Gave away old Sevylor paddleboard

End of October - Paradise Village Marina in Puerto Vallarta Mexico 2013


Ended up giving away this paddleboard. I could not get the leaks fixed. Tried several times and new leaks kept appearing and the clock is ticking to sailing time. We gave it to Kelly on Emerald Lady.

Completely took apart Port winch cleaning\greasing - 2013

End of October 2013 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)

The port winch getting greased and it was a bear to get dismantled.

Garmin autopilot and rudder stop modified - 2013

Old Garmin rudder stop arm with doughnut on top. It is bolted to quadrant.

OpenCPN for back up chart plotting

End of October - Paradise Village Marina in Puerto Vallarta Mexico 2013

 We have decided to use OpenCPN as our back up chart plotting program. We installed it on our PC with Windows 7 and are using the "hockey puck" GPS that plugs into the USB port. This all works fine at our nav station. A boater friend gave us the maps to Mexico for OpenCPN so we are all set.

 We will still use the Garmin Homeport software to make routs and upload them to the Gamin chart plotter.

 We also signed up for ActiveCaptian (free) which Garmin Homeport also uses.

Sailrite belt order our Ultrafeed LSZ-1 Sewing Machine - 2013

Debbie ordered up some new belts for our Sailrite Ultrafeed LSZ-1 Sewing Machine.

Rudder stop machining

Middle of October - Paradise Village Marina in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

 The rudder stop that is bolted to the quadrant is getting hit by the Garmin A drive unit when at a quarter turn to starboard. We decided to remove the rudder stop and have 3-mm or about a 1\4 removed or a new one made up. We will be going to a machine shop on Monday in Puerto Vallarta Mexico with John and Kelly on Emerald Lady.

Two 9\16 bolts held this in. Now you see it.


Now you don't! You can see the place on the A dive that rubbed, it is white at the end.

We serviced the Starboard Barient 28 Winch - 2013

October 2013 - currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta
There is no grease in this winch.

Vacuflush J Series Tank Cleaning with CLR

Middle of October - Paradise Village Marina in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

 To help got the hard water deposits from the lines and duck bills use:
1/2 pint (1 cup) CLR (Calcium,Lime & Rust remover by Jelmar)
1/2 pint (1 cup) water

 


Pour in toilet bowl and flush for 3-4 seconds then turn off tank. Let soak for 8-10 hours.
We noticed there was a lot of build up inside the hoses to the holding tank.
Do this process annually.

Bottom Job Info and pricing - 2013

October 2013 - Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
Month of September best pricing...talk to Coral @Opequimar

Juan Antonio Gonzalez Reyes
www.marineworkspv.com
Casa: (322) 222-7583
Movil: 044 (322)156-9569


Pricing in September 2013:
50% off daily rate for lay days (regularly $80)
15% off haul out
Free pressure wash
$1/foot to paint


(Boater Ken on Catalina 30 got Comex paint for $250 US per gallon. He also said that one could arrange and pay for work at this pricing in September then potentially have work done in October or November...do not know if this will be the situation when we are ready in 2014.)

Under cockpit wiring secured, lazzeretti work! - 2015

October 2013 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
Securing and re-positioning the engine control panel wires.

Painted out dish cabinet behind the Force 10 stove - 2013

October 2013 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
 Debbie painted out the aft cabinet that holds the cups and glasses etc. We had some work done this cabinet in San Diego which was replacing some wood.

Stern rail SS bracing for davits and dinghy etc - 2013

Middle of October - s\v Elegant'sea is currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
 We had the welder over, well his workforce and they did an excellent job making two braces for the stern rail. They will also probably serve as handles when coming up the stern steps. 

New cockpit Starboard table mounted on original teak table - 2013

October 2013 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
 Our cockpit table has been one pain and the project did not work out well.

Got some Spectra water maker cabinet soundproofing done - 2013

Middle of October - Paradise Village Marina in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

 I got the final coat of the five coats of satin varnish on the outside of this cabinet.
Debbie made patterns of the bulkheads and then took one section of engine insulation and cut it to fit behind the raw water filter for the Spectra water maker.
Debbie's spray booth!

 

Could not add any under filter because we could not get the wrench on the fitter if we did.
 
The hard part I think was getting the bolts back through the filter and the insulation to the inside of the settee.

 This will hopefully quiet this filter as it tended to rattle a little making noise.

Achilles dinghy cleats and stern chocks - 2013

October 2013 - Currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
Positing the cleats.
The line is for the upper dinghy hoist for the davits,it is a test line to position the cleats.

Autopilot ready for "Dockside Wizard" - 2013

October 2013 - Currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
This is all up under the cockpit sole, not easy working conditions and the drill we have, a standard 3\8 drill is too big to drill up under the top where the fuel tank is.

The Garmin autopilot is getting close to being re-installed - 2013

October 2013 - currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
Debbie working on the Garmin autopilot and it s getting close to being re-installed!

Dinghy chaps - more work on the pattern - 2013

October 2013 - currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
Debbie's pattern.

We got depth! We have our Airmar P79 transducer working

October - Paradise Village Marina in Puerto Vallarta Mexico 
 

 Yes the transducer is now working! When installing the transducer we had sanded the hull smooth and in doing that the hull in that spot became a little concave.

Varnish sattee end and Spectra Watermaker 200T Deluxe quieted - 2013

Beginning of October - Currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico

We prepped the are the other  day and then put a diluted coat of satin varnish on.

Shade Trees

Beginning of October - Paradise Village Marina in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

 Debbie made some more progress on the Shade Tree separator's. We also added the last of the snaps but I got another on backwards so Debbie will cut it out and put another patch in :)

Cockpit side shade coming along - 2013

We added the snaps to the starboard side dodger shade and a few other small items. 
Yes our cockpit shade is coming along fine. We made some holders for rolling up the shade screen. 

Stern rail reinforcement by Salvador Covarrubias Sandoval - 2013

October 2013 - currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)

 We have decide to get our stern step stern rail reinforced. When we raise the dinghy with the motor on it and even without the stern rail moves out making it hard to close the stern step rail slides.

More dinghy chap pattern work with Debbie - 2013

October 2013 - Currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
Debbie doing some more pattern work on the Achilles LSI-310E dinghy chaps.