Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Current work list and progress



Oriane Spring 2019 Work Items
Old name removed and bottom prepped for paint

Kathy sporting her attractive attire

Bottom done.

Items in Green are complete.

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Engine
o   Zinc in Heat Exchanger 9/16” nut
o   New hose engine seacock to strainer
o   New hose strainer to raw water pump
o   Reinstall impeller
o   Tighten alternator belt
o   Check oil level
o   Replace hose clamps on intake side
o   Clean engine compartment and paint
o   Replace heat exchanger brackets
o   Investigate leak under engine
o   Hot water heat exchanger valves

Electrical
o   Check battery level – house last checked 9/28 -0.1 at 3pm 12.3 volts house bats Bats Charged 4/28 13.5 volts 1835 hrs
o   Check batteries for service life
o   Hire marine electrician inspection of boat electronics to analyze and explain electrical system
o   MMSI number registration update
o   Update MMSI # in Icom Radio
o   Install solar*
o   Install AIS*
Deck
o   Sand and paint bottom Wash and wax hull
o   Re-bed deck fittings identified in survey
o   Measure and paint anchor chain – chain rode measured 143 usable feet.  Marked every 25’ with blue paint, red marks safe end.  With 5.5’ draft and 4.5’ of freeboard, (max depth in which we can anchor) = 44’ of calm water, 27’ in somewhat exposed water, 19’ in moderate storm weather and 13’ in storm conditions (all high tide calculations using 100% of usable chain rode)
o   Measure and mark rope anchor rode
o   Service winches
o   Retrieve spinnaker halyard
o   Arrange for new graphics for name and hailing port
o   Affix new graphics on stern
o   Check staysail stay
o   Clean and refresh teak deck
o   Clean cockpit lockers and rearrange gear
o   Repair tv antenna connection
o   Re-certify and install liferaft
o   Reinstall Monitor windvane
o   Reinstall dinghy motor lifting shaft

Below Decks/Interior
o   Do inventory / locker diagram
o   Investigate and identify head hoses
o   Service all seacocks
o   Bungs at all seacocks
o   Check all hoses
o   Check all flares for proper dates
o   Clean all bilge areas
o   Oil interior teak
o   Fill and purge water tanks
o   Re-install dodger
o   Re-install bimini
o   Fill propane tanks
o   Reinstall propane tank
o   Clean under galley sink
o   Clean bilge – inspect hoses and pump
o   Purchase and install horn for hailer
o   Purchase hailer horn plug.
o   Replace nav lights with LED’s
o   Replace Deck lights with LED’s
o   Replace cabin lights with LED’s in progress
o   Re-label mast switches
o   Cut access panel in quarterberth
Misc.
o   Dinghy motor mount
o   Move gear to boat In progress

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Spring work has started

Kathy and I traveled to Rockland yesterday and got Oriane's winter cover off.  Kathy did an inventory diagram of the lockers while I stripped the name and hailing port label off the stern quarters. I started with a heat gun but found out about a special drill powered rubber eraser designed specifically for doing the job.  Took nearly an hour to peal one letter off with the heat gun.  The eraser designed for the auto restoration industry was found at an auto parts store for c. $12.  Worked like a champ.  Got the rest of the letters off the boat in about 1/2 hour.
Oriane - old graphics off.
Our friend Wayne Cronin stopped by and to look at the projects and lend a bit of help getting our dodger out from below decks. Kathy and I installed the dodger before calling it a day with 5 hours of work behind us. The list is long, but all will be crossed off before we launch.  Here's the updated list.