HUNTER 37 CUTTER
MONDAY JUNE 1st.
Spent Saturday and part of Sunday taking down the radar pole and the wind generator. Labeled all the stainless pipes and cooked the last set of Bratwurst on the cockpit grill. The new freezer was left on 8 when installed and I found everything I had inside solid ice. Took it down to 4 and have a very nice high30's low 40's cooler. Everything is on the ground ready for packing.
Boy , the boat looks naked without all the cockpit poles and brackets.
Forecast said rain next week and we got a monsoon on Monday. Felt like a hurricane weather. One minute it was a gully washer, another minute the sun was shinning. This went on all day.
The antifouling paint arrived today and I will
have to wait till this weekend for a couple
of sunny days. I want to make sure the hull
is dry before the paint goes on. So far we have
2 coats of grey Interlux barrier Epoxy, 2 coats
of Green barrier epoxy and 2 coatsof antifouling
paint. That is $800.00 worth of paint.
But you gots to have it.
Insurance surveyor arrived Monday to do an insurance survey. I guess they want to make sure the boat exists before insuring it. He told me a lot of people turn their boats into "liquid assets" when they sink and place insurence claims.
He wanted serial numbers on anything and everything. Tooks lots of pictures and spent 4 hours on the boat rummaging around. I told him ho point out any deficiencies he found so I could address them and pointed out two items he was going to mention on his report.
1 a loose bilge pump float switch ( the screw was not tight and the float had slid out of the scew head)
2 the water intake for the head, needed double clamping. Since the hose was 3" long between the seacock and the water filter, I felt 4 hoses on such a small hose was overkill, but he said to do it, so I pulled 2 extra hoses from my tool box after he left and installed them.
Boat passed with flying colors and was labeled above average. He put a used value at 42K and replacement value at 210K. I wonder how much it would cost to insure it for full replacement value???.
Well, Jeff bit the dust. I got to work Monday morning and found him on a chair at the shop nursing his foot. He tripped going up the boat ladder on Sunday afternoon and fell off. He was alone. He landed on his right foot and twisted it. He wont let me look at it or wants to go to the hospital. He claims its only a sprain and it will get better. He still cannot explain how he did it but I suspect there was some Heineken involved in the deal.
I left him alone for a while since I new he would relent eventually.
I speak from experience since I ran Moto X, Enduros and Hare Scrambles for 25 years. I sprained , twisted and broke many limbs, and fingers. I use to keep a set of crutches in my race van so I would not have to pay for a new set every time I ended up in the hospital. I still have a collection of arm and collar bone slings, fiberglass leg boots, crutches , canes and finger splints.
By 10 am his foot looked like a purple football. He finally asked to go to the emergency room. Yep, ankle is broke, he said dragging his sorry ass back in the truck when I picked him up 4 hours later from the hospital. He had a brand new set of 500.00 shiny crutches. I love insurance billing.
Well this has put a crimp on my schedule. I had to reassign several jobs to other people and see how he feels by this week end. Maybe I can get in on a rolling stool and get him to start shrink wrapping some of the boat items on the ground.
Even the best laid plans go array some times. Will regroup and get her done!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
20 years ago, we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we got no cash, no hope and no jobs. We must protect Kevin Bacon. Merica. (www.Cloyd Rivers.com)
THE near DEATH AND RE BIRTH
OF A
1979 HUNTER 37 CHERUBINI CUTTER
Back to the water
MONDAY JUNE 1st.
Spent Saturday and part of Sunday taking down the radar pole and the wind generator. Labeled all the stainless pipes and cooked the last set of Bratwurst on the cockpit grill. The new freezer was left on 8 when installed and I found everything I had inside solid ice. Took it down to 4 and have a very nice high30's low 40's cooler. Everything is on the ground ready for packing.
Boy , the boat looks naked without all the cockpit poles and brackets.
Forecast said rain next week and we got a monsoon on Monday. Felt like a hurricane weather. One minute it was a gully washer, another minute the sun was shinning. This went on all day.
The antifouling paint arrived today and I will have to wait till this
weekend for a couple of sunny days. I want to make sure the hull
is dry before the paint goes on. So far we have 2 coats of grey
Interlux barrier Epoxy, 2 coats of Green barrier epoxy and 2 coats
of antifouling paint. That is $800.00 worth of paint.
But you gots to have it.
Insurance surveyor arrived Monday to do an insurance survey. I guess they want to make sure the boat exists before insuring it. He told me a lot of people turn their boats into "liquid assets" when they sink and place insurence claims.
He wanted serial numbers on anything and everything. Tooks lots of pictures and spent 4 hours on the boat rummaging around. I told him ho point out any deficiencies he found so I could address them and pointed out two items he was going to mention on his report.
1 a loose bilge pump float switch ( the screw was not tight and the float had slid out of the scew head)
2 the water intake for the head, needed double clamping. Since the hose was 3" long between the seacock and the water filter, I felt 4 hoses on such a small hose was overkill, but he said to do it, so I pulled 2 extra hoses from my tool box after he left and installed them.
Boat passed with flying colors and was labeled above average. He put a used value at 42K and replacement value at 210K. I wonder how much it would cost to insure it for full replacement value???.
Well, Jeff bit the dust. I got to work Monday morning and found him on a chair at the shop nursing his foot. He tripped going up the boat ladder on Sunday afternoon and fell off. He was alone. He landed on his right foot and twisted it. He wont let me look at it or wants to go to the hospital. He claims its only a sprain and it will get better. He still cannot explain how he did it but I suspect there was some Heineken involved in the deal.
I left him alone for a while since I new he would relent eventually.
I speak from experience since I ran Moto X, Enduros and Hare Scrambles for 25 years. I sprained , twisted and broke many limbs, and fingers. I use to keep a set of crutches in my race van so I would not have to pay for a new set every time I ended up in the hospital. I still have a collection of arm and collar bone slings, fiberglass leg boots, crutches , canes and finger splints.
By 10 am his foot looked like a purple football. He finally asked to go to the emergency room. Yep, ankle is broke, he said dragging his sorry ass back in the truck when I picked him up 4 hours later from the hospital. He had a brand new set of 500.00 shiny crutches. I love insurance billing.
Well this has put a crimp on my schedule. I had to reassign several jobs to other people and see how he feels by this week end. Maybe I can get in on a rolling stool and get him to start shrink wrapping some of the boat items on the ground.
Even the best laid plans go array some times. Will regroup and get her done!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
20 years ago, we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we got no cash, no hope and no jobs. We must protect Kevin Bacon. Merica. (www.Cloyd Rivers.com)
My music of the week
That Man by Caro Emerald. This Dutch singer has captured the 30s and 40s sound. Love her music.
My music of the week
That Man by Caro Emerald. This Dutch singer has captured the 30s and 40s sound. Love her music.
Used 2 gallons of Interlux Bottomkote on the hull the night before it was to be loaded. The paint was very easy to apply and covered well but had a very strong odor. We were outside and there was a breeze so it was not overpowering. The Admiral green color has a sheen to it, sort of a satin/eggshell wall paint similarity.
Last cookout. Pork chops on the grill
Pedestal wrapped as a mummy
All items were well wrapped and secured
Lifting and storing all items.
Cleaning up and labeling items.
Made a craddle for the radar mast out of 2x4.
TV has straps on the wall to be secured while under way.
