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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.