Seven Spades
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Fixed the faulty anchor light buy inserting a bulb into the lamp holder. I guess he did not like going up the mast.
What had your boats previous owners done?
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rhumlady
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An outlet pipe from the built in freshwater tank had been moved to the other side of the tank and the original hole badly made 'good' Result was a rotten after bulkhead in the tank that I didn't find till the weekend of the start of our first holiday aboard. The head lining in the forecabin had been replaced using vinyl glued to ply panels. Ok you may think but not when screwed to the deckhead and coachroof sides without thinking about the length of the screws. Neither of these were spotted by the surveyor! The hull had been painted yellow badly the repairing of which caused me to miss the water tank problems due to lack of time. The boat did come at a reduced price and he took my old one in part ex so the problems were mitigated somewhat.
NorthUp
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Bulkhead compass light wired up to come on with cabin lights- seems it was the first wire they found behind the panel-
''that one's live, it'll do!''
''that one's live, it'll do!''
Refueler
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Thinking wiring ......... as soon as you put battery into service with the 1-both-2-off switch - it immediately fed the alternator field as well. There was no ignition switch at all. Just a push button to start engine.
I changed that to a switch on the panel - so that without energising alternator - you couldn't start engine. Makes sure I have alternator sorted !
I changed that to a switch on the panel - so that without energising alternator - you couldn't start engine. Makes sure I have alternator sorted !
sailorman
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set her up well for s/h sailing
dalex
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On my twin engine boat:
1) bolted a glomex tv aerial to the top of the radar dome lid with 6 inch coachbolts I kid you not.. This stopped the array from rotating quite effectively.
2) fitted a replacement 20 gallon fuel tank where there was once a 70 gallon tank. The other 70 gallon tank was filling the fuel filters with rust, dribbling fuel into the bilge and the boat only ran for a few minutes on fuel from the big tank.
3) removed all the proper fuel filters and replaced with in-line plastic cartype fuel filters presumably so he could easily empty them of sludge on passage.
4) bypassed the fuel taps so that all fuel was drawn from both tanks at the same time ( the engine with the better suck got the fuel...
5) piped the heater through the cabins with the fresh air intake coming from the bilges. The exhaust pipe for the heater was split and joined with jubilee clips so filling the cabins with a light blue-gray smoke and bilge-air combination.
6)arranged the engine room bilge pumps so that one pump sent its output to the other bilge Shortened the manual bilge pump hose so it cleared the bilge floor by a good metre.
7) anchor and nav lights all came on together
8) disconnected all flybridge electrics and instrumentation.
Am sure there were many more but lost in the mists of time and my senility.
1) bolted a glomex tv aerial to the top of the radar dome lid with 6 inch coachbolts I kid you not.. This stopped the array from rotating quite effectively.
2) fitted a replacement 20 gallon fuel tank where there was once a 70 gallon tank. The other 70 gallon tank was filling the fuel filters with rust, dribbling fuel into the bilge and the boat only ran for a few minutes on fuel from the big tank.
3) removed all the proper fuel filters and replaced with in-line plastic cartype fuel filters presumably so he could easily empty them of sludge on passage.
4) bypassed the fuel taps so that all fuel was drawn from both tanks at the same time ( the engine with the better suck got the fuel...
5) piped the heater through the cabins with the fresh air intake coming from the bilges. The exhaust pipe for the heater was split and joined with jubilee clips so filling the cabins with a light blue-gray smoke and bilge-air combination.
6)arranged the engine room bilge pumps so that one pump sent its output to the other bilge Shortened the manual bilge pump hose so it cleared the bilge floor by a good metre.
7) anchor and nav lights all came on together
8) disconnected all flybridge electrics and instrumentation.
Am sure there were many more but lost in the mists of time and my senility.
ChrisE
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Oh nothing special except stating that the boat came with a 100 gallon water tank, that proved, as we ran out of water as we hit the far side of the Atlantic, to be 40 gallons. Just as well the wind kept blowing.....
Andrew_Fanner
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Clipped off the radome wires flush with the dome, why not remove it it it had failed?
Removed all but one of the fuel tanks, but not the wiring or gauges, leaving one tank with two fillers and no idea how the reserve system works.
Paid for engine maintainance, but didn't get it.
Lost the windlass handle and clutch tool, as well as "up".
Lots of work to do.
Removed all but one of the fuel tanks, but not the wiring or gauges, leaving one tank with two fillers and no idea how the reserve system works.
Paid for engine maintainance, but didn't get it.
Lost the windlass handle and clutch tool, as well as "up".
Lots of work to do.
KREW2
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Died unfortunately. The surviving spouse not only left a very comprehesive inventory, she also sent extra items that were not listed. These arrived by post some months later after she sorted out all her husbands belongings. The accompanying letter said she felt they all belonged to Racylady
What had your boats previous owners done?
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Died unfortunately. The surviving spouse not only left a very comprehesive inventory, she also sent extra items that were not listed. These arrived by post some months later after she sorted out all her husbands belongings. The accompanying letter said she felt they all belonged to Racylady
ShipsWoofy
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Fixed the faulty anchor light buy inserting a bulb into the lamp holder. I guess he did not like going up the mast.
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Fixed the faulty anchor light buy inserting a bulb into the lamp holder. I guess he did not like going up the mast.
[/ QUOTE ]nope, that's over my head????
tabernacleman
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Apart from not having any reefing lines in the boom, 'cause its only a small mainsail, (37 ft snowgoose catamaran) he managed to put a circular saw through the starboard hull bilge pump pipe and next to that was the hydraulic steering pump pipe which he managed on the next pass of the saw, all to fit an inspection hatch in a cockpit locker, and guess what, he continued to fit the hatch and glassed in the damaged pipes leaving the boat in a highly dangerous condition, surveyor didn't find it of course. Wiring - wondered why fridge didn't work until I realised the anchor light was coming on instead of the beer getting cold, electric windlass never been wired up and motor full of water, needs a service says surveyor /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif engine main water inlet blocked with lump of silicone, probably been like that for 20 years, so a seperate pipe attached to the pump and fed through the cockpit grating into the sea, bypassing the filter of course, main cockpit winches had the retaining plastic clips fitted wrong way round so winches just lifted off, /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif believe it or not I could go on but need a /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
KINGFISHER 9
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Went back to the boat with a spare key after we'd done the handover and nicked a load of stuff including a gen cqr ... I complained to the broker who did nothing so I sent a message to say if I ever met him on a pontoon anywhere he was going straight in the harbour!
Dipper
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replacing the steaming light at the stern with the correct angle stern light
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Same here! I had owned the boat for several years before I noticed. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Also, when I bought the boat it had one name on the bows and a completely different name on the stern.
replacing the steaming light at the stern with the correct angle stern light
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Same here! I had owned the boat for several years before I noticed. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Also, when I bought the boat it had one name on the bows and a completely different name on the stern.
Refueler
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replacing the steaming light at the stern with the correct angle stern light
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Same here! I had owned the boat for several years before I noticed. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
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My boat previous owner was a STA Skipper and he'd sailed that boat for years with same ... I've had it for nigh on 10 yrs and I necer noticed till Aug. 2007 when I did a lot of serious night sailing .... then the illuminated aft end of cockpit gave it away !! It's going to be changed this spring I promise !! I have the new one ready but can't find a stainless plate bracket to fit it ....
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replacing the steaming light at the stern with the correct angle stern light
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Same here! I had owned the boat for several years before I noticed. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
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My boat previous owner was a STA Skipper and he'd sailed that boat for years with same ... I've had it for nigh on 10 yrs and I necer noticed till Aug. 2007 when I did a lot of serious night sailing .... then the illuminated aft end of cockpit gave it away !! It's going to be changed this spring I promise !! I have the new one ready but can't find a stainless plate bracket to fit it ....