Posted: December 05 2010 at 13:58 | IP Logged

Thanks Capt Mark...remove all the panels, remove all the shag carpet reminents, clean, sand, tack cloth, mask and cover everything you dont want painted, marine grade primer, Tuff-Stuff, 2 coats (I used about .75 of a quart for the head).  I plan to install the composite bead board paneling on the ceiling in the head (as well as the rest of the cabin) but the Tuff-Stuff coating is excellent on the curved verticle surfaces around the windows.

Tom

Posted: December 05 2010 at 15:04 | IP Logged

Went down to the boat yard to check on her..packed in for the winter...

Posted: December 06 2010 at 17:48 | IP Logged

It's a sad day.  Temps in the teens and snow all over the Sea-Dated.  I went and winterized the plumbing and drained the hot water heater on Saturday.  Today, I ran the motors for a 10 minutes then ran the pink anti-freeze through them.  We're still in the water and I am planning on a warm day sometime this month for a cruise to view the Christmas lights along the Ohio River.

I'll send some pictures when I do.

Posted: December 06 2010 at 18:29 | IP Logged

H3, great job on the boat lights. What powers all that underway?

CC, here is our transom shot.  If anyone has kids then you know the Madagascar movies and where the name came from.

Capt Mark, do you ice fish?  It's time. Still trying to find a buck with the muzzleloader.

Brad

Posted: December 06 2010 at 22:39 | IP Logged

Hey, CC Gang. Jim HH how was the boat parade??

In the 30's next few days, in SE FLORIDA!!! Didn't move here to be cold! How bout it Boatman??? Chrismas tree looks great.

Dennis, I need to put name and port of call on boss's Donzi, going to try to use Boat U.S. graphics, your's looks great.

Stay warm, Capt. Heavy

Posted: December 07 2010 at 09:16 | IP Logged

Just be careful...it's not finished for a reason...

Unless the buyer is totally motivated and has unlimited funds, would be more of a headache.  One thing I've learned with boats is to buy something that is at least functional and able to be used immediately.  I've been trying to restore cosmetic stuff and if I had to do functional items she'd probably still be on land after 3+ years.  The most expensive boat is one that cannot be used and enjoyed.

Yes Berg, got cold quickly up here this year.  My house too has minimal insulation in the walls, I bet if I threw water on some of them it would freeze instantly!  Got the wood stove crankin', trying to use as little oil as possible. 

Posted: December 07 2010 at 14:08 | IP Logged

Here's a zipper tip.  Had some work done recently on our canvas enclosure.  Had to have one zipper replaced.  The canvas guy said that the worst lubricant that can be used is WD40, which of course is what I had been using!  Says it acts like cutting oil and will destroy the zipper teeth.  He strongly recommends sewing machine oil, which I bought.  It's as thin as water!  Not too expensive but I had trouble finding it so bought it off the web.  3 in 1 oil seems thick in comparison!

Denis

Posted: December 07 2010 at 14:17 | IP Logged

I use Superlube on all my snaps and zippers...synthetic and non petroleum

Posted: December 07 2010 at 15:53 | IP Logged

I heard that in December of 2012 the planets will align and the Earth's axis wil change with this being the new North Pole:

HAHA Just kidding around 

Stay warm down there! 

Posted: December 08 2010 at 20:19 | IP Logged

Hi Everyone,

I use cherry flavored lip balm on zippers. Unflavoreded's fine but the flavored ones leave a nice smell.

Nauti- I know that southern spot well! Been to the Dry Tortugas too. It's 'bout a 3 hour ride one way on a 15 knot ferry- was rough too. The skipper had a sense of humor- played films of a force 5 hurricane on the vioeo system...the whole way back. Fuuuuney!

A couple of ideas for the cabin ceiling: maybe use 2 two or three different color paint job for artistic affect or varous textile panels RTV'd or snapped to the ceiling.

Here's what I did in the cockpit- the two tone idea worked well- might be cool in the main cabin.

We're back from Disneyland after a 5,  count-um 5 day visit! Went on California Adventure's totally-happening roller coaster in the driving rain. Something not to be missed- like jumping in a pool and being hit in the face with small needles. The Disney Railroad broke down in the Grand Canyon tunnel- we waited 30 minutes- ugg! It's possible the trainee engineer was on a steep learning curve. Lot of rail-car banging and jarring on the starts and stops. Speed was suspicially fast too. The soundtrack was out of sync- talking about dinosours when we were pulling into Main Street Station- hmmm. The three synced computers crashed on Space Mountain. We had to unload manually. was kind of fun! We're Disneyed-out. We now know where they hide the mops, and that the park is starting to look a bit long-in-the-tooth if one looks carefully- which we did. It was national Pharmistists week at the Anaheim Convention Center, so our intimate no-crowd visit turned out to be a mob scene and their families. Had a blast anyway! People watching is world class there and the food's much better these days if you know where to go. We've never had better service anywhere than at the Bleu Byou at New Orlenes Square- Top drawer all the way! Sorry guys, my spelling sucks when it comes the south.

Great Christmas photos- really in the spirit! Looks like it's going to be a long winter's nap. 

all the best! Diver

Posted: December 08 2010 at 21:01 | IP Logged

Hey Roy, guess Mickey and Minnie went on vacation...you know what they say, when the mice are away, uh, yeah something like that!

Great Job Jim, congrats on 1st place! 

Roy, I know exactly how I want the ceiling to look in the cabin, just need to do it.  I picture this stuff in my mind for a while, refine all the details then go for it.  I did that with my fireplace/wood stove insert, thought about it for a few months then just pieced it together with no written/drawn plan:

I do not know if you seen it in any of the yachting magazines, but I want the ceiling to be similar to the one in the super mega yacht Nero:

Something like this but with white beadboard paneling surrounded by nice wood work:

Posted: December 09 2010 at 09:04 | IP Logged

Thanks guys, took me about 3 weeks (just the evenings and weekends) to complete.  It used to be a red brick fireplace, I had to re-lay all of the brick then cemented the granite tiles to it, then did all the framing around the newly installed granite then cut and installed all the solid oak, some nice stain an viola!  Because the flue was nto in great condition, we decided to go with the stove insert and full SS sleeve to the top of the chimeny, pretty much paid for itself in the first couple of winters.  When we have visitors to the house they ask which company I had do the work.  Hoping to repeat my success with the cabin ceiling.

Wow Floater...14 degrees in NC ?!?!  So glad I am up here in the warm Northeast!  Was 24 overnight. 

Posted: December 10 2010 at 10:39 | IP Logged

Gentlemen:

I have been thinking about a project for my boat. I would like to add a hand shower to the open deck area- possibly with enough force to use as a deck wash down too.  Has anyone done this?

Looking forward to your input.

Posted: December 10 2010 at 11:29 | IP Logged

KY, check on the Westmarine website under West Advisor. 

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/WestAdvi sorView?langId=-1&storeId=11151&catalogId=10001& page=Fresh-water-Systems

I have not done this but sounds like a good idea..freshwater, salt, one of each?

Posted: December 11 2010 at 09:34 | IP Logged

Hey, Gang. Nauti, don't send us fogging oil, send a bottle of scotch instead!!

Jim HH, congrats on winning 1st place. Didn't make the parade. Maybe next year.

KY, I added a freswater washdown hose to mystic diver, we use it for showering after swimming, washing off fish blood off the deck and rinsing off fish gear. I have a flo-jet pump for the freshwater system. The 25 foot hose is long enough to reach the bow to rinse off mud on the anchor. Very handy to have.

See, Ya, Heavy

Posted: December 11 2010 at 10:37 | IP Logged

KY, I installed a raw water(lake water) wash down pump on the Rob Roy.  The pump is a high pressure(70-80 psi)at around 5-6 gallons /minute.  I was thinking about routing a house from the cooling system on the port motor to give me some hot water.  Lake Superior is clean so that isn't an issue. 

My concern was that I would be drawing too much water from the cooling system.  I already have a remote heater routed of that motor.  I'm not sure what the sea pumps are rated for.  I read some time back that the Delvcon system has a tremdous water output, more than the system could ever handle. 

The water holding tanks on our boats are fairly small.  I am contemplating increasing the size of the tank and running an auxillary outlet for a warm shower on the transom.

If you go with a raw water washdown, make sure you use a high quality through hull bass fitting.  No plastic fittings under the ater line.  I'll see if I can find a photo or two on my installation.

Posted: December 12 2010 at 12:15 | IP Logged

I started out thinking about a hand held shower with a long enough hose so people (mainly my wife) could rinse off and shower on the swim platform.  i know she could use the shower in the cabin but I thought I'd rather watch her shower... Totally self serving on this.  I plan to just extend the pex plumbing to a hand held shower.  They sell them for boats and RV's for around $60...

But, I'd really like a higher pressure hose for washdown.  As mentioned in an earlier post, I had wondered about using the water intake line for the engines for supply if it didn't hurt the cooling capacity...  I probably would only use it with the engine turned off.  I like this idea because I hate adding holes in my hull.  Does anyone else have an opinion on this?

Posted: December 12 2010 at 12:25 | IP Logged

Back home until Tuesday, got in last night.  Got PAID!!  Raining, now in Florida.  Resting, so not much I can do to boat, when leaving Tuesday, but will survey and discard unnecessary trash on boat in Salon area, for now.  I'll check bilge for rainwater.  Think I'll sit on deck, for a spell, and DREAM!!!!! 

been to Ft. Worth, thanksgiving in Harrisburg, Pa.,.  been to Houston, and 4 stops in Florida, from Jacksonville-Ocala-Orlando, and finished in Miami.  slept in Vero Beach truck stop, then dropped truck/trailer in Bartow, then grocery store and finally, HOME!!    More later.  Fly B.  (Dan) 

Posted: December 12 2010 at 12:54 | IP Logged

Ky, what about the raw water intake for the MSD/toilet?  My head has a raw water flush toilet but I use the handheld shower to rinse and flush, keeping that seacock closed.  You could tee off or reroute it the washdown.

Posted: December 12 2010 at 16:55 | IP Logged

Dan,

That job you have is one of the most grueling, un appreciated, long hours, low paying, slave driving mind wrenching jobs that exist. 

Rest up brother............another day starts tomorrow.

KY, diverting the cooling water for a shower prior to the thermostat won't hurt the capicity for your shower.  The pump that you would use for such a shower wouldn't suffice as a wash done pump though.  You need to get high pressure with a high gpm.  

I would suggest using the warm water that has gone through the engine.  This way your wife would have a warm shower.  She would be prone to taking longer showers.  Thus it would truly be slef serving on your behalf.

I was hasitant to do that since I have already diverted water fromt he cooling system to a remote heater.  I don't know how much more water I could rob form the system before I would have issues of lack of coolant.