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HG02 said...
Ive seen those old wheels on E bay seem to sell around the $200 mark . So it could pay for the change old boy racer . I wont say upgrade some wheel steerer's might not like that 
Problems today I started sanding the forward cabin Door for staining and re varnish its was patch in places before I started.
Found out why as I sanded the top layer of veneer has been diminished 
. After much thought, I think Ill fit a push panel on the door out of brass and I think I can insert a shutter panel in the center, similar to Donk's Bulk head door, which will just about remove all the problem so the door should I hope look more appealing eventually . I hope
Hi HG
On the door subject i think it would be better off swinging outwards instead of inwards because it makes it hard to access stuff on the starboard side storage bin when opened and if you need to use the head it is a bit cramped with the door open and a bit of a squeeze shutting the door when you are in there
regards Don
Crested Turn has an interesting alternative the starboard side stern bunk has been removed and the head built in there
Shes a walker H28 one of the last to hit the water
Bought a Bosch 70 amp 14 volt Holden alternator and modified it to suit. mainly the bottom alternator mount reduced the boss width maybe 6 mm and also drilled out the boss mount hole to suit the Bukh mounting bolt
New alternator Haydn !, good choice, bought 1 for the Commodore VX last week, sadly mine was 2nd hand...
You're a busy guy, so many projects, Keep posting pictures mate, its looking fantastic....
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New alternator Haydn !, good choice, bought 1 for the Commodore VX last week, sadly mine was 2nd hand...
You're a busy guy, so many projects, Keep posting pictures mate, its looking fantastic....
Hi Spongblob hows the Hood going old mate?Didnt get a lot down at the boat got there late fitted the Alternator needs a new belt. Finished off the stardboard battery box so tomorrow Ill transfer the house and engine batteries over . Probably not necessary but wanted to have the engine battery as close as I could to the starter motor and Isolator panel
Heres tonight effort a half made engine loom and a half finished Isolator panel lots to tidy up yet
The above plugs into the panel has my start and stop off two relays on the panel ,oil pressure light and gage and my temp light and gage
Wire training and more to do . Did want to fit it tomorrow but its 3.30 am I'm stuffed
. And its not a great Idea doing wiring when your a bit tired I tend to get careless. But I guess you alway revisit a project like this any way. The touch switch panel for my LEDs runs a ribbon lead . Today at the boat I fitted a wood panel inside where the start board battery will be it has my charge relay and switch box for the touch pad . I sort have got tired and didn't fit my gage light switch which fits in the engine panel so it still has a empty hole there and I also need to run the switch wires to the gages but Ill get to it eventually 
The port side panel is ready for my solar charger and Ive fitted a fuse panel to it and trial fitted it to the boat all good there.
Ill wire in the MPPT solar charge ready for a panel
The three wires hanging out the bottom are for my Radio and USB charge they go forward once the panel is in position .
There 5 amp fused on the fuse panel plus they have there own inline fuse as well. I have labels from the old yacht panel I put them away some where cant find them yet but they will show up eventually. I have to label the fuse panel also before I fit it up
Ill print a sheet out and glue it to the inside of the fuse box lid laminated . Im off to bed want to get up in a few hours and back to the boat its a reasonable clam day today I hope my Dingy was surfing to day coming back from the boat and bloody wet getting there want to put the cushions back on board but it was to wet Ill try again today
Night all
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Adding a boot stripe
Dont forget to up load a finshed photo Lazz
Friday late start
I loaded up my dinghy as it was reasonable clam , Had 6 settee cushions tided down and a battery box and numerous other bits and bags . Was no room row had to use one ore and slowly make it out to the boat .Fitted up my alternator
place my cushions on board and started to run all the leads from my Isolator panel
I took a photo of the main settee but it turned out blurry
She is looking good HG
Are you working on the boat full time or are you working as well because you seem to get a lot of stuff done
Just a question, where do the batteries live on your H28
Regards Don
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She is looking good HG
Are you working on the boat full time or are you working as well because you seem to get a lot of stuff done
Regards Don
I work full time at the local cat dealer Don. I took the week off to do some work on the boat Donk. The weather has not been kind today was the best its been . I have to many jobs on the go need to finish some off Donk. Its just if I'm waiting for some thing, I tend to find another job to do 
. On a H28 it can get a little bit out of control when you have this happening makes it hard to find tools and other stuff . Another week or two and I should have a lot tidied up . I am hoping to have the motor running by Sunday. Id really like to give it a good run, It really needs it
Just finished the tappets there not a lot of room around the settee when I put it back in. I should be able to keep up with your Yanmar now 
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She is looking good HG
Are you working on the boat full time or are you working as well because you seem to get a lot of stuff done
Just a question, where do the batteries live on your H28
Regards Don
Donk When I first bought the boat you just bought yours. I was a little embarrassed as my boat was not any nearly as good a condition as yours.So Ive had to do some extra work to it . I'm trying to make a it a comfortable live board when Im finished.
Ive got a about three years before I retire. So want to do as much now as possible so its all done for the next ten years less normal maintenance
Hi HG
Love the pic of the engine (what is its specs ?)
My little Yanmar goes like a train (whistles and blows smoke) so i dont think you will have any trouble keeping up with me
Seriously though she does around 5 knots at 2000 rpm (max revs is 3600 i think) but i have not had to push her into a headwind in rough seas
The local boat builder said if she was his he would replace the 2 blade prop for a 3 blade when he looked at her on the slip
She had a 3 blade when new but the second owner who i tracked down replaced it with a 2 blade and marked the shaft so he could line it up behind the skeg when he was racing
I asked him how she went in adverse conditions and he said
"dont waste your money on changing the prop,try coming up the Tamar from Bass Strait against a falling 7 knot tide, that prop has got more pitch in it than a drum of tar"
So guess i will wait until we meet the wrong conditions and see if we go forwards or backwards
Regards Don
That engine is 3200 horse power it should clean up Ciscos Kubota I think 
Today I ran all the speaker wires around the hull and wired up the VHF and sterio did a quick conect to the barry to see how it all went nice having music while you work
still blurry dam it
I had trouble finding a ribbon cable Id put away for the touch pad switch thats used for the led lighting so I stopped doing the engine panel today. Had a brain storm a couple of hours ago and remember where I put it so its in the car for the morning .
I want to test all the circuits before I mount the panel in position
also got my USB charger going so I can power my phone its nearly runs flat by the time I leave the boat playing music all day
Once I run all the wiring Ill buy some of that cable trunking that Mad mission suggested . Ill be glad to get back to work so I can rest up
What did I do to my sailing boat today???
I didn't do anything TO it but I did do something FOR it.
I shifted, sorted, weighed and stacked 600 kg of iron and steel for her and her neighbor's moorings.
It is a joint project with a great mate of mine who has the mooring licence next upstream from me.
He has an Adams 31 and is 76 years of age so I consider my efforts of today, half as community service assisting the elderly. Mind you , this is a guy who has sky dived over 200 times, rode his Moto Guzzi Stone the length of Route 66 a few years ago with his girlfriend 20 years his junior and drinks like a fish once or twice a week.
Here are the pics that say it happened.
Had a quick clean before my two boys arrived for a look over lunch and came home . I did find and put the ribbon cable on board for my LED switch panel so I can now fit the panel next time I'm down there.
The boys had a laugh at my truck dinghy with the gapping hole in the side. But at least its not stolen like a walker dingy up at Sorrento recently.
I think the only thing Id have to worry about it termites on my dingy
Looks great Lazz nice one mate
Well I just bought some teak shutters which will be converted into cabinet doors and a Donk sail master 845 forward cabin door
Cisco was right again Boat = bring on another thousand and a lot more time
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Looks great Lazz nice one mate
Well I just bought some teak shutters which will be converted into cabinet doors and a Donk sail master 845 forward cabin door
Cisco was right again Boat = bring on another thousand and a lot more time
Hi HG
Personally i would be happy to replace my forward cabin door with a curtain because if you are using the heads or pulling a sailbag out of the starboard side it is a pain as it gets in the way
Whenever i go for a sail the headsail (i have 3) i decided to put on always seems to be the one behind the door
I spent a couple of hours this afternoon wandering around the marina at Kettering and ended up spending some time talking to a nice bloke who lives aboard his Walker H28 Ketch that was made in 1979 and he has owned it since it was 6 years old
He said he spent a year cruising the pacific on it and had nothing but good things to say about it
It was a bit different to yours (i think) as the rudder shaft went through the back of the cockpit floor
I mentioned this to him and also that i had seen Sailmasters with spade rudders like mine and also transom hung ones and he said that Khan Walker was a bit of a fiddler and sometimes tried variations on his designs
Regards Don
Hi Donk
That one difference from mine to yours.Mine has the original tiller comes through the stern that does not have any storage like on the N.Z. H28 In doing this any sea water coming inside the cockpit will drain rapidly through the tiller hole
The previus owner made that projected box on the stern to house a external ignition switch. I intend to cosmetically tidy it up its on my list of thing to do before I die
Hi HG
His may have been the same as yours looking at the photo
I actually thought your tiller went over the top of ther transom but i thought that his attached to a shaft a bit like this photo of mine
Regards Don
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Hi HG
His may have been the same as yours looking at the photo
I actually thought your tiller went over the top of ther transom
Regards Don
The NZ compass H28 are different than the Walker
As the years went by Kahn Walker altered a few things to try and keep his market so the Sailmaster 845 was born to keep it up to date and his market going along with th economy Id say as well both NZ and Aust seen to follow suit and places close and other open sad really but thats the way of the world.
Eventually Ill buy a furling system on the Genoa, so I should have little bit more storage down below
I can now start on the sound proofing on the engine cover .
The stove project will be a slow one. I want to polish some brass parts a need to order a couple of items few things I also want to complete the electrical system before I move to far forward with the stove
Just had a knock on the front door my Power tech MPPT solar controller has arrived
Hi HG
Just wondering what the white tank is off
Is it part of your stove
You are doing some flash stuff to that boat of yours
It will be a credit to you when it is finished
Regards Don
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Donk107 said...
Hi HG
Just wondering what the white tank is off
Is it part of your stove
You are doing some flash stuff to that boat of yours
It will be a credit to you when it is finished
Regards Don
Hi Donk
I was luck enough to find a new /second hand Taylor 030 pariffin (kero ) stove It have been sitting ina container for a long time and real need some elbow grease . Ive stripped it down and assembled it after giving it a clean I will dissemble it once more later on and throughly clean it and then fit it to the boat .I left the burners out for now as I need the size to make the cabinet the top on the Walker once you remove the laminex on top is held in buy silicon and a screws.
Hers the stove at the moment the white tank was a silvery grey color with scratched so I bead blasted it and two pack the tank
also had the retaining brackets painted black hope it will look ok when its all together
original tank color
No worries i understand now
What have you got planned in the way of refrigeration
Regards Don
Well last weekend I...
-Lubricated my fuel tank cut off tap. It was well seized. Sprayed inox into it and a little bit of manual persuasion to get it moving. I then had to work it back and forth for a few minutes to loosen it up and get full rotations.
-Replaced cracked water intake pipes for the engine. I used red multipurpose pipe from engine to water strainer and reinforced pvc from filter to seacock. Two stainless steel hose clamps on each join.
-Had to unjam a corroded brass wing nut on the water strainer. I don’t see how it could of been done without completely removing the filter and bopping it with a hammer. Bolt was free spinning within strainer. Wanted to beat the designer of the strainer with a hammer too. Previous owner paid $45 dollars too much for that piece of Whitworths crap.
-Bought Velcro from spotlight to attach my boat carpet too the floor, it's been slipping and sliding around. At $15 a meter, surprisingly expensive.
-Whilst I replaced my water pipes, I intentionally flooded my bilge and gave all my bilge pumps a run, including testing the auto float bilge, working fine and now permanently on.
I'd recommend checking/operating fuel taps and stainer basket nuts once a month to prevent jamming.
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Well last weekend I...
-Lubricated my fuel tank cut off tap. It was well seized. Sprayed inox into it and a little bit of manual persuasion to get it moving. I then had to work it back and forth for a few minutes to loosen it up and get full rotations.
-Replaced cracked water intake pipes for the engine. I used red multipurpose pipe from engine to water strainer and reinforced pvc from filter to seacock. Two stainless steel hose clamps on each join.
-Had to unjam a corroded brass wing nut on the water strainer. I don’t see how it could of been done without completely removing the filter and bopping it with a hammer. Bolt was free spinning within strainer. Wanted to beat the designer of the strainer with a hammer too. Previous owner paid $45 dollars too much for that piece of Whitworths crap.
-Bought Velcro from spotlight to attach my boat carpet too the floor, it's been slipping and sliding around. At $15 a meter, surprisingly expensive.
-Whilst I replaced my water pipes, I intentionally flooded my bilge and gave all my bilge pumps a run, including testing the auto float bilge, working fine and now permanently on.
I'd recommend checking/operating fuel taps and stainer basket nuts once a month to prevent jamming.
Yes that velcro is expensive but works really well its made in USA I bought some a while ago
Yesterday I sanded my 14 metre mast preparing for painting. I was then convinced by the rigger's painter not to paint the mast, but instead to sand it back completely to bare aluminium and treat it. Although I was looking forward to a sparkling white mast, I am more looking forward to not spending shatloads of time and some dollars painting it. And I am told that paint is a major culprit in corrosion and I will never have to worry about that again. Sold.
So I spent most of today carefully sanding the stick back to get every skerrick of paint off and leave a tidy pattern. It was then treated with clear metal sealer.
The product:
A good couple of days' work.
I have already mostly painted the boom so... that may look a bit weird. We'll see. If it's bad enough I'll strip it I suppose.
Painted masts look great until someone leaves a halyard or topper clipped to the base and they strip off the paint slapping the mast. I've never seen a painted alloy spar that din't bubble off the paint where the holes are drilled for the fittings.
I think you have made the right call. Enjoy the feeling of having a known robust rig the next time your are out in a good breeze. The rest of us are reefing early and looking skyward with some doubt!
