Post by Avenger on Aug 19, 2010 15:35:14 GMT -5
In the interests of freeing up some disk space on the old Imperfect But Marketable StinkPad I'm going to be archiving my older pictures. Before I do that I thought I'd share a few of them with the flybridge. Maybe I'll cross-post it across the hall too.
AVENGER is a 1970 36C. Built originally with gas engines, it was repowered with 3208T CATs in 1982, and if the listing info is correct the windshield was glassed in and a 1/2 tower added in '86. That work was fairly nicely done, and after that she was run straight into the ground. The final nail being a rod hanging out of the starboard engine around Y2K.
She was purchased from her abuser by the HOF's own Bertramp who replaced the stbd engine and had started to put some effort into her, but ran into a divorce. In 2005 some poor fool thought he was getting a bargain on a project and bought the then "Bertramp Hatt II".
So in approximately chronological order here's some pictures of what the poor fool went and did:
The priorities of boating... 1- Float:
Actually the first priority was go, since the infamous starboard engine locked up prior to sea-trial. Because the boat was many miles away it was critical to get her home so the commute didn't burn up most of the working day. The nature of that failure and our patch job was chronicled in the "Exhaust Elbows" thread so we'll skip it here.
So.... Float
When the boat got home the first stop was the yard. All the thru-hulls were replaced and the crappy, stuck gate valves on the mains were replaced with ball valves. Then we discovered the rudder problems. One post broken, one rudder shaft bent and cracked, one replaced mis-matched rudder, and if that wasn't enough, the rudder shelf was rotted and all the tabbing had been blown out by whatever destroyed the rudder gear.
Shelf then:
Note the 2X4 propping it up.
One fiberglass leg:
Four required, two each right and left gusset. Beats the 2X8s stood on end that Hatteras used.
The shelf had to be made in two pieces and lap-joined together to fit in the access hole. When finished it was 3/4" of solid fiberglass with 3/4" stiffeners molded in. No more 2X4!
The fit up of the two halves of the shelf and legs prior to drilling shaft holes:
Two new rudders from SAMs, don't a$k. One new rudder port which, luckily, came with the boat, all removed, rebedded and repacked. The trim tabs were stuck halfway, so they were freed up and left retracted. Then it was back in the drink for work that could be done while afloat over the winter.
Bringing the boat home we got socked in by fog so we never got a chance to wring her out. Prior to going into the yard we put her in the corner to see how she'd do. 19 Kts @ 2600 RPM. Heavy ol' Hatteras... what'd you expect? More on this later.
Now we're actually on to priority-2: Go.
Over the winter, and unfortunately, through the summer inside work proceeded. Injectors were pulled, tested and replaced as needed. Valve lash was done. Unfortunately there's no good "before" pics of the blobs o' rust prior to starting work. The list was extensive; manifolds stripped and painted or replaced. This is where the Exhaust Elbow thread comes in again. Heat exchangers all removed, stripped, cleaned, painted, installed, leak tested, removed and fixed again, oil coolers removed, stripped, cleaned (leak tested them on assembly this time) and so on. The nature of the stbd failure became apparent as the manifolds, elbows and turbo crossover on the port engine were a time bomb. All of it got replaced. The port engine was stripped down almost to the long block:
Make a note of the fiberglass exhaust collector on the right, that's going to come up later.
Other stuff that could be brought indoors got a going over too:
Made some bezels for the new gauges:
When the weather warmed up I was able to rehab the helm area a little:
Unfortunately the amount of time available to work on the boat was limited and the project dragged on through the summer and into the next winter. To appease the Admiral's whining very little got done during the winter. So by the time there was progress a big chunk of the next season had gone away and it was back to the yard to remove the inverted reef from the hull, and tackle a few other issues.
To be continued..............
AVENGER is a 1970 36C. Built originally with gas engines, it was repowered with 3208T CATs in 1982, and if the listing info is correct the windshield was glassed in and a 1/2 tower added in '86. That work was fairly nicely done, and after that she was run straight into the ground. The final nail being a rod hanging out of the starboard engine around Y2K.
She was purchased from her abuser by the HOF's own Bertramp who replaced the stbd engine and had started to put some effort into her, but ran into a divorce. In 2005 some poor fool thought he was getting a bargain on a project and bought the then "Bertramp Hatt II".
So in approximately chronological order here's some pictures of what the poor fool went and did:
The priorities of boating... 1- Float:
Actually the first priority was go, since the infamous starboard engine locked up prior to sea-trial. Because the boat was many miles away it was critical to get her home so the commute didn't burn up most of the working day. The nature of that failure and our patch job was chronicled in the "Exhaust Elbows" thread so we'll skip it here.
So.... Float
When the boat got home the first stop was the yard. All the thru-hulls were replaced and the crappy, stuck gate valves on the mains were replaced with ball valves. Then we discovered the rudder problems. One post broken, one rudder shaft bent and cracked, one replaced mis-matched rudder, and if that wasn't enough, the rudder shelf was rotted and all the tabbing had been blown out by whatever destroyed the rudder gear.
Shelf then:
Note the 2X4 propping it up.
One fiberglass leg:
Four required, two each right and left gusset. Beats the 2X8s stood on end that Hatteras used.
The shelf had to be made in two pieces and lap-joined together to fit in the access hole. When finished it was 3/4" of solid fiberglass with 3/4" stiffeners molded in. No more 2X4!
The fit up of the two halves of the shelf and legs prior to drilling shaft holes:
Two new rudders from SAMs, don't a$k. One new rudder port which, luckily, came with the boat, all removed, rebedded and repacked. The trim tabs were stuck halfway, so they were freed up and left retracted. Then it was back in the drink for work that could be done while afloat over the winter.
Bringing the boat home we got socked in by fog so we never got a chance to wring her out. Prior to going into the yard we put her in the corner to see how she'd do. 19 Kts @ 2600 RPM. Heavy ol' Hatteras... what'd you expect? More on this later.
Now we're actually on to priority-2: Go.
Over the winter, and unfortunately, through the summer inside work proceeded. Injectors were pulled, tested and replaced as needed. Valve lash was done. Unfortunately there's no good "before" pics of the blobs o' rust prior to starting work. The list was extensive; manifolds stripped and painted or replaced. This is where the Exhaust Elbow thread comes in again. Heat exchangers all removed, stripped, cleaned, painted, installed, leak tested, removed and fixed again, oil coolers removed, stripped, cleaned (leak tested them on assembly this time) and so on. The nature of the stbd failure became apparent as the manifolds, elbows and turbo crossover on the port engine were a time bomb. All of it got replaced. The port engine was stripped down almost to the long block:
Make a note of the fiberglass exhaust collector on the right, that's going to come up later.
Other stuff that could be brought indoors got a going over too:
Made some bezels for the new gauges:
When the weather warmed up I was able to rehab the helm area a little:
Unfortunately the amount of time available to work on the boat was limited and the project dragged on through the summer and into the next winter. To appease the Admiral's whining very little got done during the winter. So by the time there was progress a big chunk of the next season had gone away and it was back to the yard to remove the inverted reef from the hull, and tackle a few other issues.
To be continued..............