Greetings! New Olson 34 Owner Checking In.

Hello,

My wife and I moved to Newport Beach from the Chicago area in May of last year and just 3 weeks ago had our first child; a girl we named Langley. We figured that a cross country move and first child wasn't enough craziness in our lives all at once so we also bought a boat last week with my parents, which is now in it's slip in Newport Beach. It's an Olson 34 which is in good shape but needs some sails before she would be a competitor.


I grew up in a suburb north of Chicago and have been sailing as long as I can remember. I have experience on all sorts of boats but this is the first "big boat" (i.e. with an inboard and not dry sailed) of my own so most of my questions will likely be about maintenance.

Happy to be here!

Dugan

Welcome to the forum--and Southern California.

Maintenance? Oh, that.

Welcome! There are a few of us Olson owners here.

Welcome to the place for sailors who wear helmets with horns!:nerd:

Glad to see you here!

Keep on posting. and here is just one blog link, of several, with a nice Ericson/Olson bit of eye candy for your boat.
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/entry.php?89-New-Ericson-Olson-Decal

For a boat load of good mechanical and electrical information, most of which directly applies to your boat's innards, look through Christian's fine blog entries.

Regards,
Loren

Happy to be here! Had the boat out twice so far and hope to go for our first full day sail tomorrow.

Loren, that graphic is great! Is the file located someplace for use?

Hopefully going to flush the coolant this weekend and see if the HX needs to be boiled or not.

Here is the logo file

Here is the pdf version. I have an ai version if you need.
Loren

Awesome. Thanks, Loren!

Here's a pic of me today trying to figure how to replace the old broken stereo.

The to do list....

I've owned the boat for 3 weeks now and here is the list of stuff I've come up with so far.....Some big, some small, some more critical than others.

Short Term Work

• Determine stuffing box type and fix if needed; Currently bone dry
• Find and fix coolant reservoir leak
• Clean water intake grate
• Pump Water Tank Dry & Fill ½ way and add antibacterial tablets
• Fix leaking port
• Toss old and buy new life jackets
• New first aid kit
• New anchor line
• Change name/port decals
• Fix or Remove Hot Water Tank
• Add ventilation blower
• Fix speedo
• Get (fix?) depth meter
• Resolve fender rubbing situation (flat fenders?)
• Set Fender line length
• Replace Running Rigging
• Get stove working
• Replace stereo
• Halyard cleat labels

Long Term

• New Sails
• Recut Plexi & Rebed Windows (ports)
• New Instruments (?)
• New Rudder (?)
• Repaint sides
• Gel cell marine batteries
• LED running Lights

And here is the new boat name graphic that will hopefully go on next week...

Welcome! Beautiful boat.
lists already? Oh I see you have been around boats before...
now starts the endless and expensive game of changing list items from "to do" over to the "completed" side. (The force is strong with this one)

Here is the list I have managed to bring to the dark side in the past five years of boat ownership.

Boat upgrades/ additions




House battery bank (420AH) in mahogany epoxy box $800
Automatic battery watering system $200
Eprb 406 with gps $600 2014
Victron Battery monitor $160
Gps Chart plotter linked to Ais and epirb $300 2013
Harken roller furler
Asymmetrical spinnaker
Hinged mast step $100
Expanded anchor locker with water tight bulkhead
Latches on external lockers $40
synthetic halyards added $80
Dodger by artful dodger $1,000
LED anchor, steaming, and navigation lights $550
LED cabin lights $120
Raised water line 2"
Tiller pilot TP-22 $550
Marine VHF radio with AIS 2012$350
12v outlet added in main cabin $20
Interior bronze Coat hooks $40
Bronze flanged seacocks with backing plates installed 2012 $1,250
Depth sounder
Knot log
Water fuel separator filter
Propane stove upgraded
Propane electric silinoid cut off switch with warning light
Jack lines installed $20
diesel tank anti seep canister vent2013$60
Battery box tie downs
Waste overboard pump upgraded to electric diaphragm 2013 $300
Shut off valve added inline between waste tank and waste pump to ease pump serviceability. 2015 $ 150
PSS shaft seal >2011
-Engine room Cowl vents replaced with stainless steel 2014 $300
-High capacity Electric bilge pump added with vented loop 2014$250
-Settee locker enlarged on port side by removing pan, bulkheads added at either end 2014
-V-birth storage enlarged by removing pan, and 2nd and 3rd water tight bulkhead added at either end of compartment 2015
-Battery banks fused at post to comply with abyc standards $80
-Mast lifting brackets $150
-Starter bank bolt meter $20
-Pad-eyes added mid-ship on toe rails for docking fenders $20
-New aluminum rudder with solid billet shaft which solved the shaft flexing problem, epoxy coated for botom paint compatibility $500
-Cotter pin in rudder pin bolt
-Extra storage box with hinged and latched lid under main birth$200
-Cockpit drains enlarged and replaced with all bronze through hulls and drain fittings 2015 $400
-Hinges on all cabin storage lids$100
-latches on cabin storage lids $120
-Smart Plug shore power conversion2015$300
-Exhaust temp alarm $100
-Remote VHF in cockpit 2015$100
-Rocna Vulcan 9 anchor $275
-Stainless anchor chain flush pin shackles $80
-Spin-lock Tiller extension $100
-Stainless bow protect plates $50
-300' three strand 1/2"anchor rode with 15' of 5/16 G-4 chain $200
-Custom anchor chain stopper $75
-New Full batten main with roller cars and new 110% jib with foam luff for roller reefing 2015 $2,375
-Vented loop added to toilet inlet$60
-New manual toilet installed $250
-New mainsail cover fitted to dimensions of new sail $150 2015
-Companionway drop boards replaced with solid 1" mahogany hinged door with automatic locking slide latch meeting offshore rule requirement for interior and exterior access to entryway latching mechanism $300
-Heavy brass hasp and three barrel bolts fitted to companionway for security $100
-Full size twin bed added in main cabin with storage underneath $350
-Lee Cloth on port settee $80
-On-Off Switch on starter bank charging connection $10
-Hinged bars on forward hatch $100
-USB charge port $20
-Shotgun lockbox $200
-Solar panels with hinged mounting system added on aft pulpit $600
-Topping lift replaced with amsteel $35
-More solar panels $550
-Back rests in cockpit $35




Rebuilds


-Engine rebuilt 2005
-Alternator rebuilt 2013$150
-Starter rebuilt 2013$150
-Sea water cooling pump replaced 2014$200
-Heat exchanger rebuilt 2012$80
-Diesel tank scrubbed clean 2011
-All Standing Rigging replaced2013$1,000
-Running rigging replaced 2011 $400
-Galley pump rebuilt 2012 $60
- rope clutches rebuilt new handles installed 2013 $100
Spreader caps upgraded from plastic to solid cast aluminum 2013 $150
-VHF antenna cable in mast replaced 2011 $100
-Beautiful new curtains installed 2011 $40
-Head and sink converted to seawater feed
-All hose clamps below wl replaced with stronger non perforated 2013
-Engine control box rebuilt 2013
-Diesel fuel fill base and cap and hoses replaced2012$300
-Diesel vent hose replaced 2012
-Electrical ground at fuel fill replaced
-Battery charger moved for access and re-programmed for lead acid battery bank
-Deck fills re-bedded with butle tape
-Core rot repaired at deck fills 2014
-Worthington aluminum propane tank valve replaced with OPD 2014$60
-Chain plate U-bolts replaced with larger and stronger with one piece bedding plate for better seal and bedded with butyl 2015 $200
-New toggles made for standing rigging to match larger diameter chain plate U-bolts 2015 $75
-Replaced bow bicolor with sealed LED and re routed power cable through water-tight bulkhead to stop factory leaking problem 2014$100
-Masthead anchor light replaced with led tricolor/all around 2012 $250
-New sealed LED stern light 2015 $100
-Exhaust hoses and water bypass hose and through hull and vented loop replaced 2015 $500
-Gusher Titan manual bilge pump upgrade2015$200
-Vented loop on toilet discharge line relocated towards centerline to keep vent above heeled waterline. 2015
-New tiller made of solid Purple Heart and epoxy fiberglass encapsulated and painted 2015 $200
-Cam cleats replaced with new $60
-Replaced engine control switches with new cole hersee all brass marine grade 2015 $100
-Self tailing Lewmar 16 on cabin top for main halliard 2016 $600
-valves adjusted February 2016
-prop shaft project : March 2016
Cutlass bearing $66.00
Split coupler $83.00
Prop protector $225.00
Shaft machining & prop re-pitch $
Water tank replaced with new $90




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Dugan said:

And here is the new boat name graphic that will hopefully go on next week...

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Great name!
I wonder it it would it look good with the "O" in the revel font? i.e. the Olson logo font?

Loren

Shelman said:

Here is the list I have managed to bring to the dark side in the past five years of boat ownership.

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I'm saving this list.

So far I only have one three-ring binder full of to-do lists.

Clearly, I have not been taking my boat-ownership seriously.

Shelman said:

Welcome! Beautiful boat.
lists already? Oh I see you have been around boats before...
now starts the endless and expensive game of changing list items from "to do" over to the "completed" side. (The force is strong with this one)

Here is the list I have managed to bring to the dark side in the past five years of boat ownership.

Boat upgrades/ additions

**Snip**
Sent from my iPhone

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That is quite a list!! How did I forget the shotgun lock box?

Loren Beach said:

Great name!
I wonder it it would it look good with the "O" in the revel font? i.e. the Olson logo font?

Loren

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It would probably look fine, but the underscored "O" (a numeric indicator.... for you language nerds)has some minor meaning for me.

Dugan said:

the underscored "O" (a numeric indicator.... for you language nerds)

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I'm not a language nerd, but I am stumped... and curious.

bgary said:

I'm not a language nerd, but I am stumped... and curious.

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http://duganokeene.com/

It's how I did the first letter in of my last name for a logo I used for a while. Please forgive my poor long neglected website and blog. *Adds updating that site to my list*

Correction: ordinal indicator, not numeric.

№

You're in great company with the name MOXIE.

http://www.goldenoldies.biz/Moxie US - Multicoques World.pdf

Phil Weld was a commando in Burma, carried a wounded enlisted man through machinegun fire on his back, published newspapers on the North Shore, won the OSTAR at 65. He was tall and gangly, extraordinarily interested in other people, and sailed alone because his big family wasn't all that interested. Back from the war, this Boston Brahmin, selling ads for his newspaper, encountered a business owner who engaged him in antisemitic remarks, figuring to chat with a fellow traveler. Weld punched him in the nose. He was a friend of my father's, and I got to spend time in his company.

Phil contacted the Moxie company when he was launching his boat. The old soft drink, which tasted terrible, was tryign to make a comeback. Always an entrepreneur, Weld opened talks for sponsorship, since they shared the name,.He said the company had no conception of marketing, treated him like a crank, and sent him a small box of Moxie memorabilia, which he used to show around and tell the story. .

Moxie was at the Naval Academy a while, wonder if she is still there.

I read about Phil when I was searching for boats with the same name before making the selection.

Moxie

Great name! I read Phillip Welds book about his OSTAR victory about 30 years ago. He was a great man.

Welcome to the group!