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piseas
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Initially Posted - 08/25/2008 : 15:57:57

Boy did I have an eventful Sunday. Wife was gone for the weekend and two of my sailing buddies were not available. And as I am still recuperating from a bum shoulder, I didn't want to go out solo.
Instead I went to Home Depot, got 5 bags of rock and loaded in the bow. I then re-arranged the cabin-meaning straighten it out.
Next I adjusted the furler cage and rewound the line. Here is where I forgot to put on the sun block. Nice red face and neck. Ouch.
Finally I went back underneath to check on the batteries. Electric start on outboard would not yield even a burp.
Batteries looked good so I disconnected both and took to have then checked out. One was apparently 6yrs old but both needed replacement.
Got them both installed and outboard started up right away. Bought a local store and paid about half as what WM would have charged.
Besides the sunburn I am paying for today, I got 2 minor cuts. For me, that's a record LOW.
But that's the price of owning a boat and doing it yourself. At least I am all set for next weekend.
Thanks for letting me share. That's what this forum is all about. All that other stuff was giving me a headache.
Lets get back to what this Forum is great at.

Steve A
PS. Dave I hope to be around when you have reached 10,000 posts! Party Time....

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SEAN
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Response Posted - 08/25/2008 : 16:26:55

sounds like a good day on the boat , quiet time is always a good time to get stuff done .

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Response Posted - 08/25/2008 : 16:36:03

Steve, I would have driven down and crewed for you but I had a matinee of the play I'm in, WONDER OF THE WORLD, at the Little Fish Theatre in San Pedro. Here's the URL to the producer's website with production pics and reviews:
http://www.anothercoconutproduction.com/

As to your battery set up, mine is one sealed Group 24, trickle charged with a 5 amp solar panel rigged aft of my starboard catbird seat. Haven't had a dead or rundown battery in over 2 years; totally maintenance free.

Edited by - AADIVER on 08/25/2008 17:31:03

delliottg
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Response Posted - 08/25/2008 : 21:37:28

Well Steve, your conditions sound like the diametric opposite of mine. I went down to the boat on Sunday to get our Avon ready for use. It was forecast to rain, but I didn't expect it to simply pour down. As much as everyone says it rains here in Seattle, it usually just mists heavily, not really raining, so I figured I'd be able to get my work done & shrug off the "rain". I was wrong.

The day started off almost not happening, I left my keyring with Rita in case she wanted to use the new Jetta (we only have one key for it so far), not thinking ahead far enough to realize I needed the keys to get into the boat. Fortunately I have a spare key in the truck, but it still took two trips in the pouring down rain from the parking lot to our slip to get the spare key. I'd brought the little outboard down with me planning on putting around in the Avon with it once I had it off the rack, pumped up, and cleaned up. This was not to be. I suppose if I'd have had my gore-tex with me, I might have gotten it done, but it was in the trunk of the Jetta. Wearing my foulies wasn't really an option, I'd have died of heat stroke.

I decided to just work on various things that always need doing, broke out the tooth brush & started working on mold (it never ends here), soft-scrubbed the hatch door (mildew, it never ends either), also did the depth sounder's cover. It's funny how plastic really seems to hold onto the mildew, but it comes right off of gelcoat. I wonder what the difference is? Fortunately soft scrub with bleach just whacks the mildew.

I also tried to make an automatic tilt release for the Tohatsu like Frank's using some bungee I bought, but I got the geometry wrong and got soaked in the process. Frank (AADiver) if you're reading, can you tell me where you attached your bungee to make the latch automatically disengage when you tilt the engine up?

After I gave up on that till a nicer day, I filled the tank on the porti-potty (getting soaked once again), and scrubbed down the cabin deck. With the cement plants on either side of our moorage, dirt's a constant threat, and I seem to never remember to take my sandals off when I go down into the boat, so it was sort of grimy.

I finally gave up on getting the Avon prepped, the rain was still pouring down (nice to listen to inside the cabin though). I was able to get the little OB tucked into our dock locker, checked my docklines and was back home in time for Sunday night football.

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Response Posted - 08/25/2008 : 23:57:27

See post below.

Edited by - AADIVER on 08/26/2008 00:04:04

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Response Posted - 08/26/2008 : 00:02:14

Here's a pic of the bungee connection on my 9.8. The black tape is to keep the bungee from slipping off the tilt lever and also to hold the line that leads up through the catbird seat which I use to trip the lever to lower the engine.

Edited by - AADIVER on 08/26/2008 00:07:55

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Response Posted - 08/26/2008 : 08:03:24

Sounds like you got accomplished, I bet it feels good to get all that stuff out of the way.

But.... There must be a less expensive way to get your supplies!

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Bought a local store and paid about half as what WM would have charged<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Paul

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willy
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Response Posted - 08/26/2008 : 12:15:45

I think I would rather sail the boat than haul bags of rocks up to the bow if my shoulder was bothering me!

Willy

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piseas
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Response Posted - 08/26/2008 : 22:38:31

Willy I would rather sail then lug bags of rock. What the heck was I thinking! But my shoulder didn't prevent me from holding stuff just moving it in most other positions, like pulling the lines.
Anyway, it was a great Sunday. I got stuff done and out of the way on a beautiful day. It could have been raining-sorry David.
Again, I wrote this post after reading comments in the general forum, to stress what a fine group we have here. I am lucky to be a part of it.
Steve A

Edited by - piseas on 08/26/2008 22:39:17

willy
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Response Posted - 08/27/2008 : 06:27:15

Steve,
Just couldn't help taking the shot!
I caught it myself from my dockmates last Sunday for waxing my topsides instead of sailing!
Willy

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Response Posted - 08/27/2008 : 08:49:04

Not just the rock bags... Then there were the batteries--yanking the old ones out, hauling the new ones in... You really know how to nurse a bum shoulder!

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piseas
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Response Posted - 08/27/2008 : 11:21:41

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Dave Bristle
 Not just the rock bags... Then there were the batteries--yanking the old ones out, hauling the new ones in... You really know how to nurse a bum shoulder!

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Dave, actually the only thing I wasn't nursing were the beers I was throwing down-with my good shoulder!

Steve A

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Response Posted - 08/28/2008 : 13:59:40

David,
You noted you were cleaning mildew/mold - not sure if you were talking interior or exterior. I resolved the interior mold/mildew in the cabin when I installed my solar vent in the forward hatch. If you don't have one, they are a great addition to the boat up here in the great NW (cabin is always fresh). In the winter I have an air dryer I leave in the cabin to keep humidity down.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 08/28/2008 : 15:19:26

Wil,
Actually most of it was on the outside on the plastic surfaces (hatch cover, hatch enclosures, instrument covers, drink holders, etc.). I don't know why it's so attracted to the various plastic bits on the boat, but I only get it in shady spots on the fiberglass (like under the catbird seats).

I've been thinking about a solar vent, probably the Nicro 3000, don't recall the exact model. That'll probably be a next winter's project.

We already have the WM fan driven drier that we run over the winter. During the summer we generally don't need it, although with our monsoon rains (out of character for Seattle), it's probably a good idea to have it running right now.

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