To-Do List
Replace Yanmar Exhaust Mixing Elbow
Install New Fresh Water Pump on Yanmar
Spring 2011 @ Huntington, Prep for Newfoundland Trip
Buy Sailrite LSZ-1
Buy, Build & Install Dodger
Oil/Varnish Bitts
Rebuild All Sheet Blocks
Varnish Winch Base Blocks
Adjust Brackets On Solar Panels
Add Copper Rub Strip To Tiller Top
Get HAM License
Install HAM Radio & PACTOR
Install SL70 CRC & New Radome
Fix Whisker Pole End
Install Buttons On Deck Boxes
Remove Unnecessary Stuff From Boat
Fix Auto Bilge Pump Wiring
Properly Mount Wind Gen Amp Meter
Make Spice Rack
Fix Rub Strip On Dinghy
Buy Outboard Motor, 2 hp
Replace Masthead Sensor Wind Dir/Speed Indicator
Replace Zincs
Short Haul, Paint & Wax
Repair Dinghy Floor
Bowsprit Chafe Plate
Battery Fuse
Redo Backstay Insulators
Make Stereo Rack
Varnish Interior
Paint Green @ Bulwarks
Macerator Pump Troubleshoot
Varnish Cockpit Coaming, Tiller etc…
Winter 2010 @ Miami
Tri Color Remount
Varnish Boomkin
Varnish Eye Brow
Refrigeration Repair
Zinc
Monitor Gears
Rebuild Head
Replace Head Hose & Y-Valve
Install Wind Generator
Dinghy Floor
Backstay Insulators
Fix Dink Access Port
Move Fwd Rowing Station Aft
Rewire Bilge Pump
Rebed Ports
Cut Bolts Under Taffrail
Battery Fuse
Fall 2009 List – Pre Sail South, or Along The Way:
Outboard bracket
Flares
Extinguishers
Bowsprit Netting
Make Real Tack Pennants for heads’ls
Try old dodger AGAIN
LEAKY CHAINPLATES
TRICOLOR REMOUNT
Touch up AWLGRIP
Finish Rigging Monitor
Backstay Redo Insulators
Get new Propane tank
Get Cap out of water tank
Head leaks
Mount Anchor guard at sprit
Make topping lift strap for end of boom
Summer 2009 List – Pre Sail To Maine:
Install Simrad Tiller pilot
Reinstall Monitor
Setup Solar Panel For Sailing At Least
Stays’l Winch Maintenance
Reinstall Main Sheet Blocks
Find New Main Sheet
Flag Halyard Cleats For Shroud
Honda Generator Fix – SOLD IT INSTEAD!
Outboard Motor Bracket (?)
Fix Outboard
Move Oar Locks Aft In Dink
Varnish Eyebrow, Coamings
Install 2nd Anchor Roller
Rig Up Second Anchor
Buy Bruce 33lb
Cut Life Caulk Splooge @ Stantions
Spartite
Tune Rig
Wire Stern Light
Wire Radar
Wire GPS
Check VHF’s & Wind ST60 etc…
Varnish Boomkin BEFORE Installing Monitor
Reinstall All Hatch Cover Buttons
Mount Dink Stern Support On Turtle
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The Winter/Spring 2009 List:
Removable Varnish Projects:
Fwd Scuttle Hatch
Main Hatch
Turtle
Drop Boards
Skylight
Deck Boxes
On Board Varnish Projects:
Cockpit Coamings
Gallows
Boomkin
Eye Brow
Windlass Base
Paint:
Bulwarks
Bowsprit
Bottom
Engine:
Belt
Siphon Loop
Redo Stuffing Box
Bulwarks:
Dutchmans
Rebed/Epoxy Stantions
Organization/Cleaning:
Remove Chain
Remove Unneeded Electronics & Wires
Clean Bilge
Electronics
Wire Up GPS, SSB, Radar
Electrical:
Rewire Bowlight
Stray Current
Bilge Pump Auto
Bonding
Plumbing:
Head Pipe Leak
Seacock Maintenance
Rigging:
Standing Rigging Swivels
Paint Mast
Winch Maintenance
Port Whisker Chainplate
Hull:
Raise Waterline
Bow Epoxy, Cloth, Gelcoat
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Running List Updated As Of October 31, 2008
Deck
Repair Rotten Deck Core at Cowl Vents & Mast Partner
Dutchman in Bulwark
Strip, Sand, Prime & Paint Bulwarks
Redo some 5200 at deck seams
Varnish Essentials: Bowsprit, Boomkin, Rudder Cheeks (non-accessible from deck)
Caulking at sampson post
Repair Glue Joint @ Bowsprit
Checking at bowsprit
Replace Caulking in hatch covers
Relaminate Tiller
Repair Checks & Glue Joint @ Fwd Bitts
Varnish hatches, coamings, eyebrows
Hull
Zincs
Repair Blisters @ Rudder & Hull
Sand & Prime Bottom
Paint Bottom Coat #1
Paint Bottom Coat #2
Paint Bottom Coat #3
Compund/wax
Raise Waterline
Rig
Replace 2 Cracked SS Chainplates with Silicon Bronze
Redesign Bobstay Chainplate for external mounting
Repair Hole in Bow from Old Bobstay Design
Move Mast Step Aft – pulled it as far back as i could, with help!
Splice All New Rig Wire
New swivel stays’l stay tang
Repaint Mast – track and spreaders
Wedges/ Spartite
Propulsion/Engine
Reset and free up stiff Max Prop
Stuffing Box – needs tightening weekly
Check Cutlass Bearing
Tranny Oil Empty & Refill With Correct Oil
Change Engine Oil & Fuel Filter
Fix Leaky Raw Water Pump
Cracked siphon loop
Clean fuel Tank
Plumbing
Thru hull @ head leaks
Re-build/Grease seacocks
Replace Plastic Thru-hull @ propane locker
Electrical
Correct Battery Box To Accommodate Larger Batt
Alternator Not Charging
Bow Light Case Cracked – installed new light, with LED!
Install New Wires to Nav Lights
Bilge pump alarm
Stern Light Not Working
Chainplates need to be grounded/bonded
Engine Meters
bilge pump wont shut off when in auto position
Electronics
Attach Radar reflector
Attach Radar Scanner
Wire GPS, Radar, SSB
Possibly Remove CARD, Extra VHF and Loudhailer
VHF Cable Connector @ Bilge
Galley
Propane Solenoid
Anchoring
Chain Spill Pipe
Sailing
Install Self Steering
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BUY:
Autohelm
Solar panels
Dodger
Wind Generator
VHF Cable Connector @ Bilge, done!
Update this list man!
I am truly amazed. Your boat takes far more maintenance than the average house, and you do it all yourself! (Rather than, like the average homeowner, hiring it out).
You left off “go south, rent an apartment, and settle down with the boat in drydock!” DOH!
Why would you buy that boat if you had that nice Norsea?
Did it need alot of work also?
Hey Vic… No actually my Nor’sea didnt need any work, except the usual upkeep & maintenance. The BCC has been my dream boat for many years — the Nor’sea was in lieu of the BCC, when I couldn’t find any BCCs I could afford, but wanted to liveaboard. I can go into details as to why I prefer the BCC over the Nor’sea if you are interested… email me. Thanks for the question.
You left off “Sail BCC Mommy to the Promised Land”.
Oh right. Not happening!
Hi All: Don’t let Benji sell the dream!
I have to tell you, your BIO really makes you sound really caring. You speak of your mother as having a debilitating stroke and then you spend 2 years helping to take care of her. That was really sweet.