{"id":253,"date":"2022-09-04T01:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T01:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/?p=253"},"modified":"2022-09-04T02:14:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T02:14:56","slug":"lots-to-update-on-boat-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/2022\/09\/04\/lots-to-update-on-boat-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Lots to update on boat projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a lot of updates to do on the web-site about the various boat projects that I have done during the spring and summer of 2022.\u00a0 It&#8217;s been a busy time trying to prepare all the various boat systems and gear for our trip to Bahamas.\u00a0 I sure hope to have some time as we head south to catch up and document these for my own records plus to help those who maybe following in our foot steps in the next couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>I plan to cover&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Completion of my companion way doors<\/li>\n<li>Making my own motor mount for the stern rail<\/li>\n<li>My rudder repair job<\/li>\n<li>Windlass control addition of a down pedal and hand remote<\/li>\n<li>Bottom sanding to remove the old VC17 (not suitable for salt water)<\/li>\n<li>Fixing a hair-line crack in gelcoat below water discovered during bottom paint removal<\/li>\n<li>Barrier coating with Interprotect 2000<\/li>\n<li>Anti-fouling painting with Micron CSC<\/li>\n<li>Installation of my new Vari-Profile folding propeller<\/li>\n<li>Installation of line cutter on prop shaft<\/li>\n<li>Re-building my macerator pump<\/li>\n<li>Re-bedding a leaky stanchion<\/li>\n<li>New water fill and vent lines for the forward water tank<\/li>\n<li>Propane sensor installation<\/li>\n<li>Relocation water tank controls &amp; pump to allow for the macerator pump install<\/li>\n<li>Install of Y-valve, macerator and new waste hoses from holding tank to deck &amp; thru-hull<\/li>\n<li>Battery system replacement when I found one of my 4D house batteries had gone bad<\/li>\n<li>Safety improvements for jack-lines and harness clip point in the cockpit area<\/li>\n<li>Throttle tension adjustment<\/li>\n<li>Fixing our misbehaving auto-helm<\/li>\n<li>Our EcoFlow River Pro portable power station and folding solar panels<\/li>\n<li>My learning of sewing and projects using a Sailrite LSZ-1 sewing machine<\/li>\n<li>What I did for mast supports for our journey along the Erie Canal with our mast down<\/li>\n<li>Fender boards for our trip south<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wow the list is pretty long and I am probably forgetting a few.<\/p>\n<p>So look for updates on these projects as we make our way south.\u00a0 If your interested in a particular project let me know and I can try to prioritize documenting that one.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a lot of updates to do on the web-site about the various boat projects that I have done during the spring and summer of 2022.\u00a0 It&#8217;s been a busy time trying to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boat-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Layout-for-fiberglass-repair.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsundog.ca\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}