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Whittling away at "the list"
A co-worker commented about how long my to-do list was for my boat. Thankfully, most of my list is purely cosmetic or upgrades for the sake of convenience. In reality, there’s only one item (so far) on the list, even in the safety column, that needs to be done soon. I’ve been knocking things off that list just about every time I get out to the boat.
My latest two checkboxes I marked “complete” was changing out the wingnuts on the hatch dogs. Those things cannot even be called knobs. They’re hell on the fingers. Every time is open our close them, I’d have to prepare for the inevitable finger-scraping. So I bought these nice, handy knobs. Four of them for a grand total of $9 (including shipping). I know what you’re thinking…only $9?! No, it wasn’t a boating/marine store. Had that been the case it would’ve easily cost $49 plus shipping!
New hatch dog knobs
It was a very straightforward installation. Remove the little screw stop, unscrew the wingnut all the way off the bolt. Screw new knob onto the bolt and replace the stopper.
Now it’s much easier on the hands and fingers to open the hatch.
The second item I completed was the shore power plug. This one was even easier. My battery is currently charged by a small solar panel mounted to the stern rail. Lately, though, I’ve noticed my battery isn’t fully charged. Last two times I’ve gone to the boat, the voltmeter is only showing about 8-9 volts. I don’t know if it’s the solar panel not working or of the battery is failing. I don’t know the age of the battery, so that could be it. Regardless, I wanted to get the shore power plug operational. The deck plug is a 30 amp male plug, but I only have a 15 amp extension cord at the dock. Easy enough to get an adapter for 30 amp female to 15 amp male.
Easy as 1, 2. No 3 necessary.
Plugged it all up and viola! I had power to my onboard outlets.
So now all my outlets work when I’m connected to shore power and I flip the appropriate switch on the panel. I just need to find out now if that also charges the battery. My thinking is that it should, but I’m just not sure at this point. I left it plugged in and will check when I’m out there again next week.
If not, I might be in the market for a new solar panel…or battery…or both. We’ll see.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
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With a boat, there's always a list
I sold my Hunter 25 and bought a [slightly] newer Catalina 25. Unlike the Hunter, the Catalina is not a project boat. She sails beautifully and I’ve already enjoyed being out on the water with her several times. She’s also easy on the eyes. The interior is finished and just about everything works from what I can tell so far. But those of you who are boat owners already know that even with a new boat, the to-do lists will be coming sooner rather than later.
I’ve been to the boat several times and sailed a few times so far and each time I identify something that needs to be addressed. Sometimes it’s something that I stumble upon and other times it seems like I go in search of something to add to the list. My wife will tell you, I’m a “list person”. I love lists, especially checklists, so I can check things off as ‘done’. I don’t know what it is, but I’ve been known to create a list with check-boxes after I’ve done something, just so I’ll have a completed checklist. Yeah, I’m weird….and a nerd. I know.
So I’ve created a “to-do” list for the Catalina and broken down the list into three categories, which I think will help me manage it with a little more priority. The first category is safety. Obviously that’s paramount. I’ve also got a cosmetic category and comfort category. I guess I could’ve labeled it: (1) must have/do, (2) should have/do, and (3) would be nice to have/do. 🙂
My spreadsheet is based in Google Sheets, so I have the ability to embed it on a webpage, so here ya go: It’ll update here automatically as I update it on my Google Drive.
What about you? What’s your boat to-do list look like? How’s it categorized? Sound off in the comments below. Thanks!
Mike
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I could have sailed, but....
….there was work to be done. Boat work. Boat projects. The thing that ALL boat owners know all too well.
I’ve had my boat interior pretty much in various states of disassembly for the past year and a half. Primarily, the v-berth has been needing the most attention. So instead of taking advantage of some perfect sailing weather, I decided to do some boat work.
I needed to do three things right now.
Attach the final piece of plywood to the anchor locker from inside the v-berth
Get good measurements for the wood shelving that needs replacement in the salon and v-berth
Install a new battery charger / monitor
I have still been unable to find any 5200 adhesive in my local area [and I’ve been unmotivated to order any online], so I used some Liquid Nails adhesive. I believe for this project, it should work just fine. I applied the adhesive and put the piece I had cut into place. The adhesive bottle said it takes 30 minutes to set and 24 hours to fully cure. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to just hold that piece in place for that long. so I used a few pieces of trim to wedge the thing in place and hold it for me. [see photo]
Anchor locker / v-berth reconstruction.
I figure it’ll be almost a week until I get back to the boat, so that should be good to go by then. Cross the fingers.
Next up was the measurements for the wooden shelf pieces I need to replace that had been rotted when I first bought the boat.
Rather than attempting to draw out the measurements to refer to later, I thought it’d be handy to use a feature on my phone that let’s me draw on the screen. Here’s a couple pictures to check out.
Port side quarter berth shelf.
Port side v-berth shelf.
Starboard side v-berth shelf.
What I plan to do is cut the shelves at a right angle a few inches away from the damaged part and fit the new shelf right up against the cut. I’ll use some wood glue and flat connecting brackets on the bottom to join the old and new together. I’ll then use some wood filler in the joint/seam to hide the seam. After completing all that, I’ll be ready to apply paint.
My plan is to paint the interior hull walls and shelves with a white paint. The boat originally came equipped with a carpet-covered interior hull. That’s what I tore out when I first bought the boat because it had molded and rotted since the prior owner neglected the boat for so long. I may at some point in the future, recover the hull with carpet, but for now I think it’ll look good and be a drastic improvement with just a paint job. After all, this is just a “learner/fun” boat, not my “retirement” boat.
The final thing on my list of projects for today was installing a new battery tender. After my last battery was completely discharged during a period of time I didn’t have shore power, I had to replace the battery. There was an old trickle charger installed, but I never was really sure if it worked well, so I spent the $20 to get a new one that I knew would work.
Black and Decker battery charger. Karma in the background.
Black and Decker battery charger installed in starboard lazarette.
I installed it under the starboard lazarette where the battery is located. Once connected, I could see for sure that it was working. Now I can rest a little easier.
Although I wanted to go sailing, I’ve been putting this stuff off for so long I knew I needed to get to work. Next step, get some plywood for the shelves [and cut them to fit], paint for the hull walls, and some elbow grease.
Síochána,
Mike
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A Few Updates
Since it’s been a while, I wanted to provide a few updates as to what’s been going on lately. Here’s what’s been going on regarding the bilge pump, the hour meter on the outboard, the mainsail and roller furling jib.
For those who read the post about my bilge pump problems; after some investigative troubleshooting, I discovered it wasn’t actually the pump that was the problem. Rather, it was a battery problem. I recently moved back to my primary slip after occupying a temporary slip. I was in the temp slip due to low water levels on the lake. While at the temp slip, the slip power was, shall we say, very unpredictable. Apparently during that time, my battery had discharged significantly. So after moving back and plugging in, I guess my battery wasn’t fully charging and didn’t put out enough power. It was powering the bilge pump, but not giving it enough to push water up the necessary rise to discharge it.
Thanks to my dock friend, Trey Bull, I found a good source for a new battery at a reasonable price. Battery installed, and now I have bilge water discharging like it’s supposed to!
Oh, and here’s an update on the hour meter I installed on the outboard motor. After 7 hours of use in about 11 months, the battery died. Yes, the battery that was supposed to last 20,000 hours. That’s more than 2 years by my calculations! I’ve ordered another one to replace it, so hopefully the new one will last longer. Good thing I’ve got my trusty spreadsheet that I used as a backup to keep track of everything.
Last update is concerning sails. I removed the old mainsail I had installed and replaced it with a much newer main that I had stowed on the boat. I hadn’t been using the newer one since it had a rip. I repaired the rip [in a very unconventional way, which I’ll post about later] and now it’s safe to use. I gifted the old one to my dock friend Trey Tabor, who has the same boat I do, but needed a mainsail that would actually fit. He’s helped me with so much stuff around the boat, so I figured it’s time to repay. I’ve also removed the roller furling system I installed a year ago. The last couple times I went out sailing, I noticed a small rip in the sail that ultimately caught on something during a tack and became a larger rip. My plan is to repair the rip in the same manner I did the main. In the meantime, I’m using hank-on jibs, which I actually have been enjoying. The roller furling jib, in theory, should be easier to use but I’m starting to wonder if it really is. Sure, it keeps me in the cockpit so I don’t have to go forward during hoisting or dousing, but when I’m rolling the jib in I have to have both hands occupied and it’s really a balancing act keeping tension on the jibsheet while pulling in the rolling sheet at the same time. I might just keep using the hank-on jibs for the foreseeable future.
I plan to begin working on the interior soon. I’ll try to keep the posts coming more frequently, even though it may not be as much information. I think that’s probably a little better than a super long post like this one!
Mike
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