What's Done Is Done

Here's the list of work I've done on the boat during the first year. If I think of anything I forgot, I'll update it later. Eventually, I'll probably make a separate post for most of the items, describing the work that each involved. Some of this is repair/restoration work. Some is basic maintenance. Some doesn't even qualify as maintenance, just routine tasks (like pumping out the holding tank) that I included because I needed to figure out how to do it. Michele helped with a lot of this list -- she's not afraid to get her hands dirty, that's for sure!

• Had gelcoat damage along bootstripe repaired and bootstripe repainted
• Had bottom painted with antifouling paint
• Repaired frozen seacocks
  
• Had deteriorated fuel hoses replaced
• Had propellor repitched from 18 to 16
• Replaced toilet
• Replaced galley and head faucets
• Replaced instrument bezel rings
  
• Replaced engine room hatch gasket
• Replaced door catches in v-berth storage
• Repaired loose fiberglass along bulkhead in head compartment
• Replaced hatch gasket
• Found and fixed freshwater system leak
• Repaired head compartment door latch
• Mounted fire extinguisher
• Replaced center windshield gasket
• Cleaned and repaired aft canvas and applied waterproofing
• Cleaned interior
• Cleaned exterior, including mold and mildew on flybridge
• Cleaned engine room, bilge, and keel
• Cleaned A/C filter
• Cleaned and scrubbed mildew from all curtains and fabric
• Removed cockpit coaming
• Bought new lines and fenders
• Replaced anchor rode and shackles
• Replaced missing screws in cockpit portside step and teak trim
• Replaced gaskets on cockpit hatches
• Tethered aft cockpit hatch
• Pumped out holding tank
• Removed name decal from transom
• Washed, polished, and waxed hull sides
• Touched up bottom-paint
• Checked all fuses and bought spares
• Duplicated ignition key
• Found key blanks for wheelhouse door key
• Duplicated wheelhouse door key
  
• Replaced prop nut zinc
• Changed oil and filter
• Changed crankcase breather
• Cleaned seawater strainer
• Changed transmission fluid
• Changed coolant/antifreeze
• Replaced air filter
• Replaced fuel filters and purged air from lines
• Winterized air conditioner
• Winterized fresh water system
• Winterized head/holding tank
• Checked battery water levels
• Drained seawater, circulated antifreeze through raw water system
• Replaced engine zincs
• Replaced coolant/antifreeze cap
• Replaced engine seawater intake hose and fixed chafe protection
• Serviced seacocks
• Repacked rudder stuffing box
• Repack shaft stuffing box
• Greased shift and throttle cables
• Greased steering cable
• Replaced A/C intake hose and plastic elbow fitting
• Cleaned engine, sanded and repainted rusted areas
  
• Cleaned corrosion from all brackets, bonding wires, engine mounts, etc, and sprayed with corrosion block
• Primed and painted rudder mounting brackets.
• Cleaned and assembled emergency tiller
• Re-bedded leaking stanchion bases
• Replaced batteries, battery cables, and battery switch
• Replaced all-round light with new combination masthead/all-round light
• Rewired Nav/Off/Anchor light switch for new light configuration
• Installed new stern light
• Repaired side navigation lights (upcoming shortly)
• Replaced flybridge compass
• Removed Loran and old VHF radio
• Removed Loran antenna and extra VHF antenna
• Installed new VHF with flybridge remote microphone
• Installed GPS (upcoming shortly)
• Installed blower
• Replaced stereo and corrected speaker wire runs
• Replaced galley and head outlets with GFCI outlets
• Replaced shorepower cable
• Replaced deteriorated electrical wire
• Replaced household wire nut connectors with heat-shrink butt connectors in bilge
• Rewired bilge pump directly to battery
• Added chafe protection for wire runs to cockpit
• Straightened and supported all electrical wire in engine room

Wow! I get tired each time I look at that. I'm pretty anal about getting the boat shipshape, so some of the work I brought upon myself. Lots of it, however, was required by BoatU.S. insurance. Gale Browning, the surveyor who did our pre-purchase survey, was very thorough and provided a laundry list of things like this that needed attention.

These are things I still plan to do. By no means a comprehensive list...

• Reseal/regasket wheelhouse windows
• Replace main VHF antenna
• Replace hot water heater
• Replace port wiper motor
• Re-crimp battery cables
• Connect flybridge horn switch
• Caulk around galley and head sinks
• Maintain exterior teak
  
• Replace battery boxes
• Chafe protect lines
• Replace anchor locker latch
• Wash and wax top sides