Deferred Maintenance

It’s been another busy couple of weeks for Julianne. She’s needed a lot of deferred maintenance and is just about ready to go! Steve from Gold Coast Marine came back and did a full maintenance on the Yanmar 1GM diesel auxiliary motor. He replaced the fuel and oil filters, new water pump impeller, oil change, replaced & fixed some broken bits, etc. He also prepared a nice cruise kit complete with spares for all of the consumable parts including zincs, engine paint, filters, impellers, etc.

We installed two new group 27 deep-cycle dual purpose marine batteries and secured them in their plastic cases. These are the same type and size as the original and should be sufficient for our needs. I plan to add a small solar panel to keep the batteries fully charged while the boat is docked.

Last weekend I installed a new Schaefer 5 series deck mounted double block for the main halyard and boom lift. The old double block seemed to be custom made and consisted of a 5 series block for the main sheet with a smaller block mated to it for the boom lift. The main block was seized and had to be replaced. I used the 5 series double block since it should be more

robust and matches the other blocks on the deck. Dean and I then replaced the main halyard with a 3/8” Stay-Set X all rope halyard (90’) with shackle. The new halyard should be easier to handle with less stretch than the original. It should also be easier to hoist with a working deck control block!

I also added a few clamp-on stanchion blocks for the roller furling. These blocks will keep the furling line off the deck for improved safety and help keep the line cleaner. I think this will also better route the furling line to prevent it from jumping off the drum!

The Wilcox Crittenden Headmate toilet was leaking some seawater from the top of the pump so I re-built it with a maintenance kit. This rebuild included a new piston, inlet, discharge & joker valves, gaskets, packing, and cleaning and lubricating all of the parts in the pump. This was a very unpleasant job and took me all day. In retrospect, I should have just replace the toilet with a new one. The pump is now water tight and seems to be working well. Once I rebuilt the toilet I realized that the Y-valve was clogged and had a broken handle. I replaced the Y-valve and all 1-1/2" sanitation hoses from the head to the holding tank and through hull discharge. This was a miserable job... but the head seems to be working well now!!!

Dennis has made some good progress on the brightwork. He stripped the exterior teak with his heat gun, scraper, and some chemicals. He plugged some of the holes with new bungs and applied a coat of sealer. Today he applied the first coat of varnish and it looks great. Hopefully the brightwork will be completely re-finished by next weekend.