Balboa Boat Yard

New Boat Yard to work with because the one I used to deal with in MDR is not hauling anybody with a wooden boat... the bolshevicks in LA do not want anyone to restore and a fabulous yacht... they are more into buy buy buy the new and plastic stuff.  I get it but that is not my scene...

I found this boat yard in Newport Harbor, which by the way is an amazing place to be.

my nerves were shot... always super nervous when she gets to be handles by new people...

Insurance

Here we go... don't really know how this works? You pay and you pay and you pay... they make millions, billions over and over and over, than if things go bad because of mismanagement Uncle Sam is there to bail you out... I want that security... wouldn't you? Let's just see how Hackworth deals with this.

still more yardwork

Well both of the props had to be replaced. They were not able to fix them and replacement had to be done in order to get everything just lined up and balanced perfectly. Boy, the new shaft went in just like butter... it will make a huge difference when the boat is in the water and running at higher speeds. Wilmington Iron Works has been doing this since 1920 so they should be doing something right. I really did not want to put my perfectly balanced shafts on a tweaked shaft. I tried very hard to save money by spending 6 hours labor to take one nut off the port shaft. Had I known that it can not be straightened I would have just cut the shaft, like I had to on the other side because of galling. Also the other side (starboard) is the side where the damage was visible.

V-drive and the rest of the story

Well I did remove the drive on the starboard side and boy am I happy that I did it. The coupling was giving me a hard time but was able to take it apart. I certainly did not want to cut it off like I had to, on the other side. Starboard side was not giving me any trouble at all but I felt something was wrong while turning the shaft. Well as it turns out two of the teeth are broken but not by us since I did not find any broken tooth at all in the case. It is very disturbing to me that we have to deal with this... have no idea how? Was told that the only person who could make this shaft is on the east coast. I am going to call the factory on Monday and want to talk to them about this.

the love has just gotten more intense

3 and a half days(!!!) later we finally removed the unit (model M 48) and started taking it apart. Would have been nice if we had some literature on this whole operation because it is kind of tricky. Because of the space considerations we needed a special tool just to remove this baby and the tool I am thinking of has to be made so the installation is much better and more straight forward. My idea of removing the drives was completely different, must add I was just thinking of unbolting and taking things apart. So was John, well now we know.
Talked to Dick at Huckins and if we are lucky he might have the bearings and the gaskets etc. for the drive. Thank God the teeth are not broken or damaged, if they were we'd be in a whole lot of trouble and we can not afford that at this point. Also the the drive on the other side (starboard) also has to come out, I can already tell that it is a lot more roomier over there. The person who built the kitchen was not thinking of servicability at all because he framed 100% over the drives so things had to be cut and could not be removed. For example the water heater is right over where you need the space the most.

getting rid of the blue

slowly but surely we are painting the ugliest blue out of our existence... note brass window frame for the wheel house has 80 screw holes ... that is 320 holes to be plugged with epoxy and wood, since there are 4 of these puppies. See hatches waiting for the new plexi to be installed. Aluminium rings to follow for sure.

brass

all polished up and sealed with allgrip... this guy bicycled from Argentina to the USA and now he is going to sail back to his home in Buenos Aires. He does not know anything about sailing or the life of a mariner... here is his website:
www.fugaz.ciudad.com.ar

more bronze and brass

hope the sealer works this time, I am planning on putting on several coats of it. I believe this system is being fazed out. There are stores which will carrie it though.