So what has gone wrong this year ?

season officially over for me today as well, so I can post on the thread :D

  • AIRMAR passerelle sliding extension has an odd ram extension of around 300mm which is flush to the main ram through an M8 thread that broke and let the passerele in out inoperational. Happened when I was abroad and wife with daughter went to clean the boat and managed to jam the passerele all the way out and down and bang it against the dock, not very easy to do, but wife is very good at doing impossible (as well as impropable) things (and obviously blames it on me afterwards...). Initially freaked out thought I had to take the bleeding ram apart, ended up a 1h dismantle, 10min machinist to remove the broken M8 and 1h reassemby, 5euro
  • main heads not very good at munching solids :rolleyes: talking about jabsco el. toilet. suffered with it for three weeks, would occasionally block and once things dissolved, would flush just fine. Guess something broken/wrapped on macerator blades (?), will take apart at some point (not in a hurry)
  • a/p motor screws holding the manifold on the el.motor worked out loose dumping a litre of ATF in the lazarette bilge. Screws tightened, ATF refill and half an hour happily playing around with the two wheels to bleed the system off air.
AVON jetrib yamaha motor issues in a separate thread, not messed with our vacations though...

not bad for three + full weeks onboard!

V.

PS. run out of gas (3.5LT bottle) TWICE, have to make sure I have a full spare onboard all the time
 
This is our first year on our 2003 Azimut 46..... it's fair to say that it's not gone to plan!

March - took full ownership following a full repair of the hull for osmosis. She looked beautiful and went back in the water with no issues....
April - continued to kit her out, thanks to all who made some great suggestions - she's fully stocked with Gin!!! Moved her to her new Marina not far from Zadar and all was good.
Also in April - diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time, so that was nice.
May - Fresh water pump broke. Relay replaced. Toilets a bit whiffy.... duck bill on master heads worn and needs replaced. BUT.... Excitement - First proper outing, headed to a bay for lunch - weather turned very quickly, anchor wasn't holding and we were blown onto rocks where we were stuck... apparently by a rudder - we did get off just as we began to swing broadside on to the rocks, leaving said rudder behind. In the process the anchor came up too fast and got stuck in its housing. Bent the props, lost one rudder, bent the other. Limped home, literally corkscrewing our way between Ugljan and Pasman, popping out backwards and made it to Sukosan just as a storm hit! Medicinal Maraska all round! Repairs were carried out, sped up by retrieving said rudder from the bay by means of snorkelling!...... It was smelted and recast and all repairs completed in time for a family trip in June.
Also in May - what felt like 45 hospital appointments to decide my fate.
June - family trip, we managed an overnighter on a bay - toilet duck bill now replaced, but pump switch burns out. We became aware of a slight leak on the seawater engine coolant pipe - it split big time as we came back in to our berth leaving us with only one engine in a side wind.... anchor got stuck again. Fresh water pump broke again. Toilets smelling worse. Air con not working properly.
Also in June - 10h op for mastectomy and reconstruction.
July and August - recuperation, long distance boat repairs taking place by a fab guy we met in our marina. Freak storm ripped some covers on the windows and poppers need replaced.
September - Huzzah! Fit to get back out there! Day one - 200 yrds outside of the marina and one engine refuses to change gear and we're going no-where fast. Return to the marina, narrowly avoiding being blown onto a yacht, pontoon, lovely new boat beside us..... It appears there was a high pressure hose leakage also, on top of damage caused from the previously split hose. Cat engineers were stars and after removing the lounge area floor and seating, they replaced both high pressure hoses but it took a week to get the parts, by which time our guests had gone home. Salt water damage to some electric which looks to have caused an issue with components including the alternator, fresh water pump, air con and probably several other things we don't yet know about!

We did eventually get out on a couple of day trips, and had one overnight on a buoy not far from Molat.... It was absolute bliss!

We've come back home, but the black water system won't empty.... pump works but nothing exits - it's so full (possibly from much flushing when pump was fixed?) it overflows into the bilges, so that's unfortunate...... Domestic batteries not holding charge - needed to run the generator to lift the dinghy out the water using the passarel. The door lock is scant with its desire to lock and unlock....

We're heading back out in October to put her to bed - we definitely need a lie down!!!!

Here's hoping next year is better - but with all that sea water spray around the engine room, who knows what will drop off?!!!
 
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scsr said:
This is our first year on our 2003 Azimut 46..... it's fair to say that it's not gone to plan!

March - took full ownership following a full repair of the hull for osmosis. She looked beautiful and went back in the water with no issues....
April - continued to kit her out, thanks to all who made some great suggestions - she's fully stocked with Gin!!! Moved her to her new Marina not far from Zadar and all was good.
Also in April - diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time, so that was nice.
May - Fresh water pump broke. Relay replaced. Toilets a bit whiffy.... duck bill on master heads worn and needs replaced. BUT.... Excitement - First proper outing, headed to a bay for lunch - weather turned very quickly, anchor wasn't holding and we were blown onto rocks where we were stuck... apparently by a rudder - we did get off just as we began to swing broadside on to the rocks, leaving said rudder behind. In the process the anchor came up too fast and got stuck in its housing. Bent the props, lost one rudder, bent the other. Limped home, literally corkscrewing our way between Ugljan and Pasman, popping out backwards and made it to Sukosan just as a storm hit! Medicinal Maraska all round! Repairs were carried out, sped up by retrieving said rudder from the bay by means of snorkelling!...... It was smelted and recast and all repairs completed in time for a family trip in June.
Also in May - what felt like 45 hospital appointments to decide my fate.
June - family trip, we managed an overnighter on a bay - toilet duck bill now replaced, but pump switch burns out. We became aware of a slight leak on the seawater engine coolant pipe - it split big time as we came back in to our berth leaving us with only one engine in a side wind.... anchor got stuck again. Fresh water pump broke again. Toilets smelling worse. Air con not working properly.
Also in June - 10h op for mastectomy and reconstruction.
July and August - recuperation, long distance boat repairs taking place by a fab guy we met in our marina. Freak storm ripped some covers on the windows and poppers need replaced.
September - Huzzah! Fit to get back out there! Day one - 200 yrds outside of the marina and one engine refuses to change gear and we're going no-where fast. Return to the marina, narrowly avoiding being blown onto a yacht, pontoon, lovely new boat beside us..... It appears there was a high pressure hose leakage also, on top of damage caused from the previously split hose. Cat engineers were stars and after removing the lounge area floor and seating, they replaced both high pressure hoses but it took a week to get the parts, by which time our guests had gone home. Salt water damage to some electric which looks to have caused an issue with components including the alternator, fresh water pump, air con and probably several other things we don't yet know about!

We did eventually get out on a couple of day trips, and had one overnight on a buoy not far from Molat.... It was absolute bliss!

We've come back home, but the black water system won't empty.... pump works but nothing exits - it's so full (possibly from much flushing when pump was fixed?) it overflows into the bilges, so that's unfortunate...... Domestic batteries not holding charge - needed to run the generator to lift the dinghy out the water using the passarel. The door lock is scant with its desire to lock and unlock....

We're heading back out in October to put her to bed - we definitely need a lie down!!!!

Here's hoping next year is better - but with all that sea water spray around the engine room, who knows what will drop off?!!!
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Yikes. All that boating mis-hapery is nothing compared to what you've been through personally. Very best wishes for the future on all of that.
 
petem said:
You win!

Best wishes for a speedy recover for you and the boat!

Pete
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+1

on first read does sound awful (and on second tbh...) but having recovered, plastic and metal bits are all fixable. Guess the boat was not used much for some time before buying it, right? Most of these look like typical problems of an unloved boat.
A decent weather app wont go amiss!

Pretty sure your next year's report will be much better than that!

cheers

V.
 
Sorry to hear about the cancer thing CSSR @post #103 , but it’s not actually when you think about it a “ gone wrong “ thing .
Neoplasms are pretty normal and have defined rates in populations with associated risk factors and of course treatment regimens with there success rates .
It’s part of growing old .It not a “ wrong “ .Its fairy normal , the longer you live ........the more active cells divide and are exposed to risk factors .
That does not mean it’s not unpleasant like any age related disease ,iam not saying that . . I don’t see it as wrong .Its tackle able theses days , well most are .And if not it’s still not a “ wrong “. Cancer is a byproduct of rapid active cell division .A fact of life .

Anyhow sorry to hear about the boat too .
As an aside I had all the black pipes in the ER and the high pressure hydraulic hoses renewed and new clips when I bought my boat as they had no provenance.
Not sure what everyone’s thoughts are on theses but in the classic car world pipes are regularly changed out as winter jobs .
I feel in the boat world it’s ostrich syndrome with regards the ER pipage .
 
Portofino said:
Sorry to hear about the cancer thing CSSR @post #103 , but it’s not actually when you think about it a “ gone wrong “ thing .
Neoplasms are pretty normal and have defined rates in populations with associated risk factors and of course treatment regimens with there success rates .
It’s part of growing old .It not a “ wrong “ .Its fairy normal , the longer you live ........the more active cells divide and are exposed to risk factors .
That does not mean it’s not unpleasant like any age related disease ,iam not saying that . . I don’t see it as wrong .Its tackle able theses days , well most are .And if not it’s still not a “ wrong “. Cancer is a byproduct of rapid active cell division .A fact of life .
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I'm sure that reassured him, Porto:rolleyes:
 
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