So here’s a work in progress blog post for week one of this haul out. We're at Canoe Cove Marina outside Sidney, BC. Work is being managed by Blackline Marine and done by Blackline, Raven Marine, and UK Sails Sidney (and us).
The morning after checking in we got started pulling sails and running rigging. We also moved everything we could into the V berth since access to the chain plate undersides, wiring, mast step, and engine compartment was all important. Cushions, books, sails, table, cockpit enclosure - we got it all packed in there.
On Monday we hauled out. Bottom was in need of a wash but not too bad for two years (from PO's notes) since last bottom paint job. We've been hiring out the cleaning and zinc maintenance and getting it done every 4 months.
On Tuesday the mast was pulled. All came out OK, no hiccups. You can see in the photo where some gelcoat repair work has been started on the stem.
We have some minimal smiles at the forward and aft end of the keel, and there was evidence of a grounding at some point. After checking keel bolts and TAFG condition we felt good about painting without any further work.
The mast step and partners all looked good. We have the wiring for the lights running through the cabin top and the VHF / instruments running through the base of the mast. Decided to keep this setup rather than switching to all one way or the other. We're adding a waterproof junction box in the bilge rather than just shrink tubing the new wires spliced to the old.
We pulled and inspected/cleaned/replaced as needed all the chainplates. First three came out clean and easy but we kept going and good we did. The fourth and two of the other four had corrosion.
Access to the underside of the chainplates wasn't bad, even though the port side liner zipper was jammed and we never got it to move. The wooden blocks covering the holes in the liner came out easily and once out access was pretty good.
We inspected the rudder post and bearings and decided they were good to lubricate and leave as is. There's a tiny amount of movement in the post but the guys at Blackline couldn't say for sure that they could make it better if we dropped the rudder.
While overseeing the work being done by others we serviced all our winches and lubed all our seacocks.
Bottom paint and gelcoat repairs to the stem were done by Thursday.
The mast was re-wired and ready for new standing rigging on Thursday as well. We decided to replace all the masthead sheaves since they previously had wire halyards and they'd started chafing the rope halyards we installed last spring. We held off on changing any electronics including our wind instrument, a Garmin GWS 10 that's got a questionable bearing. It doesn't spin at wind speeds below about 4 knots. I haven't been able to source a replacement or any repair parts, and the electronics guys at Raven were concerned about changing any part of our system without changing all of it since it's older (GWS 10 / GMI 10 / GPS Map 4208 / Airmar Smart Tri Multisensor) As of right now it all communicates well back and forth. They though we might open an integration can of worms if we tried upgrading the wind instrument only.
On Friday we said goodbye for now. Work to be done while we're away:
Make up and install new standing rigging including new backstay adjuster
Install pole track on mast
Install Tides Strong Track on mast and new slides on mainsail
Repair leach tape and add third reef point to mainsail
Install new double rope clutches port & starboard to free up halyard winches.
Replace dodger windows and increase size of cutouts for lines led back to the new clutches
Replace Yanmar 3YM30AE rear main seal, PSS shaft seal, and cutlass bearing
Got a cool view of Rainier above the clouds while coming back into Seattle from Victoria, then a wintry drive (actually not bad for February) back to Idaho.
The morning after checking in we got started pulling sails and running rigging. We also moved everything we could into the V berth since access to the chain plate undersides, wiring, mast step, and engine compartment was all important. Cushions, books, sails, table, cockpit enclosure - we got it all packed in there.
On Monday we hauled out. Bottom was in need of a wash but not too bad for two years (from PO's notes) since last bottom paint job. We've been hiring out the cleaning and zinc maintenance and getting it done every 4 months.
On Tuesday the mast was pulled. All came out OK, no hiccups. You can see in the photo where some gelcoat repair work has been started on the stem.
We have some minimal smiles at the forward and aft end of the keel, and there was evidence of a grounding at some point. After checking keel bolts and TAFG condition we felt good about painting without any further work.
The mast step and partners all looked good. We have the wiring for the lights running through the cabin top and the VHF / instruments running through the base of the mast. Decided to keep this setup rather than switching to all one way or the other. We're adding a waterproof junction box in the bilge rather than just shrink tubing the new wires spliced to the old.
We pulled and inspected/cleaned/replaced as needed all the chainplates. First three came out clean and easy but we kept going and good we did. The fourth and two of the other four had corrosion.
Access to the underside of the chainplates wasn't bad, even though the port side liner zipper was jammed and we never got it to move. The wooden blocks covering the holes in the liner came out easily and once out access was pretty good.
We inspected the rudder post and bearings and decided they were good to lubricate and leave as is. There's a tiny amount of movement in the post but the guys at Blackline couldn't say for sure that they could make it better if we dropped the rudder.
While overseeing the work being done by others we serviced all our winches and lubed all our seacocks.
Bottom paint and gelcoat repairs to the stem were done by Thursday.
The mast was re-wired and ready for new standing rigging on Thursday as well. We decided to replace all the masthead sheaves since they previously had wire halyards and they'd started chafing the rope halyards we installed last spring. We held off on changing any electronics including our wind instrument, a Garmin GWS 10 that's got a questionable bearing. It doesn't spin at wind speeds below about 4 knots. I haven't been able to source a replacement or any repair parts, and the electronics guys at Raven were concerned about changing any part of our system without changing all of it since it's older (GWS 10 / GMI 10 / GPS Map 4208 / Airmar Smart Tri Multisensor) As of right now it all communicates well back and forth. They though we might open an integration can of worms if we tried upgrading the wind instrument only.
On Friday we said goodbye for now. Work to be done while we're away:
Make up and install new standing rigging including new backstay adjuster
Install pole track on mast
Install Tides Strong Track on mast and new slides on mainsail
Repair leach tape and add third reef point to mainsail
Install new double rope clutches port & starboard to free up halyard winches.
Replace dodger windows and increase size of cutouts for lines led back to the new clutches
Replace Yanmar 3YM30AE rear main seal, PSS shaft seal, and cutlass bearing
Got a cool view of Rainier above the clouds while coming back into Seattle from Victoria, then a wintry drive (actually not bad for February) back to Idaho.
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