Works in the cabins..
Initial Action
This is more psychological. Every time you step down the Companionway you step on a rotten piece of floor, which makes you already feel bad.
Made a replacement for the broken floor board at the companionway. Probably overshot it but since that is where every body steps all the time: 2x 10mm marine plywood. Epoxy coated. Top surface covered with Rowin mat and 3 layers of epoxy. I am in the process of restoring the copper
Waterpump
When testing the waterpump, it did not work. Checking the cable – OK, the fuse – corroded, but OK, and the connectors – should work. Then we took the pump out and connected it directly to the battery. It did not run.
At home I found the issue, basically corroded cables in the fuse holder. The copper cables are all turned black, but should be OK. Tested the pump with a bucket of water.
The powder coat just came off in big chunks when I was handling the pump. Underneath a lot of white oxide at the pump casing and rust at the iron house of the motor. I spent an hour clean, prime and then spay painted it.
Sorting out the Starboard Battery Compartment
This was a total mess. Cables, water hoses, lots of dirt and rubbish and the battery sitting loosely on top of all. Wet and very dirty. Started cleaning it up and ripped out all not used cables and tried to identify what cable is what. See the page on boat electrics for details on the electrical cleanup.
October 28: Cleaned up further and led the cables along the top of the compartment. Placed the battery on a wooden board with aeration space underneath.
New cover for the starboard tank compartment
I could not understand the layout of the saloon seats and bunks. The Sparkman & Stevens plan has two bunk beds, one of each side, elevated above the seats. In IRResistable these are not present. Instead there is a big empty space on both sides. Maybe because the previous owner’s priorities was racing, this was used to store the sails? I am going to restore it according to the original plan, starting with the starboard sided after fixing the electrical components.