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Bellow the waterline

2009 summary

posted Nov 9, 2009 4:22 PM by mickey p

Below the waterline:
  • blister job: peel and lay-up new glass, barrier coat ($20k)
  • new depth transducer and high-speed fairing block, $190
  • new speed through-hull and transducer and paint $161
  • new through-hulls and fittings, hoses $1100
  • bottom paint, 3 gal  + 1 qt, plus ancillaries, ~$700

rig & sails:
  • full mast job, new standing rigging, etc, $10k (est)
    • new lazy jack system
    • new mast step
    • internalized halyards
    • mast stripped, prepped, painted
  • new mast elecronics, $1540
    • hella LED spreader lights x2
    • LED masthead light
    • LED steaming light
    • new raymarine st60 wind instruments
    • wire
  • new main sail $1900

Bottom Paint 2009

posted Nov 9, 2009 4:17 PM by mickey p

The below is in addition to a hard epoxy-based bottom paint that was applied over the barrier coat (see blister job)
  • 3 gallons of Micron CSC (plus a quart)
  • 1st coat: red.  This is a tracer/base color
  • 2nd and 3rd coats: Shark white
If the shark white wears away and we can see red, it's time to haul and the bottom repainted.
If the red also wears away and we can see the blue, then it's _really_ time to haul and repaint.

In addition, sprayed prop with Pettit Zinc Coat  Barnacle Barrier.
Also coated depth transducer with transducer paint.

ancillary nuts & bolts for through-hulls

posted Oct 23, 2009 1:17 PM by mickey p

FromJamestown Distributors jamestowndistributors.com/

SBFW516
FLAT WASHER SILICON BRONZE 5/16",
LARGE PATTERN .875 O.D. 
1bx 1bx 0.254 25.40

FSBLW516
LOCK WASHER SILICON BRONZE 5/16 
1bx 1bx 0.084 8.40

FSBHN516
HEX NUT SILICON BRONZE 5/16-18 
1bx 1bx 0.166 16.60
FSBMSFH516X4

MACH SCR FLAT SLOT SIL BR
5/16-18 X 4 
20ea 20ea 1.783 35.66

Subtotal 86.06
Tax 0.00
Freight 49.03
Handling 0.00
Total 135.09

blister job, 2009

posted Oct 23, 2009 12:45 PM by mickey p   [ updated Oct 23, 2009 1:15 PM ]

  • boat peeled twice to get woven roving, dried, sanded, prepped.
  • 3 layers of 1708 glass applied, with 8084 VE resin (see attached)
    • layers overlapped 3-6 inches at bow, leaving 6 new layers on the bow.
  • 10 gallons of "milspec" epoxy (don't have any more specs on this)
  • hard epoxy-based bottom paint (blue) applied – this has to be applied over the epoxy barrier coat.
  • rudder uplled from the boat; peeled, dried, reglasesed and barrier coated
  • bottom of hull sanded, barrier coated.
Other:
  • prop pulled and reconditioned
  • replaced knotmeter through-hull with bronze

Total, $20,000

Through-hull and hose sizes.

posted Oct 21, 2009 3:17 PM by mickey p   [ updated Oct 23, 2009 1:32 PM ]

Maintenance, Groco BV series

See http://www.groco.net/SVC-MAN-07/Sec4/PDF/BV.pdf

(attached to this as well)


For FBV series see: http://www.groco.net/SVC-MAN-07/Sec4/PDF/FBV.pdf

Cockpit Drain (2)
1 1/2 inch through-hull
1 1/2 inch hose

Propane locker drain (2)
3/4 inch hose ID
3/4 NPS (1" OD)
(got marelon with tailpipe)

Head Discharge(1)
1 1/2 inch NPT (have seacock)

head sink discharge
3/4 inch hose (?? not sure)
3/4 NPS 1" OD through-hull

head intake
7/8" hose (??!! Not sure) hose says 250-100 which implies 1 inch
(standard is 3/4)
3/4 NPS (1" through-hull)

engine water intake
3/4 inch nps (have seacock)

galley sink drain (1)
1" NPS -- 1 1/4 OD  through-hull 
1/4" ID hose *** CHANGING TO 1" HOSE ***



For NPS sizes see wikipedia.
Note that seacocks are NPS on the through-hull side and NPT on the tailpiece size:
"Female NPS threads are provided at the flanged outboard end, female NPT threads at the inboard end…" See

Also see the differences between BV and FBV valves here: http://www.groco.net/00-seacocks.htm .

THrough-hulls &c, defender order

posted Oct 21, 2009 3:16 PM by mickey p

Not included about $140 of nuts and bolts from jamestown

Qty OrderedQty BackorderedItemDescriptionEachTotal
 20503120GROCO FULL FLOW BALL VALVE 3/4$104.99$209.98 
 10503121GROCO FULL FLOW BALL VALVE 1"$120.99$120.99 
 22503123GROCO FULL FLOW BALL VALVE 112$171.99$343.98 
 20500408CONB PIPE TO HOSE ADAPTER$8.99$17.98 
 10500409CONB PIPE TO HOSE ADAPTER$10.99$10.99 
 20500411CONB PIPE TO HOSE ADAPTER$14.99$29.98 
 30500457CONB BRONZE THRU-HULL W/NUT$14.99$44.97 
 11500458CONB BRONZE THRU-HULL W/NUT$15.99$15.99 
 10501925HOSE BARB TEE$3.99$3.99 
 30500226GROCO 1-1/2" T-HULL LESS NUT$32.99$98.97 
 20500496FORESPAR 253 SERIES TAILPIPE$10.99$21.98 
 20751249MMM ADHESIVE SEALANT 5200$13.99$27.98 
 1010500568TRIDENT HD WATER HOSE 200 PSI$3.49$34.90 
 SubTotal  $982.68 
 Total Shipping Weight38.55 Lbs. 
 Next Day PM Shipping$105.85 
 Tax  $0.00 
 
Total
$1,088.53 

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