February 9, 2012
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)
Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Deck repairs
February 6, 2012
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 compression stay. The Stainless steel cinch rings just don't seem very strong. Also, how does one remove the Copper compression rings if you have too? Any advise? One nice thing is the colour combinations available for the pex. I plan on red=hot (pressure), blue=cold (pressure), grey = salt, white = 1/2 inch non pressure fresh water.
I will run 1/2 inch lines for the fresh water, which is not really 1/2 inch as this is a pipe that matches the OUTSIDE diameter of 1/2 inch copper pipe. Then the walls are thicker, so you lose some volume. On top of that, the fitting goes inside the pipe. But I don't want large water flow any way. The salt water lines, for the anchor and aft deck wash will be run with 3/4 lines.
Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Fresh water plumbing
February 6, 2012
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.
Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Deck repairs
February 6, 2012
Build up mizzen mast support before final sanding
Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Deck repairs
February 6, 2012
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.
Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Deck repairs
February 6, 2012
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.
Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Deck repairs
February 5, 2012
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 single wire in the boat, not a single electronic piece of equipment, not pipes, etc.... I have taken out most things that are only screwed down. Some things on the boat have been redone. New counter tops in the galley and a new nav station have already been built, varnished and look good. He was doing great work, I hope I can continue the work.
Posted by Bryan. Posted In : Boat Buying
