We are making progress on boat refit. Just finished building battery box and installing
four new Trojan 12v, Grp31 Overdrive 102Ah batteries and rewire. Three for house and one for engine.
Refit items completed so far are:
- Self-steering Hydrovane unit
- New double stern rail with boarding ladder
- Solid fuel Cubic Mini stove for heating
- New bimini with side curtains and screens
- New vee berth cushions
- New 27 gal waste holding and 40 gal water tank
- New Lofrans manual windless
- Replace old seacocks with Groco BV seacocks with backing plates
- Installed Cruise RO water maker
- New lifelines
- New AIS, WiFi Extender
- Various safety equipment (EPIRB, LifeSling, MOB strobe, gas/fumes monitor, damage control equipment, and fire extinguishers)
Items left is new bottom job (barrier coat and antifouling),
new standing (upgrade to ¼ inch) and running rigging upgrade (halyards, sheet
lines), new roller furler and headsail, and half tower to place solar panels. We are going to have this work done in
Pensacola Ship Yard by the following vendors:
- Shurr Sail, Hunter
- Zern Rigging, Rick
- Perdido Sailor, Brandon
- Blue Coral Sport Fishing Towers, Roland
Amazing! I can almost see the blood and sweat that has gone into refurbishing that beautiful Morgan. Thanks for sharing! Lead the way~~>
ReplyDeleteIt has been a long road. I really started restoring our Morgan back in 2005, with initial restoration completed in the summer of 2008. This latest refit started over two years ago. I guess, when looking back on this adventure the only way we could afford the expense of restoration and refit is by doing the work ourselves. The benefit is – we know and can repair our own boat. Which in my mind is critical to fulltime cruising. The boat has only been in the water twice since 2008; with only 198 hours on a complete engine rebuilt. Still breaking in somewhat.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is really my wife’s. She wanted me to talk about our preparation process so others could learn what upgrades were made and mistakes made along the way.
Bruce...