1928 Classic Yacht
Forward Cabin I guess the refresh on the forward cabin is complete – for now. I painted the corners and the cove trim along the floor. I will come back to this at some point as I plan to make new curtains and, probably, use velcro to hang them. The idea is that the normal…
Decided to do a refresh on the forward cabin with the primary goal being fresh paint on the white areas. The existing white paint appears to be a polyurethane and it has yellowed. I applied a basic, pure white, latex after a light sanding. I removed all of the cabinet doors, some shelving and some…
Euphemia went out for an over-nighter in Narrows Inlet. The Penn Yan was towed behind and tracked very well. The Johnson Seahorse worked well. Storing it on the small tender.
Switched Start Installed the D-Box for ‘switched start’. I did not have time to wire it in. The plan is to wire it in using 6awg. The start button power will come from this instead of directly from the remote battery switch. So it will get fused – which is needed. Also; the engine compartment…
Spent some time reading through the engine manual. Learned a few things needed for this years servicing and some general knowledge. For example; the manual suggests a way to start the engine after it has been left for a long time (not sure what a long time is). It says to avoid wear on the…
Cooking Warm weather means not running the main diesel stove – so other cooking options used. At present – this means electric (when on shore power), propane cook stove and propane BBQ. I replaced the old camp cook stove with a new one. This one is a bit larger and, fortunately, just fits into the…
The engine doesn’t need ‘blowers’ but it could use some ventilation. I was thinking that I would use blower motors for this but it turns out that they are only meant to run for about 15 minutes at a time. I need the motors to run whenever the engine is running. In fact; I may…
I made windlass cover last year. It was blue and it just looked bad. I did a new one up the off-white canvas and I think its looks much better. I plugged a bit of door panel into the manual crank by attaching a knob to the panel. This improves the aesthetic as the canvas…
The weather has warmed up enough to carry out all needed tasks to get the boat ready for the season. I started by freshening up the (above water) hull paint. There are a handful of ‘bleeders’ – all forward. I slid the boat around the boat house to take care of this as that is…
The windlass project is essentially complete – I just need to make a cover for it. I was going to make a detailed video on how this works (and comes apart and gets assembled) but decided that the number of folks that would be interested would be too few. Even still; I need to remember…