What Work Have You Recently Done To Your Boat?

[Blueboatman]

Nothing this winter except better sail storage/ventilation of same.

Last winter tho I completed relining the interior and insulating lockers, slowly slowly catchee monkey. And fitted a 'ring main' shore power, it amazes me that all 6 sockets are regularly in use. Probably add another but, et, that's it ....for now
But I did do a pretty comprehensive, hugely enjoyable refit and a few upgrades for simpler s/handing of anchor, reefing, staysail, chute, dinghy lifting and so possibly am entitled to a couple of years off ???

 

[Talulah]

Portlight Replacement

Last Saturday between snow episodes fitted a new Portlight.
One of my fixed Portlight windows had debonded from its frame.

Debonded window from the inside

Debonded window from the outside

Cut out the window

Clean it up

Masked up, Silkaflex and new window fitted

Just the top edge of the Perspex was still bonded to the frame

Replacement Portlight is an opening one. (Originally a factory option.)
Inside view of finished Portlight

Outside completed

 

[fisherman]

Yum yum, refits in nice cold wet weather. Reminds me of the two intellectuals at a party:
"Hello, what are you up to?"
"I'm writing a book"
"Neither am I".
Steel upperworks off for grit blast, zinc spray and three coats of paint, (£60 a sq metre). 'O' rings in the engine coolers. Strip inside the wheelhouse and repaint courtesy of blower heater, and prep outside paint awaiting better weather. Ditto hull light damage.

 

[Gordonmc]

This is the first time on the hard since doing enough to launch two years ago.
1. Took gearbox out to replace a bust thrust-plate;
2. Cleaned out the Port fuel tank;
3. Fitted senders to both fuel tanks and fitted guages;
4. Relocated the manual bilge pump from the heads to a saloon bulkhead for accessibility and junked the US imperial pipe-work;
5. Plumbed up hot water supply to the heads and replaced the tap for a mixer head;
6. Rewired the main auto-bilge pump;
7. Re-engineered the engine's diesel return so the fuel goes back to the same feed tank;
8. Converted the aft bimini frame to make a rigid arch, then:
9. Fitted a pair of solar panels on the aft arch;
10. Bashed out a hull portlight damaged in a contratemps with a pontoon in a storm.

Now for the big one, once the risk of frost has gone, to grind out the hull damage and do the repair before refitting the portlight with new polycarbonate.

 

[Pleiades]

Work?

Well I have worked her hard to windward, does that count...

But then she is Tradewind

Robin
Pleiades of Birdham
MXWQ5

 

[Zagato]

Not Fair I'll give you a race to Bembridge next year though. Your handicap is to start 24hrs later.....










from Brighton

 

[Pleiades]

East about Zagato? You are on.
I appreciate the head start but not overly generous, I know those Cornish craft are damned nippy. I think I would be able to hold my own till you sped past me about Eastbourne.....
I might catch you up around the Pentland but no doubt you would do a crafty and sneak down one of those canal thingies up'tnorth whilst I was doing the gentlemanly thing and being sick to leeward in a Scottish slop. Don't publicise the race however or that chap in the Anderson 22 will be joining in and we will both be eating his wake.
Robin
Pleiades of Birdham
MXWQ5

 

[sailorgirl]

Depends whether you are counting work we've done personally or are paying someone else to do whilst we are time-poor:

Them -
blast & epoxy keel
find & fill all those annoying little gel coat dings
repair to forward edge of anchor locker lid where forestay attacked it a couple of years ago, fit metal edge to prevent a repeat
commission and fit a new rudder
antifoul
hull polish

Us -
purchase two solar panels plus regulator & bits
pay bills

But we were also hard at work debating which watermaker to invest in, until we realised we need to go to the boat and measure available space...

 

[Paddingtonbear]

I think the question in my case is what have I not done?