A varnish day. It was short because I just applied varnish to the areas where are I had scraped it down to wood. Used some thinned out varnish for this. Focusing on the exterior super structure at the moment.
Varnish, Stove Flue
Varnish Surprising little to do in terms of freshening up the varnish. I have decided to get at least 1 more coat on entire exterior so it will still take about a week counting drying time. Stove Flue A new leak developed last season and quickly became one to deal with ASAP. I believe it…
Fuel Transfer Pump, Varnish, Stove Fuel
Fuel Transfer Pump I was planning on replacing the entire fuel lines; transfer pump to day-tank (because there are a number of unions) and day-tank to stove (because its copper). I changed my mind when I realized that the hose and pipe run through some hidden areas (such as under the fresh water tanks). Too…
Fuel Transfer Pump
The fuel transfer pump moves diesel to/from the main tanks and the ‘day tank’. The ‘day tank’ is for running the diesel stove but can also be used as additional fuel for running the engine. I think it can hold 15 gallons. The main goals are; The minor goals are; I have transparent hose –…
Sunshine!
Perfect weather to get the boat out for some fresh air and some testing. I had mixed results testing the VHF/AIS. AIS: The AIS seemed to be working as I did pick up one target. However; it did not show up in MarineTraffic – at least not so far. Nothing on the boat is going…
120v, Bedding
120v New receptacle installed and working. This is where the microwave and/or toaster goes when not stored in the cabinet below. I had to cut a chunk out of the back of the top drawer which weakened the structure of the drawer so I will have to revisit that at some point. Wired in the…
Clean, 120v
Clean Did some more cleaning then did some more painting. I switched from the cheap primer (I will get rid of that) to the Interlux PreKote. I noticed that if the saloon did not need to have two berths in it – it could be made much more open – it would feel much larger….
Bilge, Clean
Bilge The bilge pumps never really go off anymore so I decided to use a ShopVac and suck out the water. The back half of the boat had about two gallons with most of that being caught between a couple of frames where, I presume, the limber holes are blocked. What I saw looked good….
Walk Through
Trimmed the lower box. A few loose ends for the dash project but configuring it will have to wait until I get out of the boathouse. So moving on to the next project.
Door Seal
Revisited the door seal for the wheel house. I found something called ‘pile weatherstrip’ on Amazon. I purchased the stuff that has a sticky back. Unfortunately; the sticky back was not very sticky so I had to tack it on with some tiny copper nails. I also cleaned the track – which made a noticeable…