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View Poll Results: DIY or not?
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Rig repair DIY
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23 |
69.70% |
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Rig repair Hand away
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10 |
30.30% |
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Engine, steering, mechanics DIY
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32 |
96.97% |
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Engine, steering, mechanics Hand away
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6 |
18.18% |
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Sails DIY
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13 |
39.39% |
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Sails Hand away
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18 |
54.55% |
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Hull, deck, fittings, interior DIY
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33 |
100.00% |
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Hull, deck, fittings, interior hand away
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3 |
9.09% |
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Electronics, electricity, charging etc. DIY
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31 |
93.94% |
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Electronics, electricity, charging etc. Hand away
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5 |
15.15% |
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29-10-2009, 03:31
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#1
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sweden
Boat: Between boats
Posts: 474
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DIY Repairs
How many of you do repairs yourself. Now I'm not talking about repairs that require special tools, like some rig work, but "standard" repairs. electronics, hull, rig, sails, engine. Anything from changing a broken impeller to changing a cylinder head gasket while under way.
/Hampus
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29-10-2009, 03:35
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sweden
Boat: Between boats
Posts: 474
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The only thing I don't feel comfortable to even try to repair are the sails. Don't have a sewing machine either and I'm sooooo slow using a needle.
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29-10-2009, 04:20
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#3
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: miami
Boat: Spindrift 43 SV Falkor
Posts: 231
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Ive owned a boat for 7 weeks, Ive sailed it 3 times, Since then Ive replaced the prop shaft, resealed the prop strut. Replaced the stuffing box and the cutlass bearing,Aligned the engine, Repaired the rudder, faired the prop strut, fixeda blister and re wired the tach, the fuel guage and the engine panel. I cant imagine the costof owning a boat if you cant work on it yourself. I did have the yard do the bottom paint, I dont have enough time to do that.
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29-10-2009, 07:02
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#4
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Boat: 48' 1963 S&S yawl
Posts: 851
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I'll pretty much do everything myself that I have tools for and hand off other stuff.
Examples: Rudder blade core is soggy: I'll pull and reinstall the rudder,but i'll have the 'specialist' fab the new blade and vacuum bag the glass on.
I could do it but without the right tools it'd take me too long and the result wouldn't be as good.
Replace shaft log: I'll source the materials and pull/install the tube, but the machinist will have to fabricate it.
Awlgrip the sticks: Just pay the yard.
The time/$/result analysis is something I usually do with a "big" job.
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29-10-2009, 08:40
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#5
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Houston
Boat: '76 Allied Seawind II, 32'
Posts: 9,611
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Jack of all, master of none, anal enough to make wires look and behave better than new.
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29-10-2009, 09:11
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#6
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Santa Cruz
Boat: Boatless Again
Posts: 6,118
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If you are going cruising, you are going to be in places where there are no boatyards. What you DIY, you know how to fix.
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29-10-2009, 09:17
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#7
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: West Coast, BC , Canada
Boat: Cascade
Posts: 595
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I would do it all if I had all the tools.
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Go outside and PLAY!
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29-10-2009, 13:58
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,192
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I didn't include DIY Electronics because I don't repair radio/SSB/radar/GPS/Chartplotters. I do, on the other hand, take care of batteries and install electronics and wire things and do wiring projects.
I usually hand off sail repairs because of the machinery requred for many projects.
regards,
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John
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