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Posted by Bryan on Friday, November 8, 2019,


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Lowered Price

Posted by Bryan on Monday, April 6, 2015,
Price is now $89,000
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FOR SALE, Whitby 42

Posted by Bryan on Saturday, April 19, 2014,
We are now serious about putting the boat up for sale.  We would love to sell the boat with out brokerage and in the first half of June.  We are traveling between Florida to finish in the Chesapeake.  If you want to come for a trial sail let us know, we are happy to show the boat any time.

I am putting the complete listing under a different tab

Whitby 42 for sale

Asking Price $105,000

Give us an email!


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FOR SALE, a Whitby 42

Posted by Bryan on Monday, November 25, 2013, In : Rant 
As sad as it will be, we will be selling our boat at the end of this trip we are on.  We have to finish before July 1st, 2014 so we can get back to Canada and go back to work.  Some time in June 2014 we will be arriving back in the Chesapeake bay and putting the boat up for sale.  A new lucky owner would have a few months to cruise the Chesapeake Bay and then head south for the winter.  

It was only ever planned to be a one year trip.  We have been constantly adding little things to the boat t...
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WE are away!!!

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, September 18, 2013,
It took another 2 weeks of little stuff, a new fuel pump (other was not yet replaced), a strange fuel filter gasket issue, some leaks in a water tank to fix, and 100 little things, of which are done, but another 200 are now found.  

But we made it and we are off sailing.
First trip was a 50 mile trip up the Chesapeake bay to fix the Freezer.  Apparently our Frigoboat freezer, which I have read lots of good things about, has a clog.  So they are fixing it tomorrow,....I hope.  But the extra insu...
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She Moves!

Posted by Bryan on Saturday, August 31, 2013, In : Engine 
We started up the engine today !!!  It was a great feeling to actually move the boat.  We ran into a small operator problem when getting the engine started.  There is a little button next to the engine stop on the Ford Lehman engines.  A little covered button that has some sort of rubber boot over it.  It had been pushed and stuck in.  I think it is an emergency stop button, and it got stuck.  We were bleeding and bleeding the system thinking we were not getting fuel.  Once we got pushed in t...
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WE FLOAT

Posted by Bryan on Saturday, August 31, 2013, In : Rant 
Northern Phoenix hit the water and floated for the first time in 6 years. 
 August 29th, 4:00 pm.  at Port Kinsale Marina Virginia. 

 We had tried the day before, but we had 2 leaky Wilcox-Crittenden that need to be replaced.  They have been "over lapped" over the years, the cones would now go too far through and could not seal at the other end.  You could tap them through with a hammer and create a tight seal, but that really made for an impractical safety feature...needing to use a hammer.  S...
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Count down to splash... 40 hours!

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 27, 2013, In : Rant 
 We are officially going in on Wednesday morning, August 28th.

Wish us luck.  Lot of things will be tested for the first time in 6 years!!!

Insurance is in, boat is ready....are we??


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Lots of little things...ready to splash !

Posted by Bryan on Friday, August 23, 2013, In : Main cabin 
We are now ready to splash, just waiting for the boat survey to get to the insurance people so we can have insurance before we go (yes...paranoid).

Here are some neat things we have done:

Cleaned the plastic windows...amazing difference!!!!  I thought we would need to replace, but this stuff polished it right up.  The kids did the work:  Sahara did half of this window so we could take the picture, product is in the picture too.

 
We took out the wooden mast cover when we were rebuilding.  That wo...

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Lots happening

Posted by Bryan on Friday, August 16, 2013, In : Rant 
Sorry about the delays in posting.  We have been working so hard to get this project done and on with the trip that I am too tired at night to update.  That, and it is the million little projects that are hard to get excited about when posting.  Like putting on a door catch to keep a door open, or mounting the fire extinguisher.  
Here is a list of things that have happened in the last week or so:
All inside lights are mounted and working.
All fans are mounted and working.
All 120 volt plugs are ...
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Life lines

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, In : deck hardware 
I am most of the way done installing the new spectra life lines.  19,000 lb breaking strength.  I can do the splices pretty fast now, not too hard to learn and handy to know.  The biggest secret, is that each splice SHORTENS your line by about 3/4 of an inch.  Since the line you are going back through is widened to allow the line to pass inside, it never stretches back to its original length.  The first 2 times I did a spice to finish a line, I though I had lost my marbles.....again.. as I me...
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Mast Up!

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, In : Mast 
For the first time in 5 years,  Northern Phoenix has her masts up.  Not adjusted yet, a little issue with the forestay being too long (all rigging is new).  But we wanted to get the picture posted.  The crane operator new I used to do tree work and was not afraid to hoist me up with the crane.  That helped save a lot of time and cranking to get me up there.   Got the triadic stay attached, WiFi antenna, VHF, Anchor light, tri colour light, and got a great view at the same time.  Thanks to my ...
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Power

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, In : deck hardware 
We hooked up the solar panel.  First we had to get the davits completely attached.  The batteries are also hooked up (no picture yet).  We have 6 trojan 225 batteries. (6 volts).  All the 12 volt power seems to be working.


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New Anchor Roller

Posted by Bryan on Monday, July 22, 2013, In : Anchor 
Just before we left Canada to make the journey, I installed the new Anchor Bow roller.  I forgot to post the info.  I was looking at Gerry's "Incredible Hull" website and was reminded.

Stainless Steel outfitters in Barrie Ontario did the work (as well as all the stainless steel work on the boat over the last 30 years)....funny story there about how small the world is.

They took the anchors and designed the roller to give us clearance underneath and well as allowing the 2 anchors to sit side by ...
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"C" is for Cookie that is good enough for me.

Posted by Bryan on Monday, July 22, 2013, In : Toys 
We purchased a SOS (Solar Oven Society) solar oven.  And of course had to try it out making cookies.  They were very good.  In the picture is a chocolate chip/peanutbutter chip cookie.  rolled out as one big cookie.  The temp in the picture is 280 degrees F.  We built our own solar oven a few years ago and it worked great.  But it was too big, heavy, and clumsy to take with us.  This has a plastic exterior and a special double layer plastic top.  The mirrors are alluminum and are not needed u...
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Dinghy Mobile !

Posted by Bryan on Monday, July 22, 2013, In : Toys 
We have been transforming a 12 feet aluminum dinghy into the "Dingy Mobile".  It is rated for 660lbs and a 15hp motor.  Unfortunately, my kids are growing toooooo fast and it may not be big enough for all of us.  Both kids, although just 13 and 11, are over 125 lbs each.  Devon, just turned 11, is wearing size 10.5 - 11 size shoes!!!!  We haven't test run it yet with the 10 hp motor.
Things we have done to it:
1.  Attached an old fire hose around the rim.  Fender protection.
2.  Attached cleats ...
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Sail Check

Posted by Bryan on Monday, July 22, 2013, In : Sails 
We checked over the sails to determine which ones to rig up and which ones to leave behind.  We have 2 mains, 2 roller reefing jibs and 1 mizzen.  All are in pretty good shape, given what my old boat had.  The boat has not been sailed much int he last 15 years.  The last 5 years it has been on land with the refit.  Before that it was on the hard for a few years, and before that it was used as a "cottage at the dock" and not sailed.  So although the sails may be 15 years old, they have hardly ...
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Mast Work

Posted by Bryan on Monday, July 22, 2013, In : Mast 
We have been re applying all the parts to the mast.  All the wire rigging is new, as well as most of the halyards.  The spinnaker halyard is a newer rope, but not a brand new line.  I didn't think I would be running the spinnaker very much.  All the halyards are run inside the mast, a first for me.  All my previous boats were smaller and did not need internal halyards.

At the top of the mast are 4 things we had to hook up.
1.  VHF antenna (doubles as the regular radio antenna as well )
2.  WIFI ...
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New Gauges and instruments

Posted by Bryan on Thursday, July 18, 2013, In : Electronics 
I installed new guages.  The old ones were not looking good on the back.  The electrical connections were suspect and instead of waiting untill I got the boat in the water and running, I just went ahead and changed out the gauges. The old wire was not marine gauge tinned wire either.  They probably all worked fine, but now they also look pretty.  I have a new tach that is set to zero for the engine rebuild.  I think the engine had about 5,000 hours on it.  

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Big Changes

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, In : Rant 
Sorry for the delay in posts.  The last 30 days has been the most busy in my life.  Here is a list of things that have happened, that prevented me from updating.  I will be putting a bunch of updates soon, that show all the work that has happened:

1.  End of june is always busy for High school teachers.  Exams, grades, clean up, etc..
2.  Both my kids birthdays.
3.  Last minute attachments to the boat for transport.
4.  packed as much as posstlbe into the boat for transport to Port Kinsale Marina...
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NORTHERN PHOENIX

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, In : Boat Name 
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. 


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Cabin Floors Painted

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, In : Main cabin 
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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Aft Cabin put back together

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, In : Aft Cabin 
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.
 


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Deck Grip: KIWI Grip paint

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, In : Paint 
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.

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A little wood work

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, In : Galley 
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.


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New Rigging!!

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, In : Rigging 
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 R...
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Mast winches

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, In : Winches 
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.  


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Barrier coat

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, In : bottom 
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.



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Electrical Panel

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, In : Electrical 
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 sc...

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Cockpit Port Locker

Posted by Bryan on Monday, June 10, 2013, In : port locker 
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 und...
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2 Heads are better than one.

Posted by Bryan on Monday, May 27, 2013, In : Heads 
I am sure that if I only had one head on the boat, when it clogged, would be the moment I would need one.  So the old saying, 2 heads are better than one......had nothing to do with thinking.  It is completely a boat saying.

now installed, waste line hooked up, now just need the water intake line and the vented loop.  


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Galley Work

Posted by Bryan on Monday, May 27, 2013, In : Galley 
Lots of little jobs are happening.  Not all with pictures.  Here is a list and a few pictures:

1.  installed the Stove mounts, filled the old with stainless steel rivets to hide the holes.
2.  installed the fan.
3.  installed the freezer and fridge top springs to hold them up.
4.  installed the gasket to the tops.
5.  sliding doors to the cabinet.
6. fridge side door (will post a picture of this tomorrow, looks great!)


You can see a reflection in the varnish of the shelf, that looks out the window.!...
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Inside speakers

Posted by Bryan on Monday, May 27, 2013, In : Main cabin 
Installed some speakers along with some tinted plexiglass.  The old style was a 1970's yellow plastic stuff.  We think this is a bit more updated.  And we needed a place to put the speakers.  These will connect to the radio and the TV.  which will go in side the cabinet.....we think...on some sort of moving thingy that we haven't found  yet.  But might....soon...

The speakers have three screws in them.  I didn't want to screw into the plexi glass and I am curious if I should put a fourth in th...
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Cockpit electronics

Posted by Bryan on Monday, May 27, 2013, In : Electrical 
We completely redid the electronics and electrical to the cockpit.  This is where all of the outside lights can be controlled from.

The 8 switches control:
1. Anchor light
2. Running lights with tri color, or running lights with steamer light. (double direction rocker switch)
3. Cockpit light
4. Main spreader light
5.  Mizzen light
6. Salt water pump
7. Davit light at the bac
8. The three instruments.  Depth, Wind, and speed.
There is also a 12 volt plug, and we have an adapter to convert that to a USB...
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Pedestal parts

Posted by Bryan on Monday, May 27, 2013, In : Pedestal 
Sahara put on some more parts to the pedestal  This is a tinted plexi glass cover that will house the new instruments, that will be picked up in Virginia after the boat has been moved.  Seems silly to spend an extra 100$ for shipping and duty, then ship the boat to within a 15 minute drive of the place they are being sent from.

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Puzzle pieces

Posted by Bryan on Monday, May 13, 2013, In : Wood work 
The puzzle has really begun. We are putting wood back on the boat now in some places and it takes some time to figure out where each piece goes.  We are not putting any doors on until the end, they just get in the way when you are still working.

 


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Aft deck hardware

Posted by Bryan on Monday, May 6, 2013, In : deck hardware 
All the aft deck hardware is now in.  The stern rail is on.  A custom made, extra long railing that extends further forward than most boats.  The cleats, deck wash, hot/cold shower control and shower head, mizzen boom shackles,and running back stay shackles.

Going as fast as we can.  Did a million little jobs this weekend.  Weather has finaly been good.

Put in a new diesel fill port. (Old one leaked INTO the hole, not good).
Installed Frigoboat controls
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Foot Switches

Posted by Bryan on Monday, May 6, 2013, In : Anchor 
Foot switches for the anchor.  We will have three different control switches.
1.  Foot switches.
2.  Cable hand held.
3.  Cockpit helm control switch.


 
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Bathroom fans

Posted by Bryan on Monday, May 6, 2013, In : Heads 
Somebody, and I am not pointing any fingers in our family, needs a bathroom fan.  So we put some in.  Of course the hole was too small, so we cut it bigger, dug out the balsa core, filled, and installed.  But now it is done.  And everybody will breath a little easier. (blue stuff is old tape from over the winter)
 
 
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Corian Counter tops

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, In : Fridge 
The corian counter tops are IN!!!  I have been working on this a lot.  It is something I can mess up on.  I bought the corian from a guy who I suspect had the shop owner tied up in the front of the store and he was selling out the back of the store.  Or it was a front for some sort of organized crime..  I paid cash and got out of there fast.  So if I mess up, there is no going back.  I had just enough for what I needed.

I have now put on the lip around the counter and installed the freezer/fri...
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More Exhaust

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, In : Exhaust 
This exhaust thing is driving me nuts.  Just when I think I have it, A new wrinkle.  The exhaust pipe for the generator needs to come out of the generator, and go DOWN BELOW THE FLOOR!.  Yes...so if you had it in you garage, it would have go down into the concrete.  So I had a choice, raise up the generator (weight up high = Bad), hard to mount a 400 lb vibrating machine up in the air.  So I chose to go down with to the lift.  It actually turned out as a really neat job.  The piece I cut out ...
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Steering and Auto Pilot

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, In : Steering 
I reattached the auto pilot and steering cables.  The boat is Hydraulic steering.  I have read all the arguments about hydraulic vs. cable.  I final decided that I have been driving a car with hydraulic steering for 24 years.  Can't be too hard.  I have the extended rudder to fight against the weather helm.  I understand how to trim a mizzen mast.  I have sailed double masted sailboats WITHOUT a rudder....just not this big.  And most importantly, it was cheaper to re-install than to change. (...
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DODGER!!

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, In : Dodger 
The dodger people, Sportech out of saint Catherine's Ontario are doing the work.  This was after their second visit.  The hardware is all installed and the panels are now being finished.
 
Thanks to Gerry and the idea for the Ipe wood.  The railing in the cockpit were dead, rotted away, and then destroyed as I tried to take them off.  Gerry recomended looking into Ipe wood.  Much cheaper, nice looking, and also very rot resistant.
We got it from Century Mill Lumber in Stouffville Ontario. (Centr...
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Bottom Jobs

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, In : bottom 
I waited for a cold and very windy day.  I took off the bottom pain down to the old barrier coat.  I will re-coat and then repaint.
Hull looks good.

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Swim platform Started

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, In : Swim Platform 
With the help of Geoff and Henry, we three football coaches were able to get the swim platform on.

I still need to attach a few bolts but it came out great.  Not a great picture, I will update later.

Discovery:  Dry erase pens are great for writing on the hull of a boat.  Comes right off when you want it too, but great for making nice marks you can read.  There are 2 points on the swim platform that the davits will eventually attach too.  That should happen soon.  The stern rail is now up on th...
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Pools Gone

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, In : Rant 
Had to get rid of the pool to rent the house.
 
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April Snow ??

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, In : Rant 
A fellow Canadian asked me what prompted me to want to go on a sailing trip for a year to the Bahamas.......he asked me while it was snowing on April 22nd.  Enough said.


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Lots of jobs....little pictures

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, In : Rant 
I need to keep up with pictures, but I am not always good at it.

Other jobs that are all happening at the same time are:

1.  Just epoxied freezer tops (Corian) to insulated lids and attached pull handles.
2.  Have run almost ever wire I can think of....except Solar Panel wires.  I want to make sure it works first.
3.  Run ever fresh water pipe, connected every sink.
4.  Ran hydraulic lines for hydraulic steering.
5.  Added more insulation to engine room.
6.  Ran wires for engine room (Blower fans, l...
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Raw Water Filters

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, In : plumbing 
I debated where to put these. 
Criteria were:
1. Just above the water line to make clean out easier. (check)
2. Quick and easy access. (Check)
3. Close to each other so I could interchange them in an emergency. (Check)
4. Not in the way of other things...or me when moving in the engine room. (unknown)
5. Close to the engines. (check)
  
So I have set them up just inside the engine room.  You can access them from the hall way.  
One for the generator and one for the engine.

Above them is one of the wiri...
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New shelves

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, In : Wood work 
While looking at the sailboat Real Life, off in the Bahamas, I saw this picture of a plate shelf. (my name for lack of a better name).  So I decided to copy it and build my own.  Not quite done.  Still need to put the face on, sand smooth and varnish....yes more varnishing.  Tara will be so happy I made some more work!

Just the shelves directly above the fridge/freezer tops.  I am not making the smaller spice shelves.
I dado cut the the shelve and sunk the dividers in.  Then epoxied it together...
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New battery box

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, In : Battery 
The battery situation has finally been resolved.  We calculated our estimated needs......based on experiences we have never had, with equipment we have never used before, on a boat we have never been on, in a situation we have never experienced.

Ok, so we really don't have much to go on.  But in the end, we found our selves between 4 6 volt golf cart batteries for a total of about 400-440 amp hours depending on how much we spend on batteries, to six batteries for a total of 600-680 amp hours. ...
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Varnishing ending???

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, In : Varnish 
NEVER.  Just when you think you have it all done, more shows up, more is created, something is scratched, etc....

It will never finish.  But we are almost to the point where we have varnished everything the first time.  Tara has been doing an amazing job at the varnishing.  She has gotten really good at it.  For only $200 an hour will she ever varnish again after this project.
 

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New Table Top

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, In : Wood work 
The original table had some sort of tile embedded in the wood.  It was cracked and broken.  So I removed it.  Left us with a 6 by 6 inch square hold in the wood.  I took the hold down deeper, and set into it a 1/8 inch birch piece of plywood.  We would never match the old wood, so we went with a contrast.  We are going to get the boat info burned into the wood, then varnish it all over smooth.  Should look nice.......nicer???
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Wood work

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, In : Wood work 
I have been rebuilding the wood part that mounts above the forward hatch from the cockpit.  The old one had a bunch of holes drilled in it for various electronics I don't have anymore, or where broken.  The wood was a mess.  I took an old piece of teak plywood and made the face plate.  The top is a solid piece of 1/8 inch teach wood.  The sides are solid 1/2 inch teak.  The holes are for the the 8 water proof cockpit fuses/switches.  Will control all outside lights.  The three squares are for...
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Ice in All the wrong places

Posted by Bryan on Monday, April 15, 2013, In : Rant 
Ice should be found in your drinks, the Freezer, and the Rink.  Not everywhere else.

 Only in Canada do you get weather like this in Mid April.
Almost had to wear ice skates to make it to the boat, and the steps were really bad.
For all of you Florida people, this is known as freezing rain.  Bet you didn't know it could freeze after it landed. 
At least we only got 1/3 of what they weather was actually calling for.
   This is my vacuum bucket for sucking out liquids. It shows the ice build up on t...
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Deck Shower

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, In : deck hardware 
Set up a hot/cold water deck shower on the aft section of the deck.  One is the valve, and one is the actual nozzle.
With the swim platform going in, the shower will be right there for a nice shower.  The other valve is the salt water wash down.  So when we catch the big fish, or crabs, or shrimp in the dinghy, we can wash it all down.  Good to plan on messes.  I like to blame the kids, but I am the messiest.



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plumbing conduit

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, In : Electrical 
I have been running conduit for various wires that have to go in in hard to reach places.

I ran a 1 inch diameter heavy duty tube, that is usually used in wells, to connect the well pump to the house (I had to replace mine and they come in 100 foot rolls....only needed 45 feet!).  It will house the generator AC wire.  3 strands of 8 gauge wire.  This photo is showing the conduit that will feed wires up to the cockpit circuit breaker switch.  I chose it because it is white and will blend in, an...
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Plumbing Sink Faucets

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, In : Fresh water plumbing 
It always seems like it will only take a few minutes to make the connections.  But then, you have to make a hole bigger, or move a different pipe to get to the first pipe.  Or perhaps the engine exhaust is in the way, or the sound insulation, etc....

My dad came up and helped me a great deal getting the fresh water all finished.  Only the outside shower is left, just waiting for warm weather to do that.

New faucets in the heads, and the kitchen sink.  All the sinks are used, but polished up.  T...
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Growing electrical

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, In : Electrical 
The electrical is growing and growing.  I am about 80% done.  It is an evolving process as I learn more and more.  And I add more and more new things I did not plan on.

Here is what behind the scenes of the electrical panel looks like at the moment.  I have not tidied up the wires, I am waiting until most are in.  I have enough the keep them out of the way.
 

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Engine Room Plumbing

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, In : Exhaust 
I have been tackling the engine room plumbing.  I was waiting for my dry riser and now that I have installed that, things are starting to progress.
 

I now have all the exhaust for the main engine run.
The cockpit drains have now been run.  I needed to get some stainless steel pipes to make elbows and T fittings.
From Unified Alloys in Milton Ontario.  They were great to work with and helped me find the parts I needed with the smallest budget.  Quick and very helpful.  Ask for Frank.
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Electrical Panel

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, In : Electrical 
The electrical is coming together.  I have mapped out all the electrical on paper.  Now just slowly trying to put it all together so that it is neat.  Right now, few of the wires are fastened to the wall, I will do that as I get more.  The long string of black connectors to the right will be where all the wires from the circuit panel will connect  That way the door can be easily opened and all this will be accessible.  The white with blue tag box is the galvanic isolator.  

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Fresh water filter

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, In : Fresh water plumbing 
I installed my fresh water filters, pump, and pressure tank.  The wall to the right has the tow handles that control which tank the water comes from, and if I desire, what tank I can pump back to.  Blue pipes are filtered water, white is non filtered.

I have 2 shark byte fittings, and if I undo those, and the screws holding in the equipment, I can take it all out in one chunk if I need to.

The filters are standard home water filters that you can get at any home hardware type store.  They will h...
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Manual Bilge pump

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, In : Bilge pumps 
I re installed the manual bilge pump.  I used sanitation hose because I had it!.  The previous owner over bought, or had other plans.  So after putting in all my sanitation hosing, I had some left over so I used it.  If all goes right, I should never need any of this.
 

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Fridge Door

Posted by Bryan on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Fridge 
Put a new gasket on the fridge door.  It is a magnetic lock gasket found on most traditional doors.  The old gasket was horrible, and more green with mold and mildew then white.  I needed to router a 3/8 " track for the gasket and it sticks in.  New fasteners needed.  I found some vinyl glue to glue the seems, but it is not perfect.  Not sure the best way to do this.
Any ideas??? 

The gasket has great spring to it and the door will still have a locking latch that will compress it in.  I wouldn'...
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Swim Platform

Posted by Bryan on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Swim Platform 
This is something that been going on since last August.

We finally have our new Swim Platform (And new davits...can see them behind the platform).

 We put a lot of thought into this.  It will be a launching platform for Kayaks, a shower area, a fish cleaning station, a docking station for the dingy, fishing platform, etc... etc...  It will be used  a lot.  Built by Stainless Steel Outfitters in Barrie Ontario.  It will be installed during March.   The davits will actually come down and mount on...
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Latches and hinges

Posted by Bryan on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Wood work 
Reinstalling all the hinges and door hardware.  40 doors???  

Mostly the original hardware cleaned up and put back.  A few new pieces to replace broken parts.  And a few more still needed to be ordered.
  A small sample of the doors.

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Galley Sinks and counter redone

Posted by Bryan on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Heads 
We put new laminate over the old counter tops, polished up the sinks, new drains and new faucets.

Looks good, Now just needs to be installed.
  

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Pedestal Backing plate

Posted by Bryan on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Pedestal 
We cut a new pedestal backing plate out of Stainless steel.  Old one was aluminum and with the stainless bolts, was a mess.  This will look much nicer.



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Helms A'Shining

Posted by Bryan on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Pedestal 
Sahara polished up the helm.
BEFORE
AFTER

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New stove

Posted by Bryan on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Galley 
We LOVE to cook and bake.  When we bought the boat, we new we would need a new stove.  The old one, original, only has 2 of 3 burners working and no window in the door.   We made eclairs to celebrate the new stove.  Sorry, no pictures, we ate them too fast..
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New Anchors

Posted by Bryan on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Anchor 
We have 2 CQR Anchors.  a 65lb (+?) and a 50 lb.  We wanted some variety in our choices and were impressed with everything we have read about the new Rocna anchors.  A different design, but we can't find anything bad about them.  Of course.....we haven't used it yet.  
The Danforth anchor, 22 lbs, is the emergency stop anchor.  It will be mounted on the stern rail.
Rocna 25 (25 kg...or 55 lbs)


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More Winches

Posted by Bryan on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Winches 
Devon And Sahara rebuilt the main winches and installed new parts.  We did a time laps video which we hope to post.
Here are some picks:

 Main winches are Barlow 28's.  New lower gear teeth and one new gear (on the bottom left corner of green tray)


Below, an Aluminum Harken winch that was used because one of the Barlow's had a broken gear.  This one is now redundant.  a spare.  
 

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Kayaks!!!

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 11, 2013, In : Toys 
To chase away the winter, we bought some toys at the Toronto boat show.  Should be a great way to get some leg exercise, and go fishing at the same time.  Comes with 2 fishing pole holders right behind the seat.  So a little trolling as you work out.  More at the Hobie website.

A Hobie "Mirage Drive" peddle kayak.  Check out this you tube video.


We also got regular paddle kayaks.  10 foot Perception Pascador sit on top kayaks.
 
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SNOW

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 11, 2013, In : Rant 
A reminder why we are going on this trip.

The same storm that hammered New England dropped a fair amount of snow on the Toronto and north of Toronto area.  These pictures make it look like a lot more than it is, but the way the drifts collected looks impressive.  We had about 15 nches of snow.  We are at the top of a big hill....and the only hill... for a long ways.  We get some impressive winds that pile up the snow.  Some places of our yard have 2-4 inches of snow, other have  24 inches.

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Winches Rebuilding

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 11, 2013, In : Winches 
Sahara took apart the main sheet winch., cleaned it up, and put it back together.  And there were no extra pieces!.

The Jib sheet winches are awaiting new pieces, shipped from Australia.  Barlow has long out of business.  A company in Australia has the molds/designs/ etc.... and can make new pieces if you need them. The Australian Yacht Winch Company. 
 



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Cockpit Cushions Done!

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 11, 2013, In : Cushions 
I am now done with all the cushions. (except for the hard dingy).

Cockpit cushions are made from scratch, all new.  The foam is NOT a closed cell foam.  I did that once for my boat and regretted it.  Yes, the are nice to not absorb water and you cal throw them in the water for fun, but they were not nice to sit on.  They got hot!    So these are made with an outdoor cushion foam that drains fast and is anti-mildew.  2" thick.

Covered with Olefin, a synthetic material, that is made for outdoor f...
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Engine Exhaust

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 11, 2013, In : Exhaust 
Finally got my engine exhaust redone!!  Now I can put that back on, witch dictates where the lifter goes, then the generator, then that exhaust, then water filters, gas filters, etc..etc...etc....  

It is all stainless stee pipe with a flex part for vibration.

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Varnish and Varnish....never ending

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 4, 2013, In : Varnish 
We keep on varnishing.  Even though outside temps are -15 degrees Celsius (about 3 F) we can varnish in the green house when it is sunny.  Can get up to 22 C  in there.  It seems to go on forever.  However, we are starting to put hinges back on etc...  Soon the pieces will all be ready to re install.
 
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Mattress pads

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 4, 2013, In : Cushions 
All the cushions are done!!  They look good, smell a lot better too.  Now I am making custom sheets and mattress pads.
The plan is to have mattress pads that could go on top of other foam cushion tops (like egg carton, etc....) if we need them.  Not sure yet.  One set of double sheets perfectly did the V birth with a few seems and one twin did each aft cabin side.

Here are some samples (cat really likes them). (and I took a nap in front of the fire)



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New Cabin Cushions

Posted by Bryan on Monday, January 21, 2013, In : Cushions 
Thanks Mom!
 
In between soccer, football, hockey, and all those other things, you taught me some sewing.  It is paying off big time.
These are the new main cabin cushions.  The material is a soft felt like material that is very durable.  It passed the 9,000 double rub test (what ever that means).  It is an upholstery polyester material that is machine washable.  
The back is also a polyester material that will not mind getting wet.  There is a VELCRO slot on the back. I have never had a boat tha...
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Plumbing manifold

Posted by Bryan on Monday, January 14, 2013, In : Fresh water plumbing 

My son and I created the "Decopus".  A 10 legged monster that was annoying to make, but should make life pretty nice.  The 2 valvues are 5 way valves.  There are 4 lines in, with one out. (or 4 out and one in).  This will be where we control our water distribution on the boat.  The top one will be the "in".  One line from each tank (3), plus an extra that can be put into a bucket, or anti freeze, or a 5 gallon water bag for a short weekend trip, etc...  This will lead to the pump, then the fi...
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Electrical switches

Posted by Bryan on Monday, January 14, 2013, In : Electrical 
A home made electrical switch panel.  Controls the 3 lights in the galley area (over sink, over stove, over fridge Plus the Galley Fan).   I plan on putting these in the aft area for fans and lights as well.  Each switch has a little LED indicator light  The plug in the upeper right is a direct AC plug.  It will not take power from the inverter, but only directly from shore or the generator.  So you don't have to worry about draining batteries if using this plug.

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New Cushion Covers

Posted by Bryan on Monday, January 14, 2013, In : Cushions 
I have been making new cushion covers for all of the cushions in the boat. In the V birth and the Aft Cabin, the thinking was that the cushions will be covered with bedding 100% of the time. So, cost of material out ranked looks when purchasing fabric for the cushions.  What you see is from the discount bin at $6 /yard.  An upholstery fabric.  The back of the cushions is a water resistant nylon that is thin for breath ability. The sides are a different colour.....because we bought all the mat...
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Electrical connections

Posted by Bryan on Monday, January 14, 2013, In : Electrical 
I have been spending a lot of time going over the electrical system on paper.  Lots of revisions and fixes.  Starting from almost scratch.  The previous owner had some brand new electrical products (Xantrex 2000), pumps, lights, etc...  Most that would only work on 12 volt, so I am sticking with that.  However, next time around, I would think about the 24 volt.  Save a lot on wires.  Still not 100% sure of all things that are getting connected, but have started with the sure things.  The syst...

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Screens on hatch.

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, In : Hatches 
I had to install a hatch screen, in order to attach a different piece.  Looks great.
Notice the build up around the window.  I replaced all the old wood, but then leveled things out and built up the area with epoxy in an attempt to make it look like it was meant to be that way.  Again....looks great from far away.



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New Counter Tops

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, In : Galley 
We cut and finished the new counter tops.  Almost done.  Need to attach the railing.  

Found a business going out of business and were selling off all their counter tops.  Our are not the Corian brand, but same material. (I just call them Corian because I can't remember the other name.  And I was afraid of the police showing up at any moment when I was buying the stuff so I just payed and got out of there.  A bit of a shady deal going on...I think.).   I cut it with all wood working tools.  Ta...
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Chain Plates finished

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, In : Chain plates 
 Chain plates have all been fixed up.  I replaced 7 of the 14 chain plates.  The 2 larger main mast plates, plus some smaller ones that showed pitting.  The rest were in good condition.

I also moved 2 chain plates.  All the chain plates on the Whitby 42 have great access.....except one (on each side).  It is buried inside of the wood.  So I moved the chain plate that was inside the wood 1/2 inch out to the other side of the bulkhead it was on.  This now allows easy access for inspection.  I wa...
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Back To Work

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, In : Rant 
Football Season has ended.  Took my team to the championship game and came up a little short.  Used a 100 year old single wing offense, adapted to Canadian football play.  A fun wild ride, but exhausting. 

Some short articles:
Banting revives old fashion football.
 
Banting falls short in finals

I have been working, although slow and when I get a chance.  So I have a bunch of things that have been updated.

Varnishing is getting close to being able to say we are close to being done (???  it seems to...
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More Deck Hardware

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : deck hardware 
Installed more deck hardware:


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Back to School

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Rant 
Tomorrow is the first day of school around here.  So that means, I get some time off.....from boat work.

 Back to teaching science....and one cooking course.
That, along with coaching football, will seriously cut into my boat working time.  However, I have the boat at a good place. It is water proof and all major jobs are now complete. Major systems are ready for smaller work.  I can spend time connecting wires and pipes and getting the boat back together.

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More Varnishing

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Varnish 
Tara has been leading the charge on getting all the wood varnished.  However, it is a team effort.

She is working so fast in the boat you can't even get a picture of her.





The inside of the boat has been sanded and taped.  Now just to varnish.  Once that happens, lots of wood is ready to go back on.

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Pedestal

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Pedestal 
Re installed the pedestal   Before I installed the pedestal, I placed a ring of thickened epoxy around the opening.  Approx 1/2 inch high.  The concept, is that water WILL get into the console.  There are vents, numerous openings and attachments, etc...  This way, if water does get in, it will not be able to work its way into the engine room.  I will leave a small opening in the caulk around the sides to allow the water to escape.  We cut new aluminum rings for it.

 
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Sails

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Sails 
First time I actually looked at the sails.  Only took one and a half years.  And They look way better than I though.

The boat has only been sailed a few times in the last 10 years.  The boat sat for 6 years, the previous owner bought it, sailed it some for 1 season, then put it on land for 1.5 years, now I have had it for 1.5 years.  I don't know when they were made, but they still have that crinkle to them.  Much better than any sail I have ever had. 

2 jibs, same size.  For roller reefing.
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Chain plates going in.

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Chain plates 
I have some chainplates on order from Stainless Steel Outfitters in Barrie.

I have installed some already.

As well as some wood work.


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Engine room insulation

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Engine Room 
I want a quite boat.  It is one of the things I am picky about.  I can't stand being inside a boat an unable to talk to people, listen to music etc... when the engine in on.  So I am going the extra mile to make sure my boat is quiet.  

Step 1.  Add 1 inch Safe and Sound Roxul insulation.  It is a stone fiber insulation that does NOT burn.  
Step 2.  Add 1/2 inch plywood.
Step 3.  Add 1/2 inch foam insulation with the high density rubber layer and a shinny surface.  Shinny surface doesn't do any...
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Hand rails

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : deck hardware 
We installed Stainless steel hand rails on the top.  Forward and aft instead of the wood on the outside.  Wood is nice to look at....but let me know how you feel when you are sanding, and varnishing.  And if you are me....then cleaning up all your mistakes and doing it again.    The painting on the top of the boat looks strange.  That is because it is awaiting Kiwi grip paint that will be done in May.  Just before we launch the boat.

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Bow roller

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : deck hardware 
Bow roller is installed.  Well.....except for a few bolts that I had to special order.  But it is caulked and bolted down.
Chain plate is also on.  The chalk on the right had to be moved.  The bolts broke and were galvanized in.  So we drilled and tapped new holes.  If you look carefully, it is 1/2 inch more forward than the one on the left.
 

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Water Tanks

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Fresh water 
I finally got the water tanks cleaned, closed up, plumbed, and ready to be attached to the rest of the boat.
 
With the centre tanks, I had to make new baffles, so I started with a sheet of 1/8 inch aluminum and traced the baffles from the other side.
   
I cut and riveted on the braceing pieces.  I used a potable epoxy to put nuts in the end of pipes.

Then I installed them:

I then added new gasket material.  A food grade gasket material.  I got thick gasket material to help seal the lids.  1/8".  ...
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Painting the Hull

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Paint 
We painted the Hull.  Or tried too.  We had a good weather window so we went for it.   We got scaffolding around the boat (A life safer, worth every single penny!!!  I would have payed double, it made life so much easier)  We narrowed our choice down to Interlux Perfections and Awlgrip.  Both faired very well in the Practical Sailor reviews.  Awlgrip has a better name to it but it cost a lot more.  Knowing that we are no where near professional painters.....and most of the time barely get to ...
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Blood, Sweat, and Diesel

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Diesel System 

I started installing the new Fuel System.  I purchased 2 4 way 1/2 inch valves.  This will allow me to control from a single switch where the fuel is coming from and where it is going to.  I will have the means to pump fuel from any tank to another and filter it if needed.  I am using copper pipe that is covered with polyethlene cover.  It is used here in Ontario for hooking up oil tanks for home heating. Read more at the link: Copper Pipe  I figure it can't hurt in the boat.  Will protect it...
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Freezer lids

Posted by Bryan on Monday, September 3, 2012, In : Fridge 
Finally finished the Freezer/Fridge lids.  I thought it would take forever.  3 inches of foam, 1/4 inch of bubble insulation that has high reflective surface then the 1/2 inch plywood.  The plywood will eventually be attached to the Corian.  Looks nice now.  But there were about 5 days of fairing and filling and shaping to get it just the right shape.  Now they fit nice and snug.    I have left a small space, approx 1/4 of an inch for the rubber gasket to go.  The gasket is approx 3/8, but sq...
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Foredeck hardware

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, In : deck hardware 
I have been installing deck hardware on the foredeck when ever I get a second person to help.
Easy now that the anchor divider is gone.

This is a dry run, with cleats, washdown, water fill, windlass, chain scupper, foot pedals for windlass, bowsprit.

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New sink and Freezer lids

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, In : Fridge 
New double sink.  $190 new......$25 used.  How used can a stainless steal sink be?

It will be mounted on top of the wood, another piece of 1/4 in wood goes on top of this, but AROUND the sink.  The wink sticks up 1/4 inch.  Then the Corian Counter tops will be cut so no wood shows.  That happens in 2 weeks when Paul gets back from vacation.  

The same corian will be on top of the freezer/fridge, so I am trying to get the lids done.


DAM YOU DON CASEY.  !  
I love your books and I read them ever ni...
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Anchor locker

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, In : Anchor 

 I was trying to put pieces back on the bow of the boat.  But that stupid anchor locker divider was killing me.  I am not a small person and all my small friends were away.  Well, I figured I would just cut it out.  It was rotten on the bottom half and needed replacing anyway.....well now it surely does.

But oh, it is now so easy to install hardware on the bow.  Handrails are in, cleats, windlass, and a few other things.

 

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Isn't it nice?

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, In : Wood work 
Put on some trip pieces....so I could figure out where to put the hand rails.

Pretty isn't it?



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Holding Tank Fits

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, In : Holding tank 
The New 50  Gallon Holding tank has arrived and it fits.  Folk at MAS Precision Plastics did a great job. (out of Toronto) 
We added an angle to the box that allows you to slide it in the limited opening.  All the fittings are accessible through the closet floor behind the stairs.

Under the tank, the old plywood was replaced with Bullet board by the previous owner, then I cut it out to replace tanks, and then put it back in.  Strong stuff!  When I stand on it, there is NO bend at all.  (I'm 225...
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Other work happening.

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, In : Rant 

I know I don't post very often, and then a bunch at a time.  And I still don't show everything that is happening.  But I am trying. 

Some things I have been working on that are not show:
The Water Tanks.

I have had some good advise from respected Whitby 42 owners on the water tanks.  A known issue.  I am going to try a combination of ideas that do not involve serious alteration to the boat.  I have inspected my gasket ? Caulk stuff that holds the tanks in place and in the end, I have decided tha...
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Electrical is starting

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, In : Electrical 

I did a temp set up of the electrical 120 panel so I could run all the outlets.
And pretend I have an Air conditioner (the middle label)


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Painting and Varnishing

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, In : Varnish 
We have all been painting and varnishing pieces. So they are ready to be put back on.  
Fill any bad holes, fix any delaminating plywood--or replace, etc....

In theory, it will all be ready to put back together and will happen really fast...ish....sort of...eventually.
 



 

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Cushions Saved

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, In : Cushions 
Tara took on the old cushions and brought them back to life and saved them.

She used carpet/Upholstery cleaner on the foam, let them soak for a while, rinsed, then vacuumed out the water.

About 3 times each.  One time used a mix of bleach and water.

Incredible amounts of sand and silt came out.  An interesting note, the dirt only gets about 1/2 inch into the foam.  We had a piece that was glued together and it came undone, so you could see a fresh side view.  The dirt is really only on the surfa...
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Freezer/Fridge

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, In : Fridge 
We like ice cream, Smoothies, and margaritas.  So we have been working at making a freezer that will hold ice for a long time.  We debated on how much smaller to make the boxes and followed some of the advise of Don Casey in his book, "This Old Boat".  

I don't know if the previous owner, who had already started rebuilding the boat had done anything to the boxes, but they were not in good shape.  There was only about 1 inch of insulation on the top and about 3 on all the sides.  The freezer ha...
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Seacocks Going Back in

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, In : Seacocks 
All the seacocks have been fixed up and are going back on the boat.  New 1/2 inch solid fiberglass backing boards were made and epoxied into place, replacing the wood.  The seacocks were all lapped and cleaned.  I used a bronze brush wheel to clean up the treads to make things easier to put things back together.  A Dremel with a bronze brush was used for the female threads.  I also got rid of all the old caulk on the bottom, making them shiny.  Now I know that bronze will turn green and that ...
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Stainless Steel

Posted by Bryan on Sunday, July 22, 2012, In : deck hardware 

Also, I have been spending money.  There is a local Stainless Steel Outfitters in the area and they are making a few things for me.

1.  Hand rails for the main cabin top.  (74 inches)
2.  Hand rails for the aft cabin top. (38 inches)
    (I HATE VARNISHING)
 
3.  A new davit system.  I will be using an aluminum dingy (For Crabbing.....every put a Blue crab in an inflatable boat???  probably not twice!!)  More on the Dingy later.

4.  A swim platform.

Funny story, how it is a small world, the owner of...
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First Wire on the boat

Posted by Bryan on Sunday, July 22, 2012, In : Electrical 
I finally put a wire on the boat the other day.  The shore power connector.  30 amp service.
The old one was broken plastic. 


Putting in the 120 volt so I can get rid of extension cords.  I found some Plastic electrical boxes that are still to code.  They don't have all the metal sticking out the back!  Just a nice little box.  I decided to use the rings on all the wires so that nothing every comes undone....or is less likely too?

 
I found these handy plugs on sale.  I got them for the aft state...

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Varnishing and more Varnishing

Posted by Bryan on Sunday, July 22, 2012, In : Wood work 
Lucky for us, we have a nice little green house on the side of the house, south facing.  It is an unheated green house I built a few years ago out of old sliding glass doors.  Works great for starting plants for the garden......and for painting and varnishing.  Don't have to worry about rain and smell.  It can get up to 130 degrees on a sunny day with the door OPEN.
So once you get all your paint or varnish on, you can bake it!  We have been painting small things as fast as we can so they are ...
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ALL That Wood.

Posted by Bryan on Sunday, July 22, 2012, In : Wood work 
How much wood does a Whitby 42 have?  Imagine if you took it all out and lined it up in one room. (my room wasn't big enough)

Well, 17 drawers, 34 small doors, 12 hatch covers to lower lockers, 7 large people  doors, 9 floor boards, and lots of little stuff that I don't know YET where it does.         And I didn't put in a picture of the drawers !!!
 

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ONE MORE YEAR

Posted by Bryan on Monday, July 2, 2012, In : One year 
ONLY ONE MORE YEAR UNTIL WE SET SAIL.
July 1st, 2013

Lots of work still to do.  Lots of planning, lots of stuff, large long lists that need to be completed.

But we feel we are still on our schedule.

Engine went in on time, hull repairs were on time, painting is just about on time.  Boat is now clean, empty, mostly painted.  All major repairs are done.  Now to just put it all back together.   Like a puzzle.....with out the box picture. 



 

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Main Hatches all redone

Posted by Bryan on Monday, July 2, 2012, In : Hatches 
The old hatches have been completely redone.  The old windows had lost their luster after 30 years.  New Lewmar hatches with hydraulic locking positions. 



 The inside of the hull had to be modified slightly to fit the new windows, but more importantly, I wanted to get rid of the old wooden frame around the window.  I took off the old wood, all the old caulk and part of the hull with it.  Then build up fiberglass to make the inside of the hull flat so I could mount new Lewmar screens.  I did no...
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Engine is Reborn

Posted by Bryan on Monday, July 2, 2012, In : Engine 
Dan, my engine man, has finished his complete overhaul of the engine.  It looks amazing.  He has run it for a few hours in his work shop, tuned it up and made sure everything was working, no leaks, etc....  So far it is running great. Then he flushed everything out and added new liquids to get rid of the 30 years of build up.  Ran cleaning solutions through the coolant system and flushed, new oil (all the pistons were redone).  Lots of work.  And a great paint job.

  Here are some before and a...
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Engine Room Ready for Delivery

Posted by Bryan on Monday, July 2, 2012, In : Engine 
The drip pan was finished and a new coat of paint was added to everything.
 Almost looks new.

The old engine mounts were mounted on 3/8 inch aluminum plates on top of the motor mounts.  I wasn't sure if these are going to be needed and they were in serious galvanic bad shape.  So I added Shotgard instead.  Shotgard (aka Bullet board) is an amazing material and I bet more people would use it if they new about it( and could afford it).  I had a large amount that came with my boat.  It is a pre-la...
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Tanks are in

Posted by Bryan on Monday, June 18, 2012, In : Fuel tanks 
The new tanks are now secured in place and waiting to be hooked up.  Here is how it happened:

Neoprene pads were put on with 5200.  Care was given to make sure there was complete coverage so that no water could sit between the pads and the tank.  This was done along the bottom and the sides of the tanks.
Then using 5200 and solid fiberglass board, spacers were put

Between the hull and the tanks.  The idea is to leave adequate air space around the tank so water never sits against the tank.


    

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IT'S ALIVE.......IT LIVES!!!

Posted by Bryan on Thursday, June 7, 2012, In : Engine 
Test fired the rebuilt engine and it works great.  A few things to tweak, but it is looking great.  Hard to see because of light.

Nice and smooth.
 

See it on Youtube.

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Fuel Tanks

Posted by Bryan on Thursday, May 10, 2012, In : Fuel tanks 
Who would have thought that finding somebody local would be impossible.  I live in the Toronto area and I gave up looking for somebody to build my fuel tanks.  I found places that welded aluminum, but they really didn't have any experience making marine grade fuel tanks.

I finally found a place in New Jersey called Speedy Tanks. I had direct contact with the owner.  They build everything to ABYC and Coast Guard Specs and beyond.  Very nice people.  I get stuck with an extra shipping bill, but ...
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Sanding and filling

Posted by Bryan on Monday, May 7, 2012, In : Paint 
Not much worth taking pictures, but lots of work still being done.  Akin to doing drywall mudding before you paint.  Lots of little things that take lots of time, then gets covered up and nobody every knows.  We have been sanding bilges, inside lockers, walls, wood, everything in the boat.  Will be ordering our fuel tanks tomorrow.  Painting will start on Saturday.

We have also been working on our hatch openings.  Something special is happening, but I want to wait until after we paint to put u...
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Fuel Tank mock ups

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, In : Fuel tanks 
Taking a page from "The Incredible Hull" website, I built some cardboard mock ups of the new fuel tanks for measuring.

Based on my calculations, the 2 tanks should be about 35 and 30 gallons.  65 total from the old 80 gallon space.
But it will also have a nice bilge pump location.  Now to send away the measurements and get a quote.
If anybody wants my measurements, let me know
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Sea Cocks

Posted by Bryan on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, In : Seacocks 
I have been replacing the old wooden sea cock backing plates with fiberglass backing plates.  My kids and I made a mold and lathered up 20 layers + of fiberglass.  Cut that with a table saw and made new backing plates.  We put the good side facing up, creating a very smooth and flat surface to put the seacocks back on.  The old wooden plates, although nice teak plywood, were showing signs of decay.  A few were completely covered with caulk, a good sign that they leaked.  It was impossible to ...
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What were they thinking????

Posted by Bryan on Sunday, April 15, 2012, In : Rant 
Anybody who thinks "These screws will never be exposed to water"
"They don't need to be stainless"

Well take a look at these.  These are the screws that I could get out.  I have been taking out ALL the non stainless screws that I can find everywhere on the boat.  Most are rusted, some are just powdered remains.  A few come out, but most are useless.  If I can't get the screws out, I just yank the wood and it usually comes out, snapping the screws or just ripping them out.  I can't tell if these...
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Bilge Area redone

Posted by Bryan on Sunday, April 15, 2012, In : Fuel tanks 
I finished getting the bilge built up under the center fuel tank.  Thanks to the advise of Gerry and some other contacts, it came out as I had hoped.  Now to build mock up fuel tanks out of cardboard to be built. (more on that later).

I ended up using 2 gallons of 105 epoxy with 2 cans of the extra slow hardener.  Then about 8 lbs of sand.  It mixed up to about 6 gallons.(in 2 separate batches.)  I used 8 feet of deck board as well as filler in the epoxy.  

1.   Put a thin, 1" layer of epoxy/Sa...
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My Naked Whitby 42

Posted by Bryan on Saturday, April 14, 2012, In : Empty Boat 

I have finally turned a corner.  My boat is officially naked.  Nothing on it left to take off.  Officially a major over-haul.

I have pressure washed the inside, getting out 30 years of grime, grease, and more than afew scary hairballs.
 
1.  Not a single wire on the boat.
2.  No hose/pipe (only some temp drain hoses) (exhaust hose is still there, too much trouble to take it out).
3.  No electronics.
4.  Most wood is unscrewed and removed.
5.  No deck hardware of any kind.  Holes have all been epoxie...
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Center Fuel Tank Redesign

Posted by Bryan on Thursday, April 12, 2012, In : Fuel tanks 
I have scraped, washed, ground, washed, and spent way too much time in my stinky bilge.  But it is now ready for the next step.

 I have now had 30 different ideas on how to rebuild the keel fuel tank.  I have been changing my mind daily on the best approach.  

First thing that must be done is fix the curve at the bottom.  I like what "The Incredible Hull" has done.  But he has a cheaper source of epoxy than I do and I priced out epoxy to do my job and it came to over $1,000.  Which seemed a was...
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Whitby 42 Fuel Tank

Posted by Bryan on Monday, March 26, 2012, In : Fuel tanks 
I finally got up the nerve to tackle to center fuel tank of the Whitby 42.  The dreaded tank.  It was originally put in and packed with expand-a-foam to hold it in place.  Then fiberglassed over.  If water ever gets in past the fiber glass, it pits and corrodes the tank.  From pictures I took through a hatch I cut in the tank, I knew mine was not in good shape.   Another problem was the black sludge in the bottom.  I couldn't clean it out because of the baffles.  Very annoying.  But now the t...
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Sea cocks--Wilcox Crittenden

Posted by Bryan on Friday, March 16, 2012, In : Seacocks 
I almost left the seacocks alone and was just planning on adding some lube and away I go.  Glad I did not.  I have now taken all of them out.  12 of them, plus one other through hull fitting.  The Seacocks are the original 30 year old all bronze seacocks and they are in good shape.  A little green, but that is just cosmetic.  A few had steel pipes attached to them and have filled with rust over the year.  WHO DOES THAT!  Put a STEEL pipe BELOW the water line on an intake valve?    I removed 1...
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Main Winches

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, In : Winches 
I dismantled all the Barlow 27 winches.  One is missing (broken) main gear and the other lost a small axel bearing.

Both have the self furling upper jaw busted.  So in order to get new parts, You only have to contact Australia!
The Barlow company went under some years ago and this company bought the plans and still makes spare parts.

It is only $500 in parts. Only.  So I am looking at the possibility of just getting some new used winches.
 Not in a hurry on the purchase, but just planning ahead t...
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Ordering Stuff

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, In : Rant 
I finally got the OK from the doctor to not wear my sling and I can start doing more boat work, although slowly for the next month.  I have been spending hours and hours looking up and ordering parts that I will eventually need.  I found a local person to build me a new Aluminum fuel tank once I get the old on out, a somewhat local fabric supplier, to redo the main salon cushions, and lots of little bits and pieces.  I found a place that would sell me a full sheet of Teak vaneer plywood for o...
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Hot Water Tank

Posted by Bryan on Sunday, February 19, 2012, In : Fresh water plumbing 
My 9 year old son helped me rebuild the Seaward 11 Gallon hot water tank.  It had sat in some dirty water at some time and the insulation was shot.  So we took it all apart, cleaned it up, rinsed is out and pressure tested it to see that the hot water ex-changer from the engine was sound and the tank didn't leak.  All was good there.  We bought a new pressure valve, Heating element (Should have taken a picture of it, looked like a coral reef with all the calcium deposits on it) and fittings f...
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Engine Work Parts have Arrived

Posted by Bryan on Thursday, February 16, 2012, In : Engine 
Dan my engine guy ordered a bunch of replacement and upgrade parts for the engine that have arrived.  Direct from American Diesel.  They have various parts that they have changed, modified and improved over time.  
Included are new barrings, rings, all the coolers and exchangers.  The old ones will be back up.  The Bright red parts are old engine parts that have been sand blasted, scraped, etc...and then repainted.  The entire engine will get the same treatment.  More pictures on this page:
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Working on Electronics

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 13, 2012, In : Electronics 
My daughter is helping me with the electronics and the wiring.  We took the old electrical panel, which will be thrown out, and attached it to a plastic box.  Ripped out a bunch of the circuit breakers, attached an old volt meter and amp meter, both of which I already have new ones, attached a lead to some mini jumper cable like clamps for the batteries and another line from a circuit breaker to some alligator clips.  Now we can hook up various electronics and test them out.  I have boxes of ...

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Tank Tender Works!

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 13, 2012, In : plumbing 
Still not allowed to use my arm much because of the broken collar bone, I am doing small projects to keep busy.
I took a look at the Hart Tank Tender, 10 tanks, and other than being a little dirty, it all works.  Tested it in some buckets of water.  Works great.  Didn't realize how expensive they are till I started looking up new tubing.  Much was lost when the boat was deconstructed and I don't know what went into what tanks.  So now I am looking for 1/8" nylon tubing.  It works with simple a...
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Deck Repairs done, ready to paint!

Posted by Bryan on Thursday, February 9, 2012, In : Deck repairs 
This was actually in mid August.  Every hole was filled, as I am assuming I am putting in new things.  Every hole was drilled out with at least 1/2 inch, and if water damage I went further. Then all filled.  With holes I know I will need to redrill later, I put a small dimple so I could find them again after painting (thanks Paul for that super simple genius idea).  I painted with 2 coats of a 2 part epoxy paint.  A friend of mine is an avid sailor, Canadian Olympic sailor, and has been in th...
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Great idea I stole

Posted by Bryan on Thursday, February 9, 2012, In : Deck repairs 
I stole this idea from a few pictures and places on the web.  I built up small tubes that will house the chain plates to keep water out.  I made them by taking thin cardboard (cereal box), wrapping around the the chain plate.  Then a layer of wax paper, then wax.  On top of that I added 3 layers of fiberglass and used epoxy.  Then cut it to length on a chop saw.  Drilled out the holes bigger (A router would have worked much better....live and learn).  Epoxied them in and was done.  I did inst...
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Help with Fiber Glass

Posted by Bryan on Thursday, February 9, 2012, In : Deck repairs 
My 11 year old daughter wanted to help, so I gave her the pedestal to work on.  She sanded it all down, filled all the holes and cracks, sanded, smoothed out, and painted 2 coats of paint.  Did a great job. 
(back in August)
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Pex Plumbing??

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 6, 2012, In : Fresh water plumbing 
I have been looking into using Pex pipe for the potable water system.  I will have pressure hot and cold water as well as foot pumps at all the sinks as back up.  I have used Pex pipe in my house and fell in love with the ease of installation.  Biggest questions I have is Copper rings or Stainless steel cinch rings.  The copper compression rings are strong, but the tool to compress them is not small space user friendly.  I fear getting stuck in strange places with out being able to make the c...
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Cockpit combings

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 6, 2012, In : Deck repairs 
The wood was not worth saving.  And very expensive to replace.  And then the maintenance.  So I filled all the holes and added 2 layers of fiberglass then smoothed it.  I can now reattach the cleats and winches anywhere. 
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Mizzen mast support

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 6, 2012, In : Deck repairs 
 Build up mizzen mast support before final sanding
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Mizzen mast area

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 6, 2012, In : Deck repairs 
There used to be a hatch that was over the bunk, but it was not installed correctly.  Previous owner did most of this repair but left the actual mast step on.  I took it off and redid directly under the mast.  I dug out all the rotten wood, filled all the hole, then put in balsa core.  On top of that, I made a step pad by layering up fiberglass, approx 30 layers to create the raised platform. On top of this goes the mast support.  
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Fiberglass deck work

Posted by Bryan on Monday, February 6, 2012, In : Deck repairs 
There was water damage around the durade box and exhaust pipe from the heater.  I removed the heater and the wet deck was chased as far as needed, and then a lot more than needed.  Previous owner did the first 70%, and I finished the rest.
Also damage around the Mizzen mast was fixed.  The previous owner did the fore deck where water got in round the windless.  A new windless was already installed.
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Purchasing a boat

Posted by Bryan on Sunday, February 5, 2012, In : Boat Buying 
April 2, 2011.  Purchases hull #120.  A Whitby 42.  Quick history of the boat:
First owner had the boat for most of its life.  It has been to Europe and back twice.  Originally called Slow Poke.
Then it was used as a floating house boat for 6-10 years.  Little maintenance and well used.  I bought if from somebody who was going to fix it up and sail it around the world.  After one year of working on the boat, he had to sell it and I picked it up.  The boat is mostly gutted, engine is out, not a ...
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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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