Showing off the updates over the last year...

Over the last year I have made a lot of updates to the boat.   We purchased her a year ago this week, and I wanted to show off the progress over the year.

Here's the picture of her on the first day we got her.

One of the first things we did was clean out the hull, and all the garbage. We pulled two large garbage bags of trash from the port-side lazerette and another three from the cabin.  Beer cans, old rope, old canvas, molded life jackets, papers, and general trash were found all over. We cleaned the cushions and scrubbed the interior.

Hung a picture from Hawaii (my wife's homeland), and mounted the flat panel TV on a rotating arm.

Then we updated her interior lights. Every light inside the boat was replaced with the new teak rimmed interior lights.

Replaced the cubby rings in the cockpit....

Next we updated her speakers and stereo for tunes....

next we changed out all the running rigging (yes all of it), new dodger, cockpit cover, life-ring, docklines, fenders, cockpit table, boat pole with mount, flag pole, and did all the brightwork....

We added her name to the stern....

We also added a companion way cover...

In the same picture you can see the line holders that I made to replace to the older ones.

We fixed the Catalina smile this spring, putting in a new shaft, PSS, and self-feather prop.

we added the GPS and the navigation table light....

then we added bungees to the bookshelf to retain the books while heeling.

Of course the new mainsail and the new jib....

And finally the new life lines, hull waxed twice, and hatch cover.....

She looks completely different, faster, lively, and prettier....  That was a lot work in a year.  I didn't mention the new anchor bags, solar vents, and shore power chord.... but that's mostly all of it.  A least the boat is keeping me off the streets,

not part of NiSe but it gets me to her.... on sunny days anyway.  As the rudder is still missing, I am missing just being out there. 

Added the new rub rail....

With the boat up on jacks I am getting a few of the little things done that I have been putting off.  This week we put the new rub rail on.  The new vent covers I will tackle tonight.   Still waiting for the delivery date of the new rudder.

Meanwhile happy sailing.... at least in the day dreams....

Sometimes You Just Watch

Last weekend I took my grandson to the marina and taught him to kayak.  It was great to watch him explore the marina on his own, and it felt good to teach again.

We also took the dinghy for a ride around the marina.  He steered the craft all over the place, and we had a ball.


We are still waiting for the boat to be repaired.

New Rudder is on Order

The boat is needing a new rudder.  The photos from the diver didn't show the true extent of the damage.

Leading Edge of the Rudder

Trailing edge on the starboard side

Trailing edge on the port side

Apart from the damage in the photos, when I went to Schooner Creek Boatworks, the shaft was bent 5 degrees off center.  The shipwright at SCBW tried to straighten but to no avail, it was a loss.

I ordered the new HDPE rudder from Rudder Craft, it's expected to be in 2-3weeks.  So much for summer sailing.