It's been eleven months since I docked at the Martinez Marina. Replaced port bulkhead that holds one of the main chain plates. removed the wood trim above the windows (outside.) turned my fuel tank into a storage locker. Installed new fuel tank. Replaced hoses, plugs, wires...etc,etc. Took all the rust off the engine, and painted it. Cleaned up the keel bolts. checked all sails. Replaced plex-glass in the big windows. removed the engine vents, (mounted right on the transom) and replaced them with new ones forward of the transom.
Filled the new gas tank...checked for spark...and turned the engine over.
Guess what...the fuel pump don't do its job.
My next big thing to do is call Ken, and order parts to rebuild the fuel pump.
What's left?
1) Rebuild the hatch so the bottom is level with the top of the cockpit seats.
2) Install a three step ladder(which I got from a trashed boat.)
3) Rebuild the stupid table.
4) turn one of the quater berths into a sail locker.
5) replace most of the deck hardware.( which I got from two trashed boats.)
6) build a chart table.
7) Replace all the wood inside the cabin.
8) Haul out, lift the mast off...sand, and paint it.
9) Sand, and paint the hull, and deck.
10) Non-skid the deck.
11) check the rudder.
120 Replace all the running rigging.
I love my boat...I do. It's a 1968 Columbia 28. I should be done by the end of January 2011. This winter I'll rod her on San Francisco Bay. I'll sail by Pier 29, and feast my ears as the tourist greet my little ship with, "OOWWW, AHHH."
If you're about the bay in winter, and see GERONIMO on the transom, come alongside...I always have hot coffee, and rum.
Filled the new gas tank...checked for spark...and turned the engine over.
Guess what...the fuel pump don't do its job.
My next big thing to do is call Ken, and order parts to rebuild the fuel pump.
What's left?
1) Rebuild the hatch so the bottom is level with the top of the cockpit seats.
2) Install a three step ladder(which I got from a trashed boat.)
3) Rebuild the stupid table.
4) turn one of the quater berths into a sail locker.
5) replace most of the deck hardware.( which I got from two trashed boats.)
6) build a chart table.
7) Replace all the wood inside the cabin.
8) Haul out, lift the mast off...sand, and paint it.
9) Sand, and paint the hull, and deck.
10) Non-skid the deck.
11) check the rudder.
120 Replace all the running rigging.
I love my boat...I do. It's a 1968 Columbia 28. I should be done by the end of January 2011. This winter I'll rod her on San Francisco Bay. I'll sail by Pier 29, and feast my ears as the tourist greet my little ship with, "OOWWW, AHHH."
If you're about the bay in winter, and see GERONIMO on the transom, come alongside...I always have hot coffee, and rum.
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