Harken Traveler - New traveler track

2010 - Marina Cortez San Diego, CA 
Debbie and I took Wednesday off from work and took care of some boat business.
First off Debbie got the new traveler track from Sailing Supply. She has been working with Dave there on this project and he has been quite helpful. We then went to a couple other chandler’s to pick up other parts. While at Downwind Marine (had donuts- they were good) I ordered a selector valve. The kind you can put into the wall. The valve sticks out but the rest is behind the wall (bulkhead). Also got some epoxy for filling and drilling.

Paint brush - sponge brush etc - 2010

 So we are varnishing our head are at this time. Have been for a while. It has been a learning experience. We are using an interlux interior varnish. We are doing trim areas in gloss and flat areas in satin. At this time I am working on the head door, both sides. Also some small areas in the head.

Harken Traveler - Old Traveler removal

 2010 -   Marina Cortez San Diego, CA 
We went to ACE Hardware and picked up a hacksaw. Debbie got right to work on the traveler as soon as we got to the boat. Of course there we some lookie loos dock mates who helped by word of mouth😊. 

Starting battery, we have the parts, now to install them - 2010

May 2010 Marina Cortez.San Diego, CA

We tried to put ends on the old welding wire but could not find enough good wire under the rubber insulation. We will need to replace it. That is the ground from engine to battery on Perkins..

The Shower system install

We added another piece to the shower system.
The piece from the mixer to the water outlet that goes through the wall (bulkhead). We also figured out how we are going to install the shower mixer.

Added Starting battery, LifeLine battery group 27 on new shelf - 2010

April 2010 - Marina Cortez San Diego, CA

We bought a new LifeLine group 27 starting battery (combo battery) at Marine Exchange 

Harken Traveler - Traveler replacement project

2010   Marina Cortez San Diego, CA 
We have decided to move up our traveler replacement project.
We have ordered up a new dodger for our dodger frame and that has put pressure on us to find the right placement of the traveler lines coming into the cockpit. They will be going through the dodger. We do not want to have a new dodger with holes for the current lines and then have to patch them and make new holes for new lines a few inches over. Something like that so we will just get going on the new traveler.

Varnish prepping

4/18/01
Did some more varnish prepping. I cleaned with TSP and Debbie tapped. Will get a first coat on those places this week.

Cosmetic work where whisker pole had been stored and transducer hole - 2010

We started some cosmetic work. The previous owner stored the  whisker pole in the boat..!!??

Pulled all the chain out of the chain locker

We pulled all the chain out of the chain locker this weekend.


We found an old towel at the bottom! Debbie has never liked the chain locker and we see she had a good reason.


There is two hundred feet of 3/8 and guessing a hundred fifty of small stuff. We cut off the small stuff and plan on painting and wire tying parts for markings. Dam rain came today so it is on the dock for a few more days.

We painted the chain locker

white as you can see. No more bogie man.

We washed the chain locker

 We washed the chain locker then scrapped it and then painted it.
It was brown. You can see there is extra fiberglass where the chain sits. Also the bottom of the chain locker has a hole for drainage. It is a lot bigger than I thought. I had thought it was maybe as big as one of the small deck scuppers. It is much larger. Bigger than one of the large scuppers.

Shower head and rail system

We added our shower head and rail system this weekend. From Kohler.
Debbie got it all from
faucet-warehouse.com

Moved original wet cell batteries to under sattee from stateroom - 2010

April 2010 - Marina Cortez San Diego, CA

To put the batteries under the settee we need to find a way to connect them to the charger\inverter.

Got our new bimini installed

3\31\2010 San Diego, CA 
Got our new bimini installed. Am not sure about the stretch of the fabric. We got a Weblon vinyl fabric with white on top side and sand on under side. It looks as if it may collect water. 

We will hose test it this weekend. There is a Catalina 34’ boat in out next slip with a vinyl bimini. We will water test theirs also for them to see if there is a difference J. It takes a bit of getting us too. We got a 10x20 window also.

Moved the battery charger from stateroom to lazarett - 2010

March 2010 - Marina Cortez in Harbor Island , San Diego

Above new location by new charge behind nav station.

Moved the original battery charger from stateroom hanging locker to lazarett - 2010

March 2010 Marina Cortez in San Diego Harbor Island

Above new location by new charge behind nav station. Looking down.

This weekend we moved the battery charger (original one) from the hanging locker where it was to the new location the starboard lazarett.

Got our bimini frame installed

3\29\2010 San Diego, CA

This weekend we got our bimini frame installed (well Monday). The handsome guy with the hat on is me. The other guy (not as handsome as me) is Todd from San Diego Canvas. We are shooting the fat over the wind generator pole and outboard motor lift scenario. Neat day or so should see the bimini on!

Got our new H3 Lewmar windlass working - 2010

March 2010 - At Marina Cortez Harbor Island, San Diego, CA

Old windless out!

Old charger to new Xantrex Freedom 2000 charger\inverter - 2010

March 2010 - At Marina Cortez San Diego, CA 

Because we will be living on our boat for a long time to come we decide on a Xantrex 2000 watt charger\inverter. We may never need all that but we may grow into it.
We may sail to Costa Rica and then eventually up to San Francisco. Or farther south etc.

 So we have purchased a Xantrex Freedom modified sin wave charger\inverter.
 Because of space considerations we chose a unite that had both instead of separate unites.