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Maintenance

Boatyard

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Questeria is overdue for a bottom job. The last time was October 2015. The type of paint we use is not effective if it is out of the water, and she was hauled out for Irma in 2017. Now, in 2019, the paint is chipping off.

There are other things we want to do while the boat is out of the water. We need to fix leaks in the cockpit drains—they drain below the water line. Also, one of the seacocks is stuck. We also need to refurbish the dripless shaft seal. We expect to find more things once we are out of the water.

Preparation

We get to Marathon in September, after our Alaska RV trip. Questeria has been closed-up for six months. The air conditioner has been off for months because the filter plugged up. Everything is musty and smells bad.

In anticipation of not staying on the boat, we reserved an RV site at Curry Hammock State Park. This is close to the boat—I can easily ride my bike back and forth.

We can’t get in the boatyard for a couple of weeks, so we use the time to thoroughly clean everything inside the boat. We throw away a lot of things that have absorbed odors.

We also get the boat ready to motor to the boatyard (The sails have been taken down for hurricane season.)

We motor to Marathon Marina and Resort boatyard on October 4. Our friends David and Brenda help us.

We get to the channel to the boatyard ahead of schedule. They tell us on the radio we can come in, but we will have to wait inside. It’s a while but we finally get pulled out of the water. The bottom is in bad shape.

Bottom Paint

The last time we pulled out for a bottom job was at Outta The Blue boatyard. We paid them to sand off all the old bottom paint, put on a barrier coat, and two coats of bottom paint. We find out they put the barrier coat on over old bottom paint. So now, instead of a light sanding, we need to remove all the old paint.

It looks like it will take longer than we thought. We make arrangements with the boat yard to stay a full week.

We meet P.J. and Michelle, from Big Pond Boatworks. They have a NautiPrep dustless glass blaster that can take off the old paint down to the gel coat. We decide that is what we want to do. We also ask them to do the barrier coat. I had decided to do the bottom paint myself, so I could make sure it was done right, but in hindsight, I should have had them do it all.

Barrier Coat

It turns out great.

Lower Bobstay Attachment

We notice that the lower bobstay attachment (AKA cutwater) is rusted almost all the way through. I call Keys Rigging and Curt comes out and looks at it. He says that after he gets the old one out, we need to get a new part fabricated. It will take two to three weeks. We make arrangement with the boatyard to stay a month.

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Old Bobstay

The cutwater is embedded in epoxy. Access is in our v-berth. It takes about five hours to dig it out. We prepare for this by isolating the forward cabin in plastic wrap, so we don’t get dust in the whole boat. It turns out to be a stainless steel bar, with a pin, that was embedded in epoxy.

Old Bobstay

We find an alternative to fabricating a new piece. It is a bronze piece that bolts to the hull. We order one from Spartan Marine. Between Keys Rigging and Big Pond Boatworks, we get the new bobstay attachment on and it looks great—boat jewelery.

New Bobstay

Interior Work

While others are working outside, we are working inside. (For as long as we can stand the heat.) We refurbish our dripless shaft seal (stuffing box). We also fix the leaking cockpit drains and the seacock to shut it off. We have to cut a larger access hatch in the floor to do this.

We continue cleaning. We buy a small electric pressure washer and clean the bilge. It works great.

Pressure Washer

Painting Hull

Since we were going to be here for a month we decide to hire Big Pond Boatworks to paint the hull. We pick out a white color for the hull and a blue color for the top stripe. We decide to eliminate the boot stripe at the bottom.

Working in Proress

The gel coat on Questeria is very thick, but it is oxidized. The blue paint is cracked and in very bad shape. Everything must be sanded. The blue trim must be completely sanded off.

Launching

Back in the Water

We launch on November 12. Questeria looks great. The paint job took longer than estimated, but they charged us what was quoted. The boatyard is great as well—they don’t charge us for the extended time.

We get Questeria back to our marina. We are still living in the RV, hopping between Curry Hammock and Bahia Honda state parks. The interior is still torn up and we aren’t finished cleaning. We leave her again to take the RV to Fort Meyers for repairs and maintenance.

Cruising, Maintenance, RVing

Update

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It’s been a while since my last post, and I thought I would share an update of what we’ve been up to in the past five months.

Return to the East

Family

My last post, in mid-September, was about returning from our Alaska RV trip. After that, we left the RV in Denver, CO and flew to Charlotte, NC for our annual “Beach Week”, which was actually on a lake this time. We flew back to Denver and stayed in the Colorado/New Mexico area for a while. We left the RV at Cochiti Lake Campground, near Albuquerque, NM, and flew to Chicago, IL for Labor Day weekend. We got together with family, and buried my mom’s ashes. We flew back, and went to Taos, NM for the Big Barn Dance. After that, we stopped to see our friends, Gary and Ellen, in Chattanooga, TN. Then we drove to Florida.

The Big Barn Dance

Boatyard

Questeria was in need of a lot of work. She was closed up for six months, and needed lots of help. She was also way overdue for a bottom job. What started as a few days in the boatyard ended up taking a month. We stayed on the RV, flipping back and forth between Curry Hammock State Park and Bahia Honda State Park. They were both pretty busy, but this time of year there are cancellations. We lucked-out and found a spot in one park or another the whole time. We got the boat back in the water, and it looked great on the outside, but was torn-up on the inside.

RV repair and Maintenance

We had an appointment at Camper’s World, in Fort Meyers, FL, to get the RV repaired. Besides the repair for the collision damage from our Alaska trip, there were several other things that need to be done. After a week, we got some of things done, but then we had to wait for parts. The remaining items would have to wait until after the holidays.

Thanksgiving

After that, we drove to Jonathon Dickinson State Park, in Hobe Sound, FL, and then to John Prince Park, in Lake Worth, FL. We spend Thanksgiving with some family in Delray Beach, FL.

Holidays

Then, we drove to North Myrtle Beach, SC, to see Ryan and Audrey. Then, Wilmington, NC for Johnny’s 4th birthday, and Jameson’s 1st birthday a week later. We hung out in the North Carolina for the rest of December.

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The grandkids

Waiting

We called Camping World, in Fort Meyers to find out the status of the parts needed to finish the job. The insurance company would not pay for a new piece, and said it had to fixed. Also, the wrong awning was delivered. They would reorder the awning. We made an appointment for three weeks later.

Savannah, GA

While we waiting, we drove to Tega Cay, SC for a few days, to spend time with grandsons Jackson and Oliver. Then to Savannah, GA for some sight seeing. Then we drove to Faver-Dykes State Park in St. Augustine, FL and Sebastian Inlet State Park, in Melbourne Beach, FL. Then, to Ortona South Campground, in Moore Haven, FL.

Second Time

We drove to our appointment at Camping World, in Fort Meyers, FL. We talked to the body repair guy and he said the damaged part needed to be replaced. We asked him to send more pictures to the insurance company to justify it. We left the RV there so they could fix the slide-out and replace the awning.

When we came back that afternoon, they had taken more pictures of the collision damage, and fixed the slide-out, but they didn’t replace the awning because they got the wrong one again.

Back to the Boat

We were ready to go to the boat, but at that point it was torn-up inside and had been closed up for three months—it was unlivable. It was the end of January, and the affordable state parks near Marathon were fully booked. We booked a week at Southern Comfort RV Park, in Florida City. It’s about a 1½ hour drive to the boat.

We spent the week driving back and forth between Marathon and Florida City, but we got the boat in shape. We paid for a month of storage at Southern Comfort RV Park and moved to the boat.

There is still a lot of work to do on the boat, but we are here now, trying not to work too hard.