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Sanded and painted where the toilet is going. After the installation is complete, I will sand and paint the other half. Just don't want to mess the new paint.

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Fridge has been secured and it doesn't move and also sanded and primed the bathroom's floor. Finally got the A/C water lines and power behind the fridge to where the unit is going. Only things to do are sand primer and paint floor (tomorrow), install toilet and install A/C (next week). After that I ...

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I bought them last night from them.

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Oiled up all the wood on the inside of the boat, v-berth, galley and bathroom. Also installed the Delta faucet on the galley. Toilet and A/C should be here on Monday so I'll sand, prime and paint the bathroom floor before Monday so that I can install the toilet as soon as it arrives. I'll also insta...

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Yesterday finished installing the wood trim on the kitchen and painted the v berth under the cushions. Just so that when I lift the cushion it looks nice. Only thing left to do before the engines is remove, paint and install the wood trim on the bathroom, install the toilet (still waiting for WM to ...

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Finally laminated the kitchen countertop. Went with a metallic gray laminate. I'm not in love with how it turned out as because everything is wood nothing matches but it will work for a few years :-D :-D . Tomorrow I'll install the wood trim as I left it drying today. It originally had a range stove...

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Today installed the foam and vinyl for the v-berth sides. Tomorrow I'll stretch it a little more so that its completely wrinkle free.

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Today plumbed the holding tank, macerator, Y and the generator water intake and exhaust up to the muffler. Also started the Detroits after 2 years, they started immediately and sound GOOOOODDDD.

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Today sanded the second coat of Awlfair on the back wall, turned it around and applied the first coat on the other side.

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In my case with the old Detroits the risers were 6" and someone installed 4" mufflers so they came out 6" from the engine, got reduced to 4" for the mufflers and then went back up to 6" to exit the boat. The Yanmars are 4" so they will be 4" from the engines until after the mufflers where they will ...

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My job put me in furlough because of the virus so I’m investing my time on the boat to be able to do as much as possible because once I start to work again its only weekends to work on the boat.

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Sanded the STBD side today, this one took me 5.5 hrs.

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Sanded the port side bottom today in about 3.5 hrs. I'm soooooore. STBD side goes tomorrow. Also moved all the boat stands to put the awlfair where they were. Also applied the first coat of awlfair to the back bulkhead. https://i.imgur.com/S89O2Iu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kFOmruG.jpg https://i.imgur....

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Generator has been installed and connected, muffler and holding tank has also been installed. Just need to plumb everything. I'm waiting for the toilet so that I can measure the hoses.

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Started fairing the bottom. Took me about 2.5 hours to put the Awlfair in the hull bottom. Tomorrow I'll start sanding it.

micky

Haven't done too much these last few days, last thursday and friday fixed the swim platform which hit the dock in Maria, Saturday, wired the music amplifier to the bridge and also took 12V to the bridge. Today made the mold to cast 3 clam shells and made 1 clam shell, tomorrow I'll make the other 2....

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Second station (now storage) is ready for primer.

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Todays job:

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Past week's update: Not in order. https://i.imgur.com/9SvDPbe.jpg https://i.imgur.com/FKEDDG0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/axS73ro.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5jD75Il.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mICFHy4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/q99KHg0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PUCLB0J.jpg https://i.imgur.com/BgbuwMf.jpg https://i....

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Primed everything today and installed the bus bars to connect the engines.

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Splashguards are finished:

https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-fo ... st13558891

Thud, post some pics of the 2 hatts or send them to my email: michaelkbrunelle@gmail.com

Still without a computer, trying to save the one I have but also ordered another one.

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Finished both sides today, they came out pretty good, still need to install the inside splashguard which will be done tomorrow as I had to make them taller.

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Yannis wrote:Micky,

How do you post the pics so they show directly instead of how I do it and it just shows a link?
Pls use human language lol!

Carl, you can see them here:

https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-fo ... ct-13.html

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Yannis wrote:Micky,

How do you post the pics so they show directly instead of how I do it and it just shows a link?
Pls use human language lol!

Yannis,

I upload them into imgur.com and then copy the link and paste it here.

micky

Was able to put 2 layers of mat on the outside today, after it dried, it was sanded and put a layer of marglass on 1 side and half the other side (ran out of it). So tomorrow I’ll finish with the marglass, sand everything and cut the holes. Also made the mold today to cut the holes.

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I fiberglassed the 2 pieces today but my computer died so can’t upload pics.

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Hey Tommy,

That boat is from a member here (34Hatt). He has Cummins 330 and I’m going with Yanmar 250 so I shouldn’t have any problems.

micky

Finally the lost package arrived yesterday. Today I wired the house batteries to the main panel, the windlass, the engine's selector switches, the battery charger and all the underwater metals bonding system. Only thing that needs to be wired is the generator and a wire for the bonding system from o...

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Yeah, I've read on Thud's "nautical flower pot" project.

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Started the day today by gluing with cabosil 2 pieces (5" x 5") of marine plywood to the engine room's blower exhaust so I could attach the exhaust hose. While that dried out, I cut out 2 pieces of 3/4 pvc that go to the front corners of the engine room, on the stbd. side goes the water maker and on...

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Your right Tony, our resident Hatteras guy that jumped ship to a Topaz would have been a good person for Art to speak with... An all out conversion from a 40' Hatteras FBC to a custom Express....but stopped a tad short at the flower planter stage. Then added running Hatteras in pretty good shape "fo...

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Not much done today, installed the battery charger on the bathroom's closet, under the electrical panel, when I was going to connect the 110v, look what I found (see pic). It was connected that way. After that, put some straps on some wires and sealed 2 holes with fiberglass. The package with the wi...

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Found what the 3 unknown circuits were and was able to replace them. One was the toilet, port side 12v lights and the other wire disappeared into the bilge so that one was eliminated. So now officially EVERYTHING has been rewired. I'm still waiting for the lost package so I can wire a 12v blower, th...

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3 out of the 4 boxes of insulation arrived yesterday ( 1 day before the delivery date) so installed the insulation on the forward bulkhead and half of the back bulkhead. After this was done, started rewiring the boat, removed all the wiring from the port side (v-berth receptacle and light, stove, mi...

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Not much done today as I need to wait for the insulation. Started by painting where I removed the shelves. After that was done, took all the copper water lines out and started to replace everything with hose. Finally, wired the 2 main power lines that go from the generator to the panels. https://i.i...

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Yannis wrote:Micky,

What is this box in the middle? A tank? Im sure you'll find a lot under it too!
Also, this bulkhead seems like it needs some tlc...

Yannis, that is the water tank.

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Started the day by fixing the crooked battery box lid. After that removed the remaining of the fiberglass insulation (I'm still itching). Ordered the new 1" foam insulation. As soon as I receive it I'll install the new water lines and 110v wiring. After this was done, I removed the 4 front engine mo...

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Very productive day today, started the day giving the bilge another coat of paint, after that was done, painted the generator and in the afternoon moved the batteries from where they were to the middle of the 2 transmissions. Fabricated a battery box, still need to paint where the batteries were bef...

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Started painting the bilge today. Gave it 2 coats and it needs 2-3 more as you can still see the gray through the white. Ran out of paint so will continue tomorrow. https://i.imgur.com/MbP2qsB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Je5wDsn.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mSdcxJf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/6o8e74W.jpg https:/...

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Everything has been cleaned and de-greased. Its ready for sanding.

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Engines are out. Cleaning the engine room starts tomorrow. https://i.imgur.com/D5dpEfz.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PS8s0PH.jpg https://i.imgur.com/hHSzhF9.jpg https://i.imgur.com/JypP1SP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/bWMg0vy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ueezoS1.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7sG9nnM.jpg https://i.imgur.c...

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Carl, Hours, 1 will be 0 hours and the other one will have a top end rebuild. Transmissions will be resealed completely. No panels or harness but I don't mind as all the gauges and senders are new and I'll make the harnesses. These pair of engines were in a Sea Ray 34, one of them dropped a valve an...

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Finally removed the whole floor, also strapped all wires like they are supposed to go. Tomorrow the engines are coming out, they are already loose and disconnected.

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The guys from general propeller told me that if she weights 20k lbs top speed should be 27 knots.

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Micky, A few years back, before I bought my boat, I was contemplating building a new boat at a yard, at which point I asked and got an estimate for one Yanmar 240/250, identical to the ones I got in my Bertram a few years later. I wonder how much these very motors cost today in the US! Out of my me...

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Everything you say its correct. Cruising should be around 19 knots.

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Bought a pair of Yanmars 250hp today. Disconnected everything off the Detroits and they are ready to come out, either tomorrow or friday.

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Hatteras did love their red wire. I remember helping dad trace a bad wire going up to the bridge on his 28. Can you see the RED wire? Yeah, they are ALL RED finding an 1-1/2" bundle of all red wires heading up there. So many wires cut at both ends he had to pull much of it out...just not all which ...

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Today was wire day, started by replacing the 2 main lines from the shore power to the 2 distribution panels as wiring was original. While replacing that, I saw that there were A LOT of wires hanging loose everywhere so started following them and cutting them at the power source. I've must have remov...

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Yesterday didn't do much as I was really tired but managed to remove all the floor in the salon, everything was rotted. I'll be replacing the framing with 3" x 3" aluminum angles (already did it this way in another boat I had) and the boards (red line in pic) with 3/4" PVC board. The right and left ...

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