Month: January 2018

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The Boat Show

Well in the past I have to say that there have been lots of times that I have went to the boat show and maybe spent $20 on stuff just so I did not feel like I didn’t get anything, yesterday was a bit different.

I managed to get a couple of good deals!

I scored on a new Icom VHF with built in AIS for the nav station and the Commandmic remote for the helm! Got a great deal as well!

Of course the really BIG news is that we have ordered a new engine! Happy Dance!

I will add all of the details later and give the explanation as to how we arrived at this particular engine but we are pretty excited! Need to speak to the dealer this week to ensure we get the correct transmission gear ratio but other than that, it will be ordered and should be here in about a month!! Also spoke to our guy and Akupara will be moved back up to the front of the yard, the old engine should come out asap, which will give me time to reno the engine compartment prior to the new engine arriving. Plan is to have new cutlass bearing, new dripless packing gland, and a new shaft installed, and of course, if the old prop isn’t right, a new one as well!
So, we should be powered by the end of March, fingers crossed!

Almost forgot, we also reserved our slip for July 1st!

We ARE going back in the water! 159 days until Akupara is in her slip!

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To paint or not to paint…

We have 3 options.

1) Launch without painting the hull. Saves money for now but we would need to live with the ugly worn white.

2) Pay to have the hull painted. Big big big dollars ?

3) Wrap the hull with vinyl. Still a fair bit of money but not as bad as painting!

ahhh decisions decisions

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Fresh Water system continued…

Made a bit of progress today on the water system. I was able to remove the old hot water tank which actually didn’t look too bad, of course when I tipped it up, it did indeed leak so out it goes!

Of course removing the tank, which was screwed to the half rotten board you see in the picture above, led to removing the board itself of course, as well as the system of valves for the water tanks. Underneath the lovely rotting board was another fantastic mess to clean up…

We did manage to get most of the dirt and grease and grime out and will paint it nice and white when it warms up a bit.

Hidden away under the galley sole, was a very nice Whale Shower sump,

a newer Jabsco pressure water pump,

and a nice mini accumulator tank. Still LOTS of work to be done.

The list doesn’t really seem to be getting any smaller, but I did order the new electrical panel today, pretty pleased about that to be honest.

Back to Akupara tomorrow to re-bed a few deck fittings that have once again begun to leak, hopefully this will be the last time for a while.

Boat show next weekend so probably not a lot of work is going to get completed, but if we find any treasures I will be sure to post about them.

 

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Hoses, hoses and more hoses…

I had originally left all of the plumbing intact when we started this refit in order to be sure that I remembered where everything ran. Well that was a big waste of time. There was absolutely no point to that whatsoever. Lesson learned. The plumbing in Akupara was a mess to say the least. There were more tee’s and joins than a city water system. Managed to rip out the majority of it yesterday and began running the new Pex tubing. Because I bought the rolls of Pex as opposed to straight Pex tubing, it took a little longer than expected as I had to straighten and fight with it a bit but it is all in place now not including the aft head.

I think I have decided to locate the manifolds and pump underneath the galley as there is a fair amount of empty space there to work with.

Also managed to finish up some electrical work yesterday which is nice.

Engine is still in – damnit – I wish they would hurry up and get it out or perhaps I will start taking it out myself piece by piece.

The boat show is coming up fast, another 10 days, I wonder if the Admiral knows how much this show is going to cost us??? 😉

Also spent some time this morning planning out the new system.