Future Projects
- Anchors and Sea Anchors
- Communications
- Deck
- Install windlass
- Install chainpipe
- Replace v-berth deadlights with portlights
- Install portlight on front of cabin
- Forward hatch replacement.
- James Baldwin replacing of deadlights with externally mounted 3/8" plexiglass/acrylic, cast NOT extruded, Barbara J #342 1968
- James Baldwin replacing forward hatch with a Improving Your Boat's Companionway
- Good Old Boat Seahood
- Lackey Sailing Seahood Update links to fetch locally
- Sunshade from ShelterLogic similar the shade on Nautica #614.
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- Install solar powered vent -- Done 2017-06-18.
- Dinghy
- Nymph 7'-9"x3'-6" from two sheets of 1/4" thick 4'x8' plywood
- Chameleon 10'-4"x4'-2" from three sheets of 1/4" thick 4'x8' plywood. Two parts that nest.
- Electrical and Instruments
- Create an Arduino/Raspberry Pi 3 to receive NMEA-0183 data from Garmin
instruments and send the data via WiFi to OpenCPN
using a dAISy hat. Examples include Partmarine and <King Tide
- Relocate compass to be at the top of the set of four ?
- Relocate battery Newmar ABC123 15 amp battery charger
permanently
- Remove/Replace battery boxes located in two aftmost cabin sole openings. At least one of them has been drilled open on the forward end.
- Install voltmeter with two throw switch so that it might monitor either battery
- Install ammeter
- Install a Victron battery monitor. See Electrical
- AIS receiver. Perhaps a dAISy ?
- Solar trackers
- James Baldwin solar trackers
- Possibly mount athawrtships a long rectangular solar panel on stern pushpit with ability to disconnect and stow below in a blow
- Possibly mount on extending pole as in this video
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- Enable bow navigation lights -- Done 20160511
- Disable navigation lights on either side of the cabin -- Disabled 20160511, Holes filled 20170329.
- Relocate depth display from beneath compass to in column with wind and speed instruments -- Done 2017-03-29
- Replace battery switch with one that has a field disconnect and connect to alternator or hardwire alternator to a battery. -- Not needed. Alternator feeds aft battery directly 2017-08-09
- Rewire electric bilge pump with new switch -- Done 2017-08-11
- Engine
- Reroute fuel lines directly from aft lazarette into engine room...NOT through starboard lazarette
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- Replace fuel lines with ABYC and USGC approved line. Perhaps Trident Marine
-- Done 2017-09-25 and 2017-09-27
- Galley
- See Also Fresh Water
- Tim Peek, Nevermore #219 bought two flexible water tanks made by Lalizas at West Marine. The bench seats in the cabin, the two compartments closest you aft by the engine. I bought a 100 Liter flexible fresh water bag, in the rectangle shape for the port side. Another one, 75 liter for the starboard. Filled up the fit perfectly. Then I ran freshwater hose from those bags back to the sink area. I connected both feeds to a plastic garden hose y-valve, which goes to the sink foot pump. The y-valve was so I could switch between which one I wanted to use and balance out the weight as I consume the water.
- James Baldwin installing an Origo single burner slide-out, gimbaled alcohol stove about timestamp 0900.
- James Baldwin installing an integral v-berth fresh water tank coated with Bar Rust 233H
into a Cape Dory 27 with Divinycell
bulkheads. Details of installation into an Albin Ballad 30 using RedTree 4" Mohair Mini Rollers w/ 3/16" nap.
- James Baldwin installing an integral v-berth fresh water tank coated with Brewcoat
into a 1968 Alberg 30. Consider using a 3" PVC drain of the anchor locker so that the rode can be stored deeper into the bilge. Tank constructed of cabinet grade of 1/2" ply from Home Depot, called Sandply.
- James Baldwin installing an integral bilge fresh water tank coated with Brewcoat
into Barbara J #342 1968
- James Baldwin installing an integral v-berth fresh water tank coated with Devoe Bar-Rust 233H and 6" Beckson deck plate (only one that does not leak) into an Albin Ballard.
- MAX CLR FDA compliant coating for direct food contact applications (video of use aboard Triteia)
- Apply Skyco Ospho to the ballast to stop any rust in evidence.
- James Baldwin Integral Water Tank
- Wood/Epoxy Composite Tank Guidelines
- General
- Hanging Locker
- Build adjustable shelves: cut shelves to fit the hanging locker.
- Attach to the underside of the shelves four barrel bolts extending fore and aft.
- Obtain four wood strips that fit the height of the hanging locker.
- Drill a hole that fits the barrel bolt every x" through all four in one pass using the drill press.
- Attach, using countersunk screws, the four wood strips to the fore and aft bulkheads of the hanging locker.
- Place a shelf by holding it at the desired location and extend the barrel bolts into the wood strips.
- "Perforated Galvanized Steel Duct Strip" would be fine as a template for drilling the wood strips. Wood strips could be replaced by "Plated Steel Slotted Metal Flat Bar" from Lowe's with spacers every x" between the flat metal bar and the bulkheads.
- Hull
- Install manual bilge pump and secure its hoses
- Remove existing icebox and rebuild level with counter
- Remove and replace loose fiberglass in floor/over keel accessible via forwardmost cabin sole opening
- Attach horizontal chainplates to both stern quarters for the attachment of a Jordan Series Drogue
- Remove navigation lights on either side of the cabin -- Removed 20170307
- Refinish the topsides as described
- Interior
- James Baldwin's Atom interior
- Bed for two: attached cleats to both settees below fiddle, place board with top surface even with fiddles over cleats joining settees into a single surface, fold down panels from backs of both settees to bring level up even with the fiddles
- Instrument Cover
- V-Berth Rebuild
- #262 was painted in 2004 with Kilz Original White Low-VOC Oil-Based Interior Primer, Sealer and Stain-Blocker per John Maleszewski.
- The five vertical teak supports to which the peg board was connected by Robertson screws are loose. The Bondo (per Mike Lehman) used to secure the strips has failed. Mike's recommendation is to use 3M 5200 to resecure the teak to the Bondo. The 5200 will have enough flex and holding power to keep the strips in place.
- Ceil the sides from the top down. Make the first strip run parallel to the underside of the deck.
- ? Use cedar strips in place of teak for the cleanliness and odor as did 322 Avoca Maurice Cedar strips without bead or cove are available from Chesapeake Light Craft. Cost is $58 for 80 feet of 3/4" square edged strips. Would need 185 feet per side or about $96 per side. With bead and cove milled into the strips, the effective width is reduced from 3/4" to 5/8", increasing the number of strips required from 25 to 30, and the cost to $150 per side.
- ? Use Clear White Cedar Planking from Kerr Canoes. Planking is 5/32" thick, 3" wide, and 8 feet long. Would need 6 or 7 planks per side. Cost is $1.75 per lineal foot or $98 per side.
- ? Use 1-3/4" x 11-3/4" x 96" Red Cedar lumber from Menard's in Lancaster. Rip the plank into 1/4" strips getting 3 strips per inch or 35 strips per board. Cost $56 per board.
- ? Use 1/8" x 2" x 96" teak doorskin from Wood-Chip Marine Lumber & Supplies in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.
- See Cruiser's Forum gallery
- ? Replace cushions with 8" memory foam CAREFUL: make sure ther is enough vertical space
- ? Ensure airflow below cushions with Froli sleep systems
- Handmade V-berth Sheets
- Custom-fit Covers (top sheets/blankets) for the V-berth Tutorial
- 11 Latika Woody Woodford -- Benjamin Moore's Aura Bath & Spa paint on the interior surfaces at the recommendation of a professional painter.
- 256 Surprise Gordon Laco -- So, any paint whose colour, level of gloss, and texture you like, will do the job. But whatever paint you use, great care must be taken in preparing the surfaces. Wash them with detergent to get the visible and invisible grime off. Wipe with solvent (being careful to observe safety rules regarding the vapours) to remove waxes and oils. Sand carefully to smooth and tooth up the surfaces...then wipe again to remove the dust.
- 284 Blue Teal David Kay -- done by Tim Lackey. He used two coats of white Bilgekote
- 322 Avoca Maurice -- three coats of Tremclad white high gloss (Canadian branding of Rustoleum), used a bit more than 2 gallons. That includes behind the pegboard, which I removed and tossed, and in all lockers above the waterline. I did not sand much but scraped off all peeling paints and really washed and scrubed the interior before painting with a potion of TSP, Mr. Clean and chlorine, wear gloves! Use good paint brushes and a 4 inch roller and slather it on thick and go back to clean up drips.
- 495 Quasar Stephen Gwyn -- I replaced the pegboard with teak doorskin plywood, 1/8" thick, cut it into 3" wide strips. There's a 1/8" gap between adjacent strips, used an extra scrap as a spacer. They screw into the existing ribs that are stuck to the inside of the hull. A quick wipe down with lemon oil, it looks fantastic, much classier than the pegboard. Air circulation is fine. Only the front ply of the doorskin is teak, and I was worried about the back plies rotting after a few years. But it's been 10 years so far and when I pulled a strip up to run some wires this past spring it was still spotless.
- 583 Candy Cane Kris Coward -- I'll second the use of a bathroom paint if you're going to use interior latex. I can't remember exactly which one I used a couple of years ago, but I remember that I was looking to balance as little VOC as possible with as much anti-mold/fungal quality as possible, and that it wasn't really necessary to make much (if any) of a tradeoff on these attributes.
- Navigation
- Rig
- Boom bail in place of existing bolt? Check class rules see Bill Boyle's write up
- James Baldwin replacing chainplates of Barbara J #342 1968
- Inner Stay
- Replace all standing rigging. See Jonathan Adams's write up -- Done Winter of 2020.
- Safety
- Flares and Rockets
- Red Parachute flares 30,000 candela, 40 seconds, 1,000 feet, about $50.00 each
- Red Parachute flares 30,000 candlepower, 40 seconds, 1,100 feet, about $55.00 each
- White Parachute rocket 200,000 candlepower, 25 seconds, 1,000 feet, about $70.00 each
- Red 25mm Aerial Signal Flares 33,000 candela, 7 seconds, 375 feet, about $13.00 each
- Inflatable Lifejackets
- Mustang Survival MD3184 02 with Harness Type II, automatic, about $260
- Mustang Survibal MD3084 with Harness Type V, automatic, about $200
- Mustang Survival MD3183 02 Type V, automatic, about $200
- Mustang Survival MD3082 with Harness Type V, manual, about $185
- Mustang Survival MD3087 Type II, automatic, about $170
- MD3054 with Harness Type II, automatic, exceed ORC standards
- MD3052 with Harness Type III, manual, exceed ORC standards
- Sails
- Main with 3 or 4 reefs
- Perhaps move the roller furler to the aftmost attachment point on the stemhead fitting
- Gennaker or asymmetrical spinnaker on the foremost stemhead fitting attachment point
- Storm jib
- Riding sail, perhaps a storm jib hoisted on the backstay and sheeted to the gooseneck or mast
- Steering
- SailLife ProVane installation video ... a Hydrovane similar unit. Not the servo-pendulum unit that appears on the website.
- Pelagic Autopilot from Scanmar about $900
- James Baldwin Pelagic Autopilot installation video
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- James Baldwin installing a Norvane
windvane on Barbara J #342 1968
- James Baldwin installing a Monitor
windvane on Barbara J #342 1968
- Windvanes
- Aries servo rudder designservo rudder design as of 20160825 see: http://www.ariesvane.com/index.html
- Cape Horn servo-pendulum design about $3,500 as of 20190603 see: http://capehorn.com/en/price-in-dollars/ , http://www.angelfire.com/ca/Alberg30/projects.html and http://caphorn.com/en/owners-manual/ , Sailing Uma installation video.
- Hebridean (http://windvaneselfsteering.co.uk/)
- About 27lbs and 560GBP for full kit or 430GBP for all but the hardwood as of 2023-05-23. Remote control is another 330GBP. Comes to about $930 plus shipping.
- Series of ten build videos.
- Check course setting...by locking turret via wingnuts (referenced in second video). Replace with bicycle tire skewers?
- A sample of the plans. Parts: Pendulum blade (P1 1300 to 1800mm) and reinforcements (P2, P3 760mm each). Trunk (frame, lower strut) (T2 760mm or 960mm) and reinforcements (T1, T3, both 760 or 960mm; T4, T5 both 240mm). Extention (upper strut) (E1, E2 both 580mm). Crossbar (L1 port 340mm, L2 starboard 390mm).
- Mount between 600mm and 1000mm above the waterline. Distance of 150mm to 400mm off/aft the transom. Pendulum must have 600mm submerged in flat water. Mounting notes in diagrams of the component gallery.
- One person's report on building and using.
- Tuning video focusing on adjusting the push rod length. Note: said that the unit "leaned" to one side...perhaps a result of the pivot being attached to the side of the lower strut rather than into a hole drilled through the center of the lower strut? Perhaps a second item is the upper strut offset to starboard from the lower strut rather than centered.
- modification details in comments of video
- Holland about $2,000 as of 20160825 see: http://www.hollandwindvance.com/self-steering/index.htm
- Hydrovane auxiliary rudder design about 66lbs and $6,000 as of 20160825 see: http://www.hydrovane.com/our-product/prices/
- Monitor servo-pendulum design by Scanmar about $5,000 as of 20160825 see: http://www.selfsteer.com/products/monitor/priceList.php and http://www.selfsteer.com/pdfs/MonitorManual.pdf
- Mr Vee servo-pendulum design about 1,750 Euro as of 20190528 see: https://www.windvaneselfsteering.com/Windvane-self-steering-from-Mister-Vee
- Neptune servo-pendulum design cost from 2,000 GBP to 3,000 GBP see https://windvane.co.uk/neptune-windvane-product-pricing/
- Norvane servo-pendulum design less than $3,000 as of 20160825 see: http://www.selfsteering.com/Price_List.asp
- Windy ProVane servo-pendulum design. Weighs about 35lbs. Costs about 1,200 Euro as of 2022-12-11. Rather similar design to the Hydrovane
- Sailomat servo-pendulum design. see: http://www.sailomat.com/
- Seafeather sevro-pendulum design at 18kg ~2,500GBP. see: https://www.seafeather.co.uk/
- South Atlantic see: https://www.south-atlantic.com.ar/index.html
- Voyager servo-pendulum design. see: http://www.voyagerselfsteering.com/
- SARAH, Scallywag's self steering solution
- Jester Challenge self-steering
- Dijstra -- Using the sails to steer the boat (PDF)
- Wild Ideas
- James Baldin Cruising Yacht Services
- James Baldwin exterior refit of Barbara J #342 1968
- James Baldwin interior refit of Barbara J #342 1968
