After working through the main cabin, we have reached the head and with the toilet long gone and just some shabby cabinets left in place, we decided it best to open it all up and start again. The floor had been cut out some months ago to deal with rotten wood and the mast support…
Author: David J
November 2019. After completing initial repairs on the port side cabin and galley, we have now moved to examine the navigation station and starboard berth. As purchased, the nav station held two deep-cell house batteries in an enclosure at the bottom, three drawer units and a storage area underneath the top, accessed via a removable…
When purchased, the boat had one noticeable and very critical issue; the mast support post was decayed and was sitting on crumbling, damp filler in the bilge. The previous owner had started to address this by cutting the rotten portion of the mast support post and acquiring a custom made jack up stainless steel plate…
FEBRUARY 2019 With much of the interior stripped out and the engine removed, it is the ideal time to inspect and replace all the through-hull fittings, starting with those below the waterline. These are critical to the safe and seaworthy operation of the vessel and their seals can and do break down over time. In…
DECEMBER 2018 To get better access to the bilge area for cleaning and examination, we pull out the 50 gallon fiberglass diesel tank from under the engine bay and due to its size, we are forced to keep it inside the cabin for cleaning since it is bigger than the companionway. Almost twenty gallons of old…
BACKGROUND The boat is fitted with a 20 horsepower Yanmar 2-cylinder diesel engine, model 2QM20, coupled to a Kanzaki transmission. These trusty engines are good little workhorses and can be found in numerous applications in addition to offshore power. Although this model has changed over the years, spare parts are available and serviceable units still…