are just scrap for while we have been working..  If you want to come and take them, let me know.  Otherwise, they all go to the dump!   We are using a 2 part epoxy paint.  I
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Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Main cabin 

 

Aft Cabin put back together

June 18, 2013
I have all the exhaust installed, the propane line is up above everything, in a thick tube for chaf protection.  I siliconed the hole to the propane tank to keep it air tight.  Exhaust lines are secured.  Orange line is a plastic coated three eighth copper pipe is the vent lines for the fuel tanks.
 

Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Aft Cabin 

 

Deck Grip: KIWI Grip paint

June 18, 2013
Paint is like Mayonnaise.  Goes on thick.  It got hotter out than we though but just kept going.  Some places h ave different texture than other, nothing a little sandpaper can not fix later. Tinted the pain our selves, blue with a hint of green.  It dries darker than you think so go easy if you are trying this.

Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Paint 

 

A little wood work

June 12, 2013
I really liked the idea that S/V Real Life had, another Whitby 42.  So using scrap wood and some new pieces of scrap teak from other work we put this together.  Came out pretty good.  Should be very piratical.


Hard to tell from the picture, there is a lip on the front to keep things from sliding out.

Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Galley 

 

New Rigging!!

June 12, 2013
We got all the standing rigging redone by some great people at the Rigging Shoppe in Toronto .  They did a fantastic job rebuilding all the rigging.  It is a family owned business that really takes good care of their customers.  They knew my situation with taking the boat away down south and gave me lots of great advise on the rigging....to great places to visit.  I had some very old rigging and they gave me a great price to get it all done.  I also got all my halyards redone by and watched Rick do some splicing.  He made it look so easy.  Below is a picture of all the old and new rigging.  They bundle them up so you know what is what.  Also, got all my batteries.


The boxes in the background are for moving.  We found tenets for our home!!  We move out by July 1st.

Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Rigging 

 

Mast winches

June 12, 2013
We took off all the mast winches (5) and rebuilt them.  Only 4 will go back on.  2 per mast.  One winch was a wire only winch, but we are not using wire halyards, so it is not worth keeping.  The winches had not been dismantled in YEARS....probably decades.  The one on the left has been rebuilt(but not re greased yet), the one on the right is as they were, although not too bad.  

Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Winches 

 

Barrier coat

June 12, 2013
Tara added another couple of layers to the epoxy barrier coat.  The boat is in great shape, no blisters.  Even where the old pads held the boat, and there was NO barrier coat at all, there are no blisters.  To be safe, we added another layer, and multiple layers to places there where bare.  Now, ready for bottom paint.


Posted by Bryan. Posted In : bottom 

 

Electrical Panel

June 12, 2013
With the help of a good friend and my nephew, I was able to install the electrical panel.  Only a few mistakes here and there, but otherwise, so far, everything is working.
Here is all the wiring behind the panel.  So far, I have had to go back and add 2 wires.  I am sure I will have to add some more later.  



Here is the panel installed

Then we installed the nav station and the radio holder.
The Radio holder (lack of better name) was a great idea by the PO.  
He did a great job building it from scratch.  Thanks !


Here is the old electrical system....not really a comparison:


Old panel behind stairs                              Unknown strange apparatus and gen/shore switch

Another shore power/gen control                                                 gauges

Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Electrical 

 

Cockpit Port Locker

June 10, 2013
Hello Whitby 42 owners.

I am in need of a little help.  I am in the process of finishing up.  Crunch time!!.  I am battling a back injury that has slowed me way down, but I push on.

I need help with the cockpit port locker.  When I bought the boat all the wood was removed.  When you opened the locker in the cockpit, you see the fuel tank.  I don't even know if I have all the pieces (I suspect I do).  I would love to get some pictures of the layout of the locker, both from the inside and the underneath.  It would be a great help.  The previous owner I bought the boat from took 100's of pictures, this happens to one of the few things missed.

So if you have a picture, any picture, it would be a great help.  I don't know where things line up, how they attach to the bulk heads, etc...  Most holes were already filled and painted over. 


Thanks in advance, if we meet up on the trip, first cold beverage is on me.

Bryan
bryhaas@gmail.com

Posted by Bryan. Posted In : port locker 

 
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Bryan Haas


Please feel free to contact me! I grew up on the waters of the Chesapeake sailing and fishing. I was paid to work, sail, race, and sometimes live on a 51' Hinkley (they didn't really need to pay me but they offered!). I am a high school science teacher who likes to learn by doing. Used to teach at "The Sound School" in New Haven Ct. Check it out, the most amazing on- the- water school there is. I have rebuilt smaller boats from scratch, but nothing on this scale. This is an adventure. All help is greatly appreciated.

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