Hey folks,
Been awhile since I've posted on here, but my wife is sick and tired of hearing me extol in excitement so here I am.
The
formosa 36 I paid 5k for in 2020 is almost ready to get its belly wet finally!
My son and I have:
Rebuilt the
cabin top
Ground out and reglassed where the
keel was delaminating around the ballast (yes, I did it right, PO put it
on the hard just in time)
Installed an ac34
electric inboard w regen
Installed a 1.2kw
solar array (bimini)
Rebuilt mizzen
mast step
Sealed (ground and reglassed from below) an infinite amount of
deck leaks (deck is 3/8th glass under teak)
Redone stuffing box
Rebuilt
Rudder (ended up keeping original and just refacing it + new freeze plugs, as it's a huge solid slab of
teak.)
Replaced 5x Lazerette covers w new built ones
Rebuilt front
hatch
Rebuilt turtle top
Fully replaced
water pressure system, after
tanks and before faucets
Fully replaced bildge
pump systems, 1 A/C 1 whale gusher, independent
plumbing.
Gutted remnants of old
diesel propulsion Inc
fuel tank, heat exchange,
exhaust etc etc etc.
Fit up a
radio and masthead
antenna
Fit up a gps/ais
antenna and spent my last few
head hairs setting up
opencpn on
Linux
Installed a 48v 400ah
agm battery bank charged off solar/prop regen
Installed a 3500w 48v
inverter and wired to outlets
Installed a 12v 400ah
battery bank charged by a trickle
charger run on
inverter
Retabbed the bottom of every bulkhead
Reinforced springy
hull sections w extra 24oz glass
Repaired/replaced original brass screens - f u mosquitos, I have a tight fitted
screen for every
single opening inc
companionway
Killed approx 1000 spiders, started w flip flop - now we use terro spray (they writhe, it's satisfying) and a combo of 3 diff types of bomb cans
Trained my
dogs to pee in the suppers
Replaced all stantions and
Lifelines
Replaced all
rigging, running & standing. Standing I went up a size because I felt like it. Next time I'll go
dyneema.
Removed old sprit and built/installed new one
Replaced
head
Removed old alc
stove and setup a gimballed instapot w steam collection apparatus to blow good smells into
cockpit, not
fog up down below.
Removed, rebuilt, Reinstalled butterfly
hatch
Rebuilt the sliding/extending berth so it works
Refaired or rebuilt fancy
wood doors so they all fit (they had swollen up, I disassembled the individual segments, Refaired, and reassembled)
Repainted entire
interior with kilz mold&mildew in bright white. Only left a few nice varnished trim pieces to accent.
Rebuilt
anchor locker bulkhead
Replaced Sampson posts, and cut them off at underside of foredeck.
Rebuilt and reinforced
davits
Built a little
plywood dinghy and painted to match.
Rewired/repaired/re-identified all friggin sorts of 12v & 120v
wiring
Sawed off and rebuilt from scratch the
hull "beak". It was a clusterF of shoddy
repairs, PO mustve hit something.
Installed all new
deck hardware (Sans winches) for mizzen, main, & genny.
Restored around a gazillion Sq ft of
teak decking from having 1/2" of algae slime to crisp, grippy, and tan.
Discarded literally 167 used up orbital sander disc's.
Got really drunk on pyrat
rum
Made a whole bunch of friends
Had the best 3 years of my life so far. If this was the hard part - oh man am I EXCITED!
About to head to
boat for the season on Saturday, have a small list of chores + a larger list I forgot about + whatever damage the
winter did then hopefully launching and GOING SAILING FINALLY before may!
Thanks to all for the years of
advice, encouragement, and inspiration even and especially from all the stuff gleaned while lurking!
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