Time marches on. As the
years passed, it became increasingly clear that it was time
for Glissando to spend at least part of a winter
inside the shop, one way or another; she hadn't been indoors
since 2003, other than a brief varnishing session in the
spring of 2008.
After 7 seasons' use, plus
one season--2006--where
she wasn't in the water (a horribly neglected year in her
history), I felt that it was time to address a few things in
order to keep her in top condition. The need for
maintenance never stops--and that includes periodic sessions
of more intensive work. |
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The work began,
I suppose, with the
fall haulout on September 30, 2008; shortly thereafter,
I put the boat inside the "spare" bay in my shop, where
she spent the winter.
Calling this a "refit" was a bit of a misnomer, as I hardly
revamped the entire boat by any stretch. But semantics
aside, for lack of a better general term I have deemed this
to be the Winter 2008-2009 refit, with plenty of the usual
general maintenance thrown in. The project ended in
early May 2009, though throughout May I continued with the
basic and normal pre-launch preparations and general
maintenance, some of which I have included in these logs.
Project Summary
Labor:
111.74 hours (plus some undetermined number of hours
spent on mundane tasks that I did not track)
Materials Cost: $2939.97 (the bulk of which
was consumed by the new forward hatch and the
TackTick wind instruments) |
Here is a partial list of things
I set down as things I wanted to address during this period
of work. Over the course of the winter, I made a few
modifications to the list, as noted below, but remained true
to the original list with few deviations. Links to
day-by-day updates are just below this list:
click here.
- Repaint the hull
Complete
- New name and hailing
port graphics
Complete
- Replace
non-functioning wind instruments
Complete
- Replace forward hatch
Complete
Reconfigure anchor
platform and rollers
Decided to
leave it alone; it works, and my moorage is much safer
now than it
used to be.
- Repaint the nonskid
Complete
- Varnish (always)
Complete
- Relocate and replumb
the galley sink sump to a more convenient location
Complete
- Renew sink faucets and
fix nagging annoyances
Complete
- Bi-annual shaft
coupling removal and repainting
Complete
- Clean bilge
Complete
- Contract outside
fabrication of new jumper struts (one-piece,
like this)
Next year; this job
will also require reconfiguration of the headstay and
halyard attachment points to be worthwhile. I have
a new tube to replace the solid, drilled, turned, and
modified replacement that Journey's End made up after
they trashed the rigging last spring.
Seriously consider
replacing the water tank with a new, larger one
Duly
considered, but not
going to happen
- Contract outside
modification of the dodger to provide removable wings
and to repair miscellany
Complete
- Install threaded
fitting in cabin sole to allow cockpit table to be used
in the cabin
Complete
Replace threaded
fitting for table in cockpit sole with a metal one
OK as is;
all the metal ones have stamped or cast labels that I
don't want
- Replace corroded
holding tank vent fitting
Complete
- Regular maintenance
items too numerous to list
Underway
throughout the winter, including engine maintenance,
minor repairs and changes, cleaning, etc.
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