mvweebles
Guru
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2019
- Messages
- 7,723
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Weebles
- Vessel Make
- 1970 Willard 36 Trawler
Sunday, January 29 - Launch looks like Tuesday or Wednesday.
Recall, Friday was my San Diego day. Long day with a lot of running around. "Derek's Sewing Machine Repair" is fantastic ($60 for full service). I think my machine runs better than when it was new. But I have to ask myself: How the hell can I expect to keep a boat running if I'm befuddled by a sewing machine??? As an aside, for those who've never examined one closely, they remain a premier example of industrial design with precision timing. Fascinating pieces of machinery!!
Weebles has been relegated to step-sister status for a couple days. The big push for the yard is to get a 72-foot Marquis go-fast boat in the water. They had hoped to splash yesterday, but looks like Tuesday 5AM for the high tide. I'd guess Weebles will launch either Tuesday or Wednesday, probably Wednesday. I didn't snap pics, but there is one modification to the box for flybridge MFDs (well, really it wasn't placed properly in the first place and I decided I didn't want to live with the mistake).
I received my near-final settlement from Guillermo. I didn't realize it, but Weebles has been there 16-months. During that time I've racked-up around 3000 man hours at a cost of around $55k USD. Guillermo estimates about half the work was repair/re-do of previous work by Hack Team, which 'feels' about right. If my rudimentary math skills are correct, works out to around 1.2 FTE (full time equivilent) working on Weebles. If I can fault La Costa for one thing, it's this low level of realized labor - if Guillermo had averaged 2.0 FTE instead of 1.2, Weebles would have been done in a little under 10-months. But alas, I need to check my management consultant hat at the companionway.
PICTURES:
1. Zapatos (shoes). The entirity of Weebles is a no-shoes zone. So it's easy to tell how many workers are aboard. Right now, it's all touch-up and polishing. What I really want to see are Orlando's shoes - to finish the Victron install, and he's doing the second deck washdown outlet.
2. Paint touch-up. There are a number of spot-repairs to be made on the paint. The ease of doing this is the #1 benefit of a paint such as AlexSeal. La Costa also painted the Marquis (pictures below) but in LPU with a clear coat. Apparently, they pushed the paint job too quickly trying to beat rain the following day and needed to re-do a fair amount of the paint, mostly due to the clear-coat which makes spot-repairs difficult.
3. Deck washdown. As mentioned in a previous post, I decided to add a second deck washdown in my cockpit area. Part of what I picked-up in San Diego were parts from Defender to do the install. I had hoped this would be done Saturday, but my wicked step-sister (the Marquis) robbed all the workers. Grrrr....
4. Other stuff in the Yard. I have a theory that men are actually boys who have polished their game. When I did TrawlerFest seminars, I used to quip that we males mature through puberty, then for all intents, stop. Instead of forts in the backyard, we buy boats. Instead of baseball cards clothes-pinned into spokes of our bicycles, we buy fancy cars. We look more polished and sophisticated but underneath, we're essentially 14-years old. Need evidence? After 16-months, I still love walking around the boatyard.
Marquis dink on hydraulic swim grid. Looks like a cool setup as long as it works. The owner purchased a larger dink so Alberto built new chocks in stainless steel.
Fiberglass Bimini. This is NOT a La Costa project. Why not replace a Sunbrella Bimini cover with fiberglass over the Bimini frame? Well, that's exactly what is happening here.....A 42-foot jelly-bean motoryacht came in and the TravelLift plucked the Bimini off. The top was carted off by trailer, presumable to make it look nice.
Recall, Friday was my San Diego day. Long day with a lot of running around. "Derek's Sewing Machine Repair" is fantastic ($60 for full service). I think my machine runs better than when it was new. But I have to ask myself: How the hell can I expect to keep a boat running if I'm befuddled by a sewing machine??? As an aside, for those who've never examined one closely, they remain a premier example of industrial design with precision timing. Fascinating pieces of machinery!!
Weebles has been relegated to step-sister status for a couple days. The big push for the yard is to get a 72-foot Marquis go-fast boat in the water. They had hoped to splash yesterday, but looks like Tuesday 5AM for the high tide. I'd guess Weebles will launch either Tuesday or Wednesday, probably Wednesday. I didn't snap pics, but there is one modification to the box for flybridge MFDs (well, really it wasn't placed properly in the first place and I decided I didn't want to live with the mistake).
I received my near-final settlement from Guillermo. I didn't realize it, but Weebles has been there 16-months. During that time I've racked-up around 3000 man hours at a cost of around $55k USD. Guillermo estimates about half the work was repair/re-do of previous work by Hack Team, which 'feels' about right. If my rudimentary math skills are correct, works out to around 1.2 FTE (full time equivilent) working on Weebles. If I can fault La Costa for one thing, it's this low level of realized labor - if Guillermo had averaged 2.0 FTE instead of 1.2, Weebles would have been done in a little under 10-months. But alas, I need to check my management consultant hat at the companionway.
PICTURES:
1. Zapatos (shoes). The entirity of Weebles is a no-shoes zone. So it's easy to tell how many workers are aboard. Right now, it's all touch-up and polishing. What I really want to see are Orlando's shoes - to finish the Victron install, and he's doing the second deck washdown outlet.
2. Paint touch-up. There are a number of spot-repairs to be made on the paint. The ease of doing this is the #1 benefit of a paint such as AlexSeal. La Costa also painted the Marquis (pictures below) but in LPU with a clear coat. Apparently, they pushed the paint job too quickly trying to beat rain the following day and needed to re-do a fair amount of the paint, mostly due to the clear-coat which makes spot-repairs difficult.
3. Deck washdown. As mentioned in a previous post, I decided to add a second deck washdown in my cockpit area. Part of what I picked-up in San Diego were parts from Defender to do the install. I had hoped this would be done Saturday, but my wicked step-sister (the Marquis) robbed all the workers. Grrrr....
4. Other stuff in the Yard. I have a theory that men are actually boys who have polished their game. When I did TrawlerFest seminars, I used to quip that we males mature through puberty, then for all intents, stop. Instead of forts in the backyard, we buy boats. Instead of baseball cards clothes-pinned into spokes of our bicycles, we buy fancy cars. We look more polished and sophisticated but underneath, we're essentially 14-years old. Need evidence? After 16-months, I still love walking around the boatyard.
Marquis dink on hydraulic swim grid. Looks like a cool setup as long as it works. The owner purchased a larger dink so Alberto built new chocks in stainless steel.
Fiberglass Bimini. This is NOT a La Costa project. Why not replace a Sunbrella Bimini cover with fiberglass over the Bimini frame? Well, that's exactly what is happening here.....A 42-foot jelly-bean motoryacht came in and the TravelLift plucked the Bimini off. The top was carted off by trailer, presumable to make it look nice.