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BobJ said:
Either that or Chapter 13 - whichever comes first.
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I literally laughed out loud when you first posted that. But it is sobering to think what this involves. Like the old saw, "I had a lot of money and spent most of it on boats and [your choice of other folly here]. The rest I just pissed away."

As I think about what it will take to get Morning Star ready for another ocean crossing, it is good to know that under Chapter 13, if you make your plan payments, you get to keep your boat.
 
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BobJ said:
Don't use Hydrocoat if you ever want to get it off. It's hard as nails, doesn't work, and you can't put another paint over it.
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Ooh, good to know. I used Petit Trinidad and have been happy with it. Haul out scheduled for Jan 2019. As far as the head is concerned, when I replaced the hoses, there was simply no more smell. Calcium build up and fluid remaining in the lines are the problems. Weekly vinegar flush is da rule now. No more kidding about Chapter 13, ok? 2017 was the closest to bankruptcy I ever got in my life...
 
Trinidad is one of the good ones. Micron 66 is the other, according to the hull divers around here. S! is getting painted with green Micron 66 - maybe this week - I hope!

The head is fresh water flush so with a new tank and new hoses it should be daisy fresh. The rest of the parts arrive tomorrow and I can put it back together. Then as Philpott suggested, y'all can line up and test it out!

I am so pathetically over budget with this boat...
 
Gamayun said:
Ooh, good to know. I used Petit Trinidad and have been happy with it. Haul out scheduled for Jan 2019. As far as the head is concerned, when I replaced the hoses, there was simply no more smell. Calcium build up and fluid remaining in the lines are the problems. Weekly vinegar flush is da rule now. No more kidding about Chapter 13, ok? 2017 was the closest to bankruptcy I ever got in my life...
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I have Hydrocoat on the Wildcat and interestingly enough, it's worn off at the waterline around the bow. Everything else is still black with paint, from what I can see, and it's been almost two years. Whether it really keeps a lot of growth off, I dunno but seems like.
 
I checked on Surprise! on my way home from work (Richmond is between Concord and Benicia, right?) Her bum is as smooth as a baby's butt and ready for primer. She also has new sail covers, thanks to Tom and Debra at Cover Craft. Hopefully she's been absorbing some racing mojo from her cousin, the Express 37 Elan, on her port side.

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(Prior post deleted.) Here's what that corner looks like with the floorboard and trim in place. The speedo housing is in the right-hand corner, under the floorboard.

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How thick is the floorboard? Can you router out some space and a groove underneath for the wire? I know that it's a new transducer but I think Airmar makes some that have the wires going out the side instead of top.
 
Thanks Jonathan. It's 3/4" plywood. The problem with routing a groove is that the wire can't be bent down that much. I'm thinking I need to cut a 6x6 square out of the corner of the floorboard and build a shallow, removable box over it, just tall enough to accommodate the wire. The box will be tucked up in the corner so it shouldn't get kicked too much. I need to be able to get that section out of the way because there's no water gate in the housing. Lots of water will flow in when I switch between the speedo insert and the blanking plug.

This is where quality race component meets pretty cruising interior. On Rags I wouldn't have cared what it looked like... okay, I would have... but you get the idea.
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The paddlewheel gets fouled and won't spin freely. It was a problem on Rags because the autopilot needed speed input to operate properly, so I got in the habit of pulling the speed insert after every sail.
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H5000 processor installed. Tomorrow I'll find out if the speedo works.

(This is a sailboat, right?)

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Same slip, six weeks later (compare to post #20). White boot stripe pops and a green bum like Rags'. A new, non-dorky and spinnaker-friendly bow pulpit arrives next week.

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BobJ said:
H5000 processor installed. Tomorrow I'll find out if the speedo works.

(This is a sailboat, right?)
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Is that a photo of Kynntana’s panel? Cuz it looks like a croozer panel. I forget: does S! have a corian counter? We’ll see if all those electronics help on the next midwinters. Let there be wind, oh please let there be wind!
 
Dunno - is this Corian? I keep winch handles in that big bin on the right, otherwise it's wasted space. The dishes went into storage. (Dishes?)

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That croozer thing is a slippery slope. The next thing you know I'll have this guy on the payroll:

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Hahaha!Steve has already called, was looking for strong coffee, I think. I’ll be there by 11 to inspect the fleet.
 
Another amenity on Surprise!

[Bob Johnston came ambling over. Connie had asked if his new boat had a working head, which suggested that she might be interested in sailing on Surprise! one day. Of course he lied and told her “yes”, his new sailboat had a working head. So Bob was on his way to buy “head hose”.]

And, as Bob might say, "here ya go!" https://vimeo.com/308915213
 
Alas, the new speedo was unsuccessful at attracting any ladies to sail yesterday, especially Connie. So I sailed singlehanded - it's what we do, right? The wind was light but it was a stunning day on the Bay.

I found out that the B&G system is like my iPhone, TV remote, etc. - there are too many options! I followed the instructions to calibrate the new speedo, making three 1 nm runs and letting the system average them and make the correction. The correction looked about right so I hoisted sails and headed out into the Bay. But something was wrong. Boat speed and SOG were always the same. I stuck the boat on AP and dove below to play with the settings. I discovered a box was checked to override boat speed with SOG for purposes of calculating TWS. I didn't tell it to do that. I unchecked the box and now it said I was sailing at 22 knots! Grrr.... Sails down, back to the measured mile in Pt. Potrero Reach and more speed runs. Now it's correct.

I forgot to bring the installation manual for the new compass so I couldn't do that calibration - there are three ways to do it and I couldn't remember any of them.

Modest progress. But yeah, the head works.
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"Rain, rain, go away"... My lament resulted in this epithalamium: "We need the rain, suck it up. Why don't you take up an instrument?"

So I worked up my racing schedule for 2019. It looks a lot like 2018 and previous years, and got me to wondering what the rest of you are planning for this year. I know Philpott plans to go "up the Delta" again. I need to spend some time in the ocean on the new ride. What are others planning?
 
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