Pleinmont
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Glad to see a few more pics of the final stages...
Excellent work as always...
Excellent work as always...
Small refit Merry Fisher 805
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jakew009
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Vinyl wrapped the middle windscreen divider, I can't believe how much more modern it looks with the black windows and new wipers. You wouldn't really know it's a 23 year old boat.
Made some little vinyl strips to give a clean edge here
And vinyl wrapped the inside divider as well
Which looks loads better
Cabin just about done, the grey seat covers are just covers, the fabric is cream underneath.
Used these clamps to fix the fake wood strips in the ceiling back up.
Electrics all done and dusted
Still need to wrap the footrests and the lower cabin bits
Was going to make a new table then decided it would just be easier to wrap it as well
This shows the extent of the sun damage and this is the underneath of the table!
The second leaf of the table was a pain because I had to wrap both sides.
Put the cushions in the cabin to check it all fits.
Quite pleased with that
Made some little vinyl strips to give a clean edge here
And vinyl wrapped the inside divider as well
Which looks loads better
Cabin just about done, the grey seat covers are just covers, the fabric is cream underneath.
Used these clamps to fix the fake wood strips in the ceiling back up.
Electrics all done and dusted
Still need to wrap the footrests and the lower cabin bits
Was going to make a new table then decided it would just be easier to wrap it as well
This shows the extent of the sun damage and this is the underneath of the table!The second leaf of the table was a pain because I had to wrap both sides.
Put the cushions in the cabin to check it all fits.
Quite pleased with that
jakew009
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Got TimeZero Navigator installed
Started tidying up and removing tools
Still need to swap the lights for LEDs
Fixed the anchor windlass that previous owner had damaged
Tested the wireless windlass / thruster remote
Realised the white lights on the camera make quite a good light when working on the bow
Then the truck arrived
Bought these yellow slings to protect the boat when it was strapped down to the truck
And off we go
How she looked when she arrived
How she looked when she left
Started tidying up and removing tools
Still need to swap the lights for LEDs
Fixed the anchor windlass that previous owner had damaged
Tested the wireless windlass / thruster remote
Realised the white lights on the camera make quite a good light when working on the bow
Then the truck arrived
Bought these yellow slings to protect the boat when it was strapped down to the truck
And off we go
How she looked when she arrived
How she looked when she left
Bouba
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So......where did the truck take her ?
jakew009
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The boat used to called Morning Star but I wasn't keen on that and given the boat has basically been reborn anyway, decided to rename it
Designed the new name in Illustrator
Cut it out of some black vinyl
Got an expert to help me weed it
The long strips were for the windows to cover the sikaflex
Then we fitted it
Done
Bit of an emotion part for me.
Chindwara was the first ship that my grandad sailed on when he was a cadet with British India
This was the original Chindwara
My grandad is second row down, second from the left.
Sadly he died shortly after Covid just after I finished refurbing the Cobra rib and we never went out on it together. We never really spoke about boats much as I never had much interest in them until 2020 (instead I was tractor mad).
However, he taught me nearly ever practical skill I have and as I've been working on the boat or pondering giving up I've often wondered what he would have said (most likely "just get on with it").
Therefore naming the boat Chindwara seemed strangely appropriate
Designed the new name in Illustrator
Cut it out of some black vinyl
Got an expert to help me weed it
The long strips were for the windows to cover the sikaflex
Then we fitted it
Done
Bit of an emotion part for me.
Chindwara was the first ship that my grandad sailed on when he was a cadet with British India
This was the original Chindwara
My grandad is second row down, second from the left.
Sadly he died shortly after Covid just after I finished refurbing the Cobra rib and we never went out on it together. We never really spoke about boats much as I never had much interest in them until 2020 (instead I was tractor mad).
However, he taught me nearly ever practical skill I have and as I've been working on the boat or pondering giving up I've often wondered what he would have said (most likely "just get on with it").
Therefore naming the boat Chindwara seemed strangely appropriate
jakew009
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And that's basically where I am now. I decided that as the season is coming to a close anyway I'd just leave it safely in the boat park until April. It's been so much work I'm looking forward to not having to worry about it for the winter!
Still need to replace that skin fitting in the anchor locker
Now can watch proceedings in the boat park as all the others boats get lifted in
Then realised I could set the boat up as a marine traffic station that uploads data about other vessels
Which then meant I get a free Marine Traffic enterprise account which meant I could go back 5 years and see where the boat had been previously
Even back to the previous owner before that
Jobs still left to do:
- fit the radar (just need to fabricate a bracket, the wires are all there ready to go)
- swap the lights for LEDs
- maybe finish wrapping the lower cabin
- fake teak deck to cover up the mess in the cockpit
- various other odds and sods
But it all feels very achievable now before the spring....
Still need to replace that skin fitting in the anchor locker
Now can watch proceedings in the boat park as all the others boats get lifted in
Then realised I could set the boat up as a marine traffic station that uploads data about other vessels
Which then meant I get a free Marine Traffic enterprise account which meant I could go back 5 years and see where the boat had been previously
Even back to the previous owner before that
Jobs still left to do:
- fit the radar (just need to fabricate a bracket, the wires are all there ready to go)
- swap the lights for LEDs
- maybe finish wrapping the lower cabin
- fake teak deck to cover up the mess in the cockpit
- various other odds and sods
But it all feels very achievable now before the spring....
Bouba
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Hopefully you did the proper renaming ceremony to appease Neptune
Mr Googler
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Absolutely epic journey! Defo better than new now.
Any thoughts on a canopy? Sorry if I missed that there already is one
Any thoughts on a canopy? Sorry if I missed that there already is one
jakew009
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Absolutely epic journey! Defo better than new now.
Any thoughts on a canopy? Sorry if I missed that there already is one
I hate canvas on boats with a passion
Bouba
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I thought it was only me....
njrs_123
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Afternoon Jake, just a quick message to politely ask what brand name, or where I can purchase similar component parts that you use to construction the negative busbar sides? Kind regards
Ribtecer
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Get it advertised, sold - and on to the next one!!
Bouba
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There needs to be a service where, if you buy a Jeanneau.... it gets sent to Jake so it can be sorted before you take deliverey
Pleinmont
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Sterling work Jake and love the name linking back to your Grandad's cadet boat 
By the way, what vinyl product did you use for the wrapping? The window frames on my 760 would benefit from a bit of that treatment, inside and out.
Do you just apply and set with a heat gun? Final result looks super smart.
By the way, what vinyl product did you use for the wrapping? The window frames on my 760 would benefit from a bit of that treatment, inside and out.
Do you just apply and set with a heat gun? Final result looks super smart.
PCUK
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Hello Jake, I've never thought of vinyl wrapping small parts. Always dismissed wrapping in favour of spraying but for small parts this has given me ideas. I think we'd all appreciate it if you could give a brief run-down on the process. Or even better, a step-by-step with pics! You can get it published later!
Dino
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The window frames were not wrapped. Jake epoxy primed them and painted them with 2K satin black paint
Pleinmont
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Ah, I thought they were wrapped, my mistake
jakew009
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I just used two Victron Shunts and then a piece of tin plated copper bar I actually got off Amazon of all places (like this)
If you don’t need the shunts, you could use terminal blocks
Or you can actually get proper little busbar standoffs if that fits your space
I generally find the off the shelf bus bars tend to either be a bit crappy or very bulky.
Likewise I can recommend the BEP Pro Installer range for decent big fuse holders.
jakew009
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jakew009
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Sterling work Jake and love the name linking back to your Grandad's cadet boat
By the way, what vinyl product did you use for the wrapping? The window frames on my 760 would benefit from a bit of that treatment, inside and out.
Do you just apply and set with a heat gun? Final result looks super smart.
For the middle pillar of the windscreen I did actually vinyl wrap it.
You just need to use a decent “cast” black vinyl rather than a polymeric or monomeric. Cast vinyl will stay conformed to a shape whereas poly/mono always wants to return to being a flat sheet even after you heat it.
I actually used Oracal 751 but other brands are available
https://www.mdpsupplies.co.uk/gloss-sign-vinyl/oracal-751-gloss-sign-vinyl-1260
Depending on your window frame shape, I see no reason why you couldn’t wrap the entire frame in situ as long as the substrate is reasonably good.
The trick is basically to try and fit it as best you can without heat stretching it to get rid of wrinkles. Then where it’s really hard to get rid of the wrinkles apply some heat to shrink it up and remove the wrinkles.
Then apply heat all over it evenly to help it ‘set’ as you say.
Be carefully not to trim it back before you have finished heating it, because it will shrink back from your original cut line.
You don’t have to do it in one piece, if you just overlap the joins by about an inch they are barely visible and it makes it’s much easier working with smaller pieces.
You need a decent scalpel for cutting it.
