Silver Heels' Homeport

 

Refit Jobs Left To Do

 

Exterior

Set up telescoping whisker pole on mast

Spray graphite mizzen & mainmast tracks

Mark main halyards for reef points
Rig main preventer

Swing compasses for deviation card

Vaseline on all outdoor snaps

Life Raft/Abandon Kit in cockpit locker

Final-tune rigging

Cotter-pin & tape turnbuckles (incl. triadic)

Raise radar reflector
Install Wincher self-tailers
Set up jack lines

Last chance trip line

Check all scupper thru-hulls for leaks at the elbows when heeled over.

LATER:

Mark anchor rodes/chains for length w/colored tie-wraps

Staysail sheet winches (the Old Winch Switcheroo):

Mizzen staysail #8 to cockpit combing

Mizzen staysail has to wait for a #6 or 8

Main halyard #8 to cockpit combing

Staysail halyard #16 to main halyard

Main boom #6 to staysail halyard

New black #6 to main boom

Replace boom awning poles (new PVC w/wood dowel cores)

Make Silver Heels name sign to hang above the dinghy in davits, 4” letters

Re-bed companionway hatch slide tracks

Sunbrella cover for windlass

Winches left to service:
- both mizzen halyard winches
- main boom winch

Spotlight plug in cockpit

Make Silver Heels name sign to hang above the dinghy in davits, 4” letters

Replace spreader boot tie-wraps w/ss-wire

Fix leak in forward hatch vent

Shorten triadic stay by 2”

Move lazy jack spreader pad eyes farther outboard

Remove/re-bed coachhouse brow & fasteners. Then re-bed both large portlights if necessary

Single 3-inch diameter scupper from the back of the cockpit through the transom.

Huge mosquito net to go over the entire dodger and bimini

Mark all fenders with boat name

Seal engine instrument panel in cockpit

Cockpit Lights:
Under dodger hardtop
(2) 12v spotlight plugs, cockpit glove-box & foredeck
Set up old stern light as (shielded) boarding light 

Opening hatches over head or shower & captain’s bunk

Boom crutch

Stern anchor fairlead roller 

Backing plates for the davits

Black out mizzenhead stern light to 135°

Re-seize halyards w/figure-8 stitch

Replace all chain plates ?? (12 pieces for less than $500)

Install four small opening portholes

Interior

HAM/SSB combo & automatic antenna tuner, counterpoise

Second electric bilge pump!

Broad, port-tack strap for galley

Clean Dickinson heater & tank

Gun locker, lockable

Solid inset lid for icebox!

Finish wiring battery monitor

Add shutoff plug to fridge drain hose (to contain cold)

Install hatch lid spring on forward hatch (& others)

Whip all awning line ends

Make clear Acrylic washboards for main companionway, maybe 2 instead of 3.

Fix stove 3rd burner

Cut long (port) wing of salon table (like starboard side)

Install louder alarm sounder on Yanmar (Rich Carter is looking into the wiring.)  

Hinged doors on salon settee storage apertures?

Remove fwd drawer under aft cabin bunk, hinge fwd edge of facing as an opening door, & partition space from aft drawer

Check water tank vent hoses - re-route to loop up a few inches and then to the bilge sum 

Make water pressure accumulator tank

Install nav desk fiddles

Y-valve for holding tank discharge pump/hose to double as a manual bilge pump.

Cut out counter top around sink & faucet in forepeak and build tool storage bin in there above the top drawer

New gaskets for all 3 Bomar hatches

Re-organize electrical panel as per plan

Hatch lid springs (4)

Plug any remaining old screw holes in bulkheads, etc

Tighten V-drive/prop shaft coupling bolts

Light/rheostat for aft cabin bunk compass

Rheostat for binnacle light

Mount Official Number signboard

Try flat screen with straight 12v input

Refinish cabin sole throughout

Secure all floorboards AND all locker lids for capsize

Strengthen forepeak hull sides against oil-canning

Hot/cold cockpit shower ?