1932 Classic Yacht
As I contemplate the work to re-varnish Merva I come to the boat house and better protecting Merva from the sun. I have decided to start to ‘button up’ the boathouse. I started this with replacing some of the more deteriorated plywood on the sunny side.
Getting ready for a cruise to Chatter Box falls. Depart around March 20th. First order of business is to get parts. I went looking for replacements for the house batteries (2x Trojan T-125 Plus) but could not find any locally. So picked a pair of ‘Interstate’ equivalents. They are about 10-15% poorer on the spec….
A very talented woodworker made a pair of benches for the cockpit. These are removable but remain in the usual case. A bit of cosmetic work done. The anchor locker hatch and for-deck skylight were stripped and varnished. The capping board was repainted.
Rule created the LoPro (low profile) 900 to allow the bilge pump to fit into tight spaces. It is only 2.25 inches high and the outlet can easily be rotated to a desired angle. It can also be configured to kick-in at 2″ or (a very shallow) 1.3″. Mine came configured for 1.3″ and I…
Water tanks sucked dry/clean and refilled. Moved fresh Whale water pump and installed a new Jabsco accumulator. The system held pressure over 12 hours so I think its ‘tight’. The thumping at the taps is gone but the pump still kicks in as soon as a tap is opened? The accumulator is supposed to come…
Visited the boat several times today. I figured out where to install the accumulator. I had to move the pump (done) and move some pipes/fittings (to be done). I drained the tanks into the bilge. This allowed me to; thoroughly clean the inside of the tanks determine to what degree fresh water plumbing may be…
First off – nobody drinks the water from these tanks. They are for the two sinks (dishes and washing hands). Decided to install an accumulator. This will reduce the frequency of the pump doing its thing (it can be a bit noisy in the quiet of night). It will also eliminate the pulsing at the…
The many faces of the salon.
It feels like spring. Merva awaits the 2019 season. There will be the short trips to the Farm but also the trip to Chatter Box Falls in June.
The weather has been foul but Merva is snug in its boat house/shed. It was a freezing night so I decided to sleep on it. This provided my first opportunity, in some months, to spend enough time on it to re-familiarize myself with where stuff is tucked away, the state of the engine, and such.