RonR
Guru
Our new to us Egg Harbor 48’ is almost ready to go back into the water after a month out.
We did most of the work ourself’s , but hired out wiring and Machinest work.
When we bought it, it had one damaged rudder shaft from catching a commercial crab pot at 20. We pulled it out with much trouble due to the PO using ductile pillow blocks that were frozen to the shafts. It took 2 days with a grinder to get them out.
The prop shop built us a new rudder and we used quality stainless pillow blocks with zerks. New packing in the rudder boxes, and all new stainless hardware. Next up was the props, we pulled them off and took them up for inspection/service. They advised me to order up a new set for the next hall out as these had seen better days, but will work for 3-4 more years. We tackled the bottom paint ourselves again. Sanded down with 80, two coats of Interlux primcon and 3 coats of Interlux Micron-66.
Serviced all zinks, through hulls, engine oil/filters/zinks/antifreeze/hoses. We hired a pro for the bow truster, it would only power up to port. The mechanics found a faulty solenoid and ordered up a replacement. Next up is to drop all the Chain and inspect it, check the total length and decide if it’s enough.
We did most of the work ourself’s , but hired out wiring and Machinest work.
When we bought it, it had one damaged rudder shaft from catching a commercial crab pot at 20. We pulled it out with much trouble due to the PO using ductile pillow blocks that were frozen to the shafts. It took 2 days with a grinder to get them out.
The prop shop built us a new rudder and we used quality stainless pillow blocks with zerks. New packing in the rudder boxes, and all new stainless hardware. Next up was the props, we pulled them off and took them up for inspection/service. They advised me to order up a new set for the next hall out as these had seen better days, but will work for 3-4 more years. We tackled the bottom paint ourselves again. Sanded down with 80, two coats of Interlux primcon and 3 coats of Interlux Micron-66.
Serviced all zinks, through hulls, engine oil/filters/zinks/antifreeze/hoses. We hired a pro for the bow truster, it would only power up to port. The mechanics found a faulty solenoid and ordered up a replacement. Next up is to drop all the Chain and inspect it, check the total length and decide if it’s enough.