Tuesday, February 19, 2008
08 season work begins
The 08 pre-season began on schedule in mid-January with a flurry of work at the yard. We (and by "we" I mean KG, JFK, and my checkbook) pulled the transmission and discovered that the issue was a broken linkage between the tranny and the engine. The transmission itself is fine. That all got replaced, and while they were back there, I had them replace the heat exchanger. It hadn't failed, but it is a part that is subject to corrosion, and who knows how old it was.
We then moved on to the deck washdown system. The yard removed the through hull that used to be connected to the overboard discharge system. It had long ago been sealed and frozen shut. It's removal precipitated some glass work to fill the rather large hole left behind. A new washdown pump was installed and wired back to the main panel, and a spigot and hose were installed in the port bow locker.
On tap next is replacing the sole with plasteak, a composite made from recycled plastics. We're also going to rebed a bunch of stancheons in an effort to get rid of that last leak in the cabin.
We then moved on to the deck washdown system. The yard removed the through hull that used to be connected to the overboard discharge system. It had long ago been sealed and frozen shut. It's removal precipitated some glass work to fill the rather large hole left behind. A new washdown pump was installed and wired back to the main panel, and a spigot and hose were installed in the port bow locker.
On tap next is replacing the sole with plasteak, a composite made from recycled plastics. We're also going to rebed a bunch of stancheons in an effort to get rid of that last leak in the cabin.
