rudder work
shiny hull
cleaned out heat excahnger
Sunday, April 29, 2007
gettin closer to the launch
Things are moving forward.
Mark and Devon have left the fine house we rented on Pierce Street and moved aboard. Thanks to Carol for the hospitality!!
Now they are living in the boat while in the yard.
No plumbing, no propane.....23 steps up a ladder each time.
builds character.
The bilges and fibreglass repair are nearly complete. The rudder has been inspected and passed. Marks has rewired the bonding system. And completly refurbished the battery compartment. The steering room is looking good, with fresh paint, re run wiring and reseated and rebacked aft chainplates.
And speaking of chainplates......the new ones are done and installed. Good job ...I mean really good job.
The rig (mast) is still out of the boat. ALL standing rigging is being replaacedas are all wire terminanals and mast tangs. Hell new spreaders while the checkbook is out. Pt Townsend rigging is doing a great job and they are really, really nice people too!. Kinda makes spending an unexpected $18,000 a little easier.
The main engine cooling system has been gone thru. The fresh water heat excahnger was "pickled" by an unknown radiator shop in WA. Apparently "pickling" is big time against the rules. Ya know....the envioronment and all that. But it works now.
The Hydrovane self steering unit is installed. The water maker is next.
We bufffed the hull and sand all the bottom paint (a six day project).
The UPS truck drivers deliver stuff almost daily. Spares and replacement parts mostly. Although the new BBQ did arrive....we cant hook it up just yet. The propane systme isn't done.
The good news is that every noted item on the original survey has been repaired or replaced.
The mast goes in later this week.
After the boat gets in the water the following systems need attention
- get the generator up and running. Its brand new
- get the watermaker up and running. new also.
- Test the refridgeration system ...it been off since November (shit)
- Get the main motor up and running
- test fit the new sails (yep...they are Lee Sails) no mo racing.
- test the boats sanitation system (after the just completed rebuild)
OK thats it for today.
Dustin and Nicky are scheduled to arrive May 16.
March 28 Blaze email update
Hello all:
The website for the boat is under development. Heres an update.
If you want to email the boat directly try
blazesail@gmail.com
they check it about once a day.
The satellite email address will be different. We will give that out after the website is up.
Devon and Mark are living in the Pierce Street rental house in Port Townsend, Washington, while working daily about 10-12 hours. The boat is still in the yard and lotsa work is being done . They start about 8:30am and usually quit about 7:30pm. In the north, it does stay lighter later. It is pretty much an eat, work, eat, sleep environment. There is a really good brewery within walking distance of the boat....and that helps a little.....but they close at 6;00 pm. So we gotta buy the beers at lunch and save em till the end of day.!
Debbie and I have just returned from 10 days of boat work and we head back in 2 weeks for another 10 days. We want to be out of Washington by May 10, 2007 or we have to pay a giant tax bill.... I mean HUGE.
The big projects are underway. The tabbing of the frame to the hull is 50% done. We ran outta cold weather epoxy...and it has to be trucked in from Minnesotta!. The battery area has been rebuilt and rewired. The lazarette has been leak proofed (about 75%) as we pulled stanchions and stern rails and rebedded em all. The Hydrovane steering system gets rigged next week.
The generator is in place. Had to have custom exhaust manifold made up. It should be finished by week end.
The bilges are much cleaner now. The entire boat has been sanitized with a hospital quality mold dis-infectant. Most lockers now have new paint. The head rebuilds are coming along slowly. LOL nobody wants that job.
The RIB inflatable boat arrived and it looks really cool. To bad it cant see the water for another month. A new drum of 3/8 chain and new anchor are on the way. Debbie is at the Las Vegas airport customs right now picking up the watermaker (from Trinidad) and reshipping to Pt Townsend.
As you recall, the rig is out of the boat. Riggers have ordered aluminum for spreaders and new standing rigging and turnbuckles all around (gulp!).
We have pulled all chainplates from the boat and tested them. We are replacing the aft lowers as they are cracked slightly.
We dropped the rudder last week and examined the shaft and bearings. thanks godness all was OK. Im gettin tired of surprises.
Devon and Mark attended another USCG first aid CPR class again yesterday. It was geared toward offshore and passsagemaking....and they really learned a lot.
The boat computer is up and running and fully integrated with the sat phone and weather downloads.
I just wanna get the friggin boat back in the water.
Britt
The website for the boat is under development. Heres an update.
If you want to email the boat directly try
blazesail@gmail.com
they check it about once a day.
The satellite email address will be different. We will give that out after the website is up.
Devon and Mark are living in the Pierce Street rental house in Port Townsend, Washington, while working daily about 10-12 hours. The boat is still in the yard and lotsa work is being done . They start about 8:30am and usually quit about 7:30pm. In the north, it does stay lighter later. It is pretty much an eat, work, eat, sleep environment. There is a really good brewery within walking distance of the boat....and that helps a little.....but they close at 6;00 pm. So we gotta buy the beers at lunch and save em till the end of day.!
Debbie and I have just returned from 10 days of boat work and we head back in 2 weeks for another 10 days. We want to be out of Washington by May 10, 2007 or we have to pay a giant tax bill.... I mean HUGE.
The big projects are underway. The tabbing of the frame to the hull is 50% done. We ran outta cold weather epoxy...and it has to be trucked in from Minnesotta!. The battery area has been rebuilt and rewired. The lazarette has been leak proofed (about 75%) as we pulled stanchions and stern rails and rebedded em all. The Hydrovane steering system gets rigged next week.
The generator is in place. Had to have custom exhaust manifold made up. It should be finished by week end.
The bilges are much cleaner now. The entire boat has been sanitized with a hospital quality mold dis-infectant. Most lockers now have new paint. The head rebuilds are coming along slowly. LOL nobody wants that job.
The RIB inflatable boat arrived and it looks really cool. To bad it cant see the water for another month. A new drum of 3/8 chain and new anchor are on the way. Debbie is at the Las Vegas airport customs right now picking up the watermaker (from Trinidad) and reshipping to Pt Townsend.
As you recall, the rig is out of the boat. Riggers have ordered aluminum for spreaders and new standing rigging and turnbuckles all around (gulp!).
We have pulled all chainplates from the boat and tested them. We are replacing the aft lowers as they are cracked slightly.
We dropped the rudder last week and examined the shaft and bearings. thanks godness all was OK. Im gettin tired of surprises.
Devon and Mark attended another USCG first aid CPR class again yesterday. It was geared toward offshore and passsagemaking....and they really learned a lot.
The boat computer is up and running and fully integrated with the sat phone and weather downloads.
I just wanna get the friggin boat back in the water.
Britt
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