- remove sliding companionway hatch to bring home and hopefully restore, replace if necessary. I am going to bring a sheet of ply wood and some tarp to cover this and my port lights until I replace them.
- Remove port lights to bring home, restore before re-bedding. I haven't paid much attention to the condition of the glass, I read in one of the threads here that replacing the glass with lexan/acrylic is not strait forward so hopefully that is not necessary.
- Map existing plumbing, plan new thru hull locations, and make material list. I don't think I mentioned this, but when I was lifting my motor out last weekend, I accidentally captured the bilge hose under the motor with the straps. I didn't realize it until I had jacked the motor up off the mounts. I was anxious to unload my boom so instead of landing and re-rigging I just cut it. Had not planned on re routing that, but may now that I have to replace the hose any way. The biggest head scratcher is how to route my soon to be oversize cockpit scuppers. I have read every thread I could find and compiled the ideas/photos for reference this weekend when I have my boat in front of me. The only thing every one seemed to agree on was the general physics of how these are supposed to work. If any one has done this with success on their E-29 divided cockpit I would love to hear what the final product was and lessons learned. I do have the photos of Jkenan's set up, but they are far from an isometric diagram.
- Start general cleaning as I go so I am not laying in gunk while working.
- Begin to prep hull for polishing, remove vinyl lettering on transom. I ordered the awlwash/awlcare products. The hull/paint are in good condition, just a little tired. I could probably leave it but i can't get over how good it would look with brand new sails and a glossy free-board. I am going to try and polish my hull back to life (despite the warnings) and then add a coat of awlcare, per http://boatworkstoday.com/archives/1795 If it doesn't work I will wet sand and re-prime/top coat, if it does I will have saved some time/money even if I only get another year or 2 of shine. Some one please talk me out of this. It is driven purely by vanity, I am sure the ultimate cost will be my sanity if I botch the polish job.
- Inspect/identify deck hardware that will need to be replaced/relocated. All will be re-bedded eventually, but I will likely wait until I am on the water and do it one piece at a time after an evening sail. I plan to sleep most nights on my boat once I launch, it dramatically reduces my commute in the mornings.
- Take some measurements of the prop shaft for new cutlass bearing and PSS shaft seal.
- If I still have time I am going to start mapping the existing/proposed electrical, and making a material list for that as well. I plan to add a solar array this summer once I get my arch built, should I be giving any consideration to the design of the electrical system in front of the batteries knowing it will be solar in the near future? In my mind 12v DC is 12v DC downstream of the battery regardless of the charging source.
Time to get aggressive, I am mostly publishing this list to hold my self accountable. I am hoping to have my motor back by mid June and launch before July. I will still have many miles left to walk at that point, but at least I will be able to sail.
- Remove port lights to bring home, restore before re-bedding. I haven't paid much attention to the condition of the glass, I read in one of the threads here that replacing the glass with lexan/acrylic is not strait forward so hopefully that is not necessary.
- Map existing plumbing, plan new thru hull locations, and make material list. I don't think I mentioned this, but when I was lifting my motor out last weekend, I accidentally captured the bilge hose under the motor with the straps. I didn't realize it until I had jacked the motor up off the mounts. I was anxious to unload my boom so instead of landing and re-rigging I just cut it. Had not planned on re routing that, but may now that I have to replace the hose any way. The biggest head scratcher is how to route my soon to be oversize cockpit scuppers. I have read every thread I could find and compiled the ideas/photos for reference this weekend when I have my boat in front of me. The only thing every one seemed to agree on was the general physics of how these are supposed to work. If any one has done this with success on their E-29 divided cockpit I would love to hear what the final product was and lessons learned. I do have the photos of Jkenan's set up, but they are far from an isometric diagram.
- Start general cleaning as I go so I am not laying in gunk while working.
- Begin to prep hull for polishing, remove vinyl lettering on transom. I ordered the awlwash/awlcare products. The hull/paint are in good condition, just a little tired. I could probably leave it but i can't get over how good it would look with brand new sails and a glossy free-board. I am going to try and polish my hull back to life (despite the warnings) and then add a coat of awlcare, per http://boatworkstoday.com/archives/1795 If it doesn't work I will wet sand and re-prime/top coat, if it does I will have saved some time/money even if I only get another year or 2 of shine. Some one please talk me out of this. It is driven purely by vanity, I am sure the ultimate cost will be my sanity if I botch the polish job.
- Inspect/identify deck hardware that will need to be replaced/relocated. All will be re-bedded eventually, but I will likely wait until I am on the water and do it one piece at a time after an evening sail. I plan to sleep most nights on my boat once I launch, it dramatically reduces my commute in the mornings.
- Take some measurements of the prop shaft for new cutlass bearing and PSS shaft seal.
- If I still have time I am going to start mapping the existing/proposed electrical, and making a material list for that as well. I plan to add a solar array this summer once I get my arch built, should I be giving any consideration to the design of the electrical system in front of the batteries knowing it will be solar in the near future? In my mind 12v DC is 12v DC downstream of the battery regardless of the charging source.
Time to get aggressive, I am mostly publishing this list to hold my self accountable. I am hoping to have my motor back by mid June and launch before July. I will still have many miles left to walk at that point, but at least I will be able to sail.