Hauled out for some maintenance before heading to Victoria for the classic boat show.
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Classic Yacht Association Rendezvous: Seattle
Tim and I are at the Classic Yacht Association rendezvous in Seattle this weekend. A nice guy airdropped this photo he took of Merva coming into Bell Harbor. You can see the big Ferris wheel in the background.
Preparing For The Bell Harbor Rendezvous
I’m getting Merva ready for the Bell Harbor Rendezvous. It starts next Friday. Merva is starting to look good. Can’t wait to do the decks and covering boards in the fall. I really like working on her – she is such a lovely boat. Exterior is gloss but the wheelhouse except for the countertop is…
Boathouse
Merva, once again, lives ‘under cover’.
Anchor, Sole, Clock
Anchor I rigged the anchor davit with a block-and-tackle and hook. Then, I fastened a wire hoop on the head of the anchor. The hook catches the wire hoop, and it does a good job of lifting and dropping the anchor without damaging the Merva’s sides. It’s taken me a while to set up the…
Erin, Stove, Trim
A little bit of this and that on Merva. Erin I’ve finished with Erin, Merva’s skiff, and it’s back on her house. I refinished the transom and painted her inside and out. The inside isn’t as good as I would like but the exterior is ok. Looking at the historic photos of Erin I saw…
Windlass, Grab Rail, Hatch
I finished cleaning out the windlass then bought some ½” square steel bar stock, cut it to length, drilled the hole for a spring and shaped the end to fit the gear. It matches the existing brake pawl minus the broken-out hole. I hope it works (I’m waiting for a new spring.) Installed the Starboard…
Windlass, Name Boards
Windlass The windlass has a problem. Peter told me about it when I bought the boat. Both Donny (another former owner) and Peter warned me to try and fix it before I went cruising this season. As the anchor is being retrieved the gears often slip. This makes getting the anchor up difficult. I had…
Engine, Tender, Wheel House
Engine Merva’s raw water pump had an on-going leak out the back and had build-up a bit of corrosion around the seal between the pump and the engine body. I debated whether to replace the pump (the expensive option or just buy an O-ring gasket.) I opted for a new pump. The old pump came…
Merva’s bits and pieces
I’ve been doing bits and pieces on Merva. Physically the biggest pieces on the interior were the salon sole hatches. The largest was a little over five feet long and thirty inches wide. They are installed and the surrounding original floor (that would be difficult and very disruptive to remove and replace) is sanded and…