Headboard done
Debbie cut off the from on the end of the bed headboard. Then she trimmed and stapled the reaming material around the end. We put it back up and wa-la the cabinet door opens real wide now.
Removed old depth sounder
Jetson me.
The old original depth sounder was attached to the hull. It has been a way long tyime since it ever worked. The PO installed a different one which was old but did work. It was however in the middle of the bulkhead and tired looking. We did not like looking at it. 
We used a chisel and glass hammer to remove it.
This one was in the spot where we install the new Garmin one. It is not a through the hull type ut a attached to the hull type. It will not tell you the tempter of the water but will tell us how deep it is.
Second coat of clear - cap rail
We got the second coat of clear Cetal on the cap rail starbird side. Two more to go.
Purchased last grate for the 12000 unit. - return air.
W purchased the last grate for the 12000 unit. This is the return.
We bought this at A to Z marine.
This grate needs to be 140 square inches or more. Because of the location and size of the are we chose this grate.
16x9 which is about 150 square inches.
Whale IC bilge pump got re-wired - 2012
The Whale
IC Kit 12V Gulper IC Pump & Strainer IC got re-wired and is working. It is still kicking the hose around down in the bilge because there is no way to screw down the strainer. We bought a piece of teak zinc for this purpose. We will attach the zinc to the hose and see if it will hold down the strainer so it does not move around.
Spectra Ventura Watermaker 200T Deluxe pump mount - 2012
September 2012 - Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA
We made some good progress on the Spectra Ventura Watermaker 200T Deluxe.
Purchased our new Achilles LSI-310E dinghy and Honda 9.9 outboard motor - 2012
We just purchased our new Achilles LSI-310E dinghy and Honda 9.9 hp
outboard motor. We purchased the setup from The Dingy Doctor. This one is gray, we got white.
Sold the Jeep Wrangler - movinh on
9\26\2012 San Diego, CA
This last Sunday we sold our Jeep Wrangler. It was my car and it served me well for eleven years. Sorry to see it go as it was a fun car to drive. On to the next thing in life though. It went to a good home, a young guy and his wife in Cornado Cal.
This last Sunday we sold our Jeep Wrangler. It was my car and it served me well for eleven years. Sorry to see it go as it was a fun car to drive. On to the next thing in life though. It went to a good home, a young guy and his wife in Cornado Cal.
Mermaid 1200 btu work - pump,grill tec
The 1200 btu ac unit got some work done on it. We defined a place the water pump and strainer and through hull.
We mounted the pump ad then drilled a hole through the rib (scary thing) for the coling water to be pumped to the AC unit.
Debbie made up some wiring for the breaker.
Debbie then enlarged some holes in the gng box we got at home Depot. This will serve as our breaker box for the Blue Seas 20 amp breaker. We picked up some 3 1\2 inch screws at West Marine for the mounting.
We purchased the last supply grill, a teak 6x8 grill. This will go on the salon bench facing aft. It supplies the Mermaids requirement for at leat one 6” grill with in 5’.
Hole saw in a hole saw
We tried cutting new holes for the ducking. The 4” holes were going to get cut to 4.5” holes. We put the 4” hole saw inside the 4.5” hole saw and tried it out. The 4” hole say just could not get deep enough into the hole to hold the set up steady. Rather than make a template we just connected the ducking from beyond because we could get at it.
There is really only one place we need to use he 4.5 hole saw and that in by the front forward part of the bottom of the stove. We will eventually be putting a round brown supply duck there for the 1200 btu unit.
Our new vessel sink - hammered brushed nickel - 2012
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Got Cetal natrual on starbord side
We got our first coat of Cetal Teak Natural on the starboard cap rail.
It is a bigger job than you would think. There is a ton of prep as our teak was poorly varnished by we think the broker for a quick sae of the boat. First we had to strip the old varnish and then we waited a bit. We removing most items or all we could from the cap rail and taped the rest.
We had to sand the cap rail with 80 grit then 220 grit. Then do all the taping.
Sanded.
First coat on. Now for four coats of gloss.
Changed the ducking on small AC unit
While the Mermaid 5200 AC unit was out we decide to change the ducking to insulated ducking.
This is because we were experiencing some condensation on the ducking in places when the AC did work. It was next to the head and salon bulkheads and by the hull. They say that if the ducking is next to the hull or going through the engine room etc it should be insulated. We decide that we will just do the ducking over as most of it should be insulated.
We firest had to get the transition box out and the teak 4x4 dck off.
The we used the saws all and the drummel to enlarge the ducking run up to the transition box. Not an easy job but we got it done. Then we removed the rest of the ducking.
Next we enlarged all the pass through holes with the saws all.
It was piece by piece install of the Y’s and ducking. Each connection got three wraps of 11 mill thick duck tape. Then a wire tied clamp and then another piece of duck tape to cover the wire tires clamp.
Then we pulled up the insulation and cover and taped again.
Then we used the plastic plumbers tape to hold the ducking and Y’s in place.
Where AC unit goes in aft hanging locker.
Forward hanging locker.
After that was done we screwed in the supply grills.
Head y shower great.
Head by counter top.
On top of forward hanging locker.
We then painted the 3M 5200 that seals the transition box with some Rust-O-olem gloss blak paint and re-attached the teak supply grill.
Now we are ready to roll again when the Ac gets back. Could
be we will be using it for heat instead of AC by the time it is running correctly J.
Ships Station license
Debbie did all the paper work for our Station license for our ICOM 802 SSB radio and we received it in the mail with our call sign:
We will be signing up for Sail Mail October 1st and setting up the Pactor modem and purchasing a new laptop.
WDG5270 and
USCG Documentation number 1217415
and our MMSI 367544920
Mermaid 5200 unit is sent ack again
Can you believe we had to send the Mermaid 5200 btu unit back to Mermaid yet again! Mermaid had sent it back to us after repairing it an we installed it yet again. The first night the compressor was making noises and the next the unit started to frost up. Back it went but first we had to get Mermaid to send us a shipping label. This time we had kept the box. It was the hottest day of the year and we were shipping our ac unit back for repair yet again. This time we also spotted some rust on the wiring harness ends. We had to use a screw driver to separate the harness fro the magic box.
Changing of the chart books
Out with the old in with the new.
We removed the chart book of California and replaced it with one from “Yachtsman 7th Edition” which is a chart book of Mexico to Panama. Yes!
We alos purchased chart 502 and 503 from the Sea Breeze book store. We took some good pictures but lost them in a deleting frenzey. The planning charts are of San Fransisco to Panima and Panima to Ecuador.
We alos purchased chart 502 and 503 from the Sea Breeze book store. We took some good pictures but lost them in a deleting frenzey. The planning charts are of San Fransisco to Panima and Panima to Ecuador.
I am Retired!! Debbie to follow soon! - 2012
2012 Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA
OK I am officially retired! It did not come without some small issues. First off work let me keep my Droid X smart phone for a few weeks but I lost the high speed internet. Then I accidently deleted all the pictures on my phone in the last week of work and was a bit busy with training a co-worker. The blog got nearly no posts for a couple weeks here. Then at our marina the WiFi tower by our dock went down. After a week of no internet and not wanting to go to cafes for WiFi we got COX cable for internet til we depart.
OK I am officially retired! It did not come without some small issues. First off work let me keep my Droid X smart phone for a few weeks but I lost the high speed internet. Then I accidently deleted all the pictures on my phone in the last week of work and was a bit busy with training a co-worker. The blog got nearly no posts for a couple weeks here. Then at our marina the WiFi tower by our dock went down. After a week of no internet and not wanting to go to cafes for WiFi we got COX cable for internet til we depart.
The day before I hit my phone with the water from the garden hose and it is dead :(.
So this is our first at getting back to the blogging.
The blog will continue to get posted while we are cruising and it will include updates on all the equipment and how it is performing and what we could\should have done different if anything J.
Retirement is great and I am trying to perfect the siesta.
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