03/18/2010, St.Catharines
Well the spring weather has arrived with temps in the 17c no wind and beautiful sun shine. Ocean Dove's engine was to go in on Wednesday but the boatyard cancel it, saying that there was some problems with their equipment. They will do it next week when the yard foreman is back from Florida (the real reason). I was very disappointed.
There was lots of other work to do in the sun shine. I completely rewired the main mast and mizzen. Installed Raymarine wind transducer and cable, LED tri-light/anchor light, new spreader lights and steaming light. I removed the wind generator from the top of the mizzen, install a second VHF antenna, mast steps, replaced the halyards on the mizzen.
Every 1 hour job took 3 hours but that is boating.
Over the winter I installed Raymarine Autopilot, and a new AC electric panel.
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02/06/2010, St.Catharines
I have added a photo gallery to the Blog check it out the link is on the right side click on "photo gallery"
or go to
http://picasaweb.google.com/svoceandove/OceanDove#
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02/06/2010, St.Catharines
The old Volvo engine was mounted on two welded steel rails bolted to the fiberglass mounts in the engine room I removed them and welded the new mounts for the Vetus engine to them. The forward mounts had to be raised, both forward and aft mounts had to be move in and angled at 7 degrees. I used a wooded mock up of the engine to assist in getting the position of the steel engine mounts modification. Last week I bolted the new/old mounts in place. When the weather is a little better I will cut open the shrink-wrap drop the new engine. Then we see how good my measuring was!
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01/16/2010, St.Catharines
I have been dragging boat bits back to the house to work on at night (I call it home work). I had to lift the cockpit floor to remove the old engine so I remove the wheel stand and brought it home. After the old gauge panel, start key, hour meter, and alarm panel I was left with a number of holes in the side of the stand and hole to big for the new engine start panel. Problem solved with scrap teak.
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01/13/2010, St.Catharines
Ocean Dove's galley cutting board was in poor shape and unsanitary. I replaced it with 1/4" plastic cutting board and teak trim. The 1/4" plastic cutting board was shaped then screwed directly onto the old wooded board, the teak fids were attached by screwing through the back side of the wooded cutting and plastic board so there was no screw holes to fill.
Price $24
Admiral's smile Priceless
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01/10/2010, St.Catharines
Here are the before and after photos of the Aft Head I had to enlarge the platform the head sat on just like the fwd head. the Aft head is a electric Thetford Comfortmate head. Note the large bowel and no we don't have large butts we just like the comfort mate.
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