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Shannon & Doran Jones
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Fresh water pressure water system. Picked it up at trotac for $169. I saw one on sale for 160 at binnacle, but it was close and they had what we needed. It is a Jabsco 3 gal per min. It works great!
I bet! My husband finished that job with a number of bruises! It is a job to be thankful for once it is over!
Shannon & Doran Jones
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Shannon & Doran Jones
Member III
Are you also replacing water lines while doing the sole? This is definitely on my list.
Prairie Schooner
Jeff & Donna, E35-3 purchased 7/21
Well, I wasn't planning on replacing the water lines. But you're the second person to ask about that. *Lonnnng sigh* As other people have remarked, every time we dig in to fix one thing, three more pop up that need attention. We only got the boat last fall, but we seemed to have pressure from all tanks. Our list is so long that my inclination is, if it works, don't fix it. But . . .
Did you mean your list included the sole and water lines, or just water lines? Why was that on your list?
When I replaced almost of the OEM "Qest" tubing, I was able to pull the new tubing thru the bilge sections and then just put some securing places where I could get at them with the sole access panels set aside. While we temporarily have all of the sole pieces temporarily home for refinishing, you can see the bundled tubes and wiring. They go clear across, but are only secured in the center part where I could get at them via the lift-out panels.
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O34 - The Olson 34 (Partial) "TAFG" revealed
After way over a decade it's time to sand and revarnish the T&H sole pieces. I removed them today and brought 'em home. A few bronze screws did twist off, evidently being gripped really tight by the fibers in the FRP flanges. I will try to lube...
Shannon & Doran Jones
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I hear you. The first year (and second and third), we did so many projects. The key is to do what you need to make the boat function without taking away from being able to use it. We were out sailing 100 days in our first year (some evenings only a couple hours) and have been using the boat for the past three years and the sole could be done, the water lines changed, and so many other projects... But first we sail.
If we do the sole, we will likely change the water lines at the same time just because we will have better access and they are likely as old as the boat. Unless, the sole is easy to remove again to replace down the road (which would be a great way of coming back to it when you have time).
Project creep on boat projects is a real thing!!!! We just try to not let it interfere with sailing.
Water lines, bilge pump hoses, transducer cables, and even DC wiring might be strung through areas accessible only with the sole removed.
I think the answer is to install a removable sole rather than to preemptively replace everything running through it, all in one shot.
Just did all new thru-hulls with hoses, started on a solar package, lady is deep cleaning and teak oiling the interior, . . .
Today was Day #2 of bottom sanding and at the end of the day made a find worth sharing. Yesterday bought some STAR-BRITE Easy on-off hull cleaner and at the end of today when everybody had gone home, tried it for the first time.
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For scum lines it works better than anything I've come across and worth the price for that alone.
BUT
It turns out that the run-off softened the bottom paint so much I could remove a lot of it with a plastic chisel (Harbor Freight). Spritzed on the hull cleaner and the shadows of remnant barnacle material started to foam away. Waited and used a scrub brush on the bottom paint - and the scrub brush was clearly softening bottom paint which made it much easier to scrape or sand.
And of course - Do NOT use this stuff AFTER putting on fresh ablative bottom paint.
Today was Day #2 of bottom sanding and at the end of the day made a find worth sharing. Yesterday bought some STAR-BRITE Easy on-off hull cleaner and at the end of today when everybody had gone home, tried it for the first time.
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For scum lines it works better than anything I've come across and worth the price for that alone.
BUT
It turns out that the run-off softened the bottom paint so much I could remove a lot of it with a plastic chisel (Harbor Freight). Spritzed on the hull cleaner and the shadows of remnant barnacle material started to foam away. Waited and used a scrub brush on the bottom paint - and the scrub brush was clearly softening bottom paint which made it much easier to scrape or sand.
And of course - Do NOT use this stuff AFTER putting on fresh ablative bottom paint.
I have lately been hand-stitching some velcro-solar-panel-keepers onto my dodger:
Ben Romano
Junior Member
Would love to hear anything you learned in the process/tips/pitfals, etc. I'm planning to remove all of that in my 1978 E-27 and replace it with a port-a-potty. I'm particularly concerned about what to do with the thru-hull(s) that are part of the system, and whether I can even do this with the boat in the water. If the thru-hulls are in good working order, are they safe to be left in the closed position once the hoses are disconnected, with some kind of end cap on them perhaps?
Please start a new thread for your head replacement/ options project. A specific title will reach more members and also make the thread more easily searchable for others.
We have some blog entries on heads, but the blogs are sort of a jumble at the moment. https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/ubs/replacing-the-sanitation-system.230/
By the way, "Weekend Projects," as this thread is called, is not a very useful title. Too general.
We have some blog entries on heads, but the blogs are sort of a jumble at the moment. https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/ubs/replacing-the-sanitation-system.230/
By the way, "Weekend Projects," as this thread is called, is not a very useful title. Too general.
Well, some of my one-month projects Start Out.... as weekend projects...!
Good, let's call all the threads "Weekend Projects."
klb67pgh
Member III
Our boats should probably be named Weekend Project.
peaman
Sustaining Member
This, in my opinion is the way to go. Just as we often say 'don't use 5200 on anything you will ever want to take apart', we should think that if we must take something apart, we should put it back so it will be easier to take apart next time.
If you read thru the earlier massive cabin sole thread, you will note that many of us have changed to exposed flush fastenings and our cabin sole sections are easily removable. Matter of fact all 8 pieces of ours are at home now getting multiple coats of varnish.
Reference: https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/threads/removal-of-glued-down-cabin-sole-master-thread.1526/
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Prairie Schooner
Jeff & Donna, E35-3 purchased 7/21
Based on what all of you have said, we'll make the sole removable. Since there seems to be some interest, I'm starting a new thread.
Thanks!
Jeff
Your post makes me think of this anecdote I saw on line this week ... everything on your boat is broken - you just don't know it yet.