REBrueckner
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- OWNER - I own a Hatteras Yacht
- Hatteras Model
- 48' YACHT FISHERMAN (1972 - 1975)
I originally started to post this in Skys POOR STABILIZER INSTALLATION JOB but decided to generalize it....
New stuff looks really nice...BRAVO...feels good, right????? (Once the arthritic pain subsides!!!)
Seems like there is a least one lesson to be learned here and this is something Sam's participants are great at: sharing pros and cons and experiences of past equipment work and installations.
Planning an equipment installation is not too difficult IF the installer has done it before...and done it right. "lessons learned" can be adapted to a new environment. But that's easier said than done.
That's an advantage of buying a PRODUCTION boat where work is repeated over and over and over and hopefully the kinks get worked out. But it is by no means a guarantee.
In my 1972 Hatt YF, after owning her for about six years, I discovered a small seacock under the present A/C units....its closed off and not used, and totally inaccessible....it looks like it must have been an original installation before equipment was put in the engine room, but why would Hatteras or anyone else have put a seacock in a location that is IMPOSSIBLE to reach????
And in my rope locker, there was no interior partition separating two different anchor rodes...I could not risk possible tangles as I often boat/anchor alone and making a fiverglass coated plywood partition panel was pretty easy...maneuvering it through the access door was not so easy!!!
Another example: My Glendinning synchronizer is right alongside a shaft stuffing box....right where any salt water drip can get sprayed around...and of course it has....What idiot put it THERE????? All that was required to make a reasoble fix was to pop a nice little fiberglass spray shield (which I found lying in the bilge!!!!!) back onto the stuffing box bolts and monitor to be sure it stays in place....and block any salt spray....
Another example of poor installation that has been cited before by myself and others: Hatteras window installations, at least during the 1970's , routinely had problems with the window cutouts such that window frame screws from the exterior would pass into voids underneath...instead of wood/fiberglass.....leading to eventual leaks....
Anchor winch deck openings (where rope/chain) passes below decks) not being epoxy sealed so the interior coring is exposed to anchor line moisture and eventual deck moisture issues....DUH!!!!! Been there, done that!!!
Finally:for those considering diesel heater installations: I don't remember mentioning this is a loooong time: Webasto's MUST be installed where the burner end can be opened on its hinges to gain interior access for annual soot cleaning...I DID plan for that before my own installation but somehow was about 1/2" WRONG...I had to cut out the corner of an engine room vertical floor suport so the burner assembly would swing past....no biggie but I was PO'd that somehow during installation things slipped off kilter a bit....
In any case, an advantage of doing off season work in a relaxed atmosphere is that if you do your own work, take the time necessary to plan, before acting...thinking though installations and getting advice here from others who have suffered....definitely a way to reduce pain....
New stuff looks really nice...BRAVO...feels good, right????? (Once the arthritic pain subsides!!!)
Seems like there is a least one lesson to be learned here and this is something Sam's participants are great at: sharing pros and cons and experiences of past equipment work and installations.
Planning an equipment installation is not too difficult IF the installer has done it before...and done it right. "lessons learned" can be adapted to a new environment. But that's easier said than done.
That's an advantage of buying a PRODUCTION boat where work is repeated over and over and over and hopefully the kinks get worked out. But it is by no means a guarantee.
In my 1972 Hatt YF, after owning her for about six years, I discovered a small seacock under the present A/C units....its closed off and not used, and totally inaccessible....it looks like it must have been an original installation before equipment was put in the engine room, but why would Hatteras or anyone else have put a seacock in a location that is IMPOSSIBLE to reach????
And in my rope locker, there was no interior partition separating two different anchor rodes...I could not risk possible tangles as I often boat/anchor alone and making a fiverglass coated plywood partition panel was pretty easy...maneuvering it through the access door was not so easy!!!
Another example: My Glendinning synchronizer is right alongside a shaft stuffing box....right where any salt water drip can get sprayed around...and of course it has....What idiot put it THERE????? All that was required to make a reasoble fix was to pop a nice little fiberglass spray shield (which I found lying in the bilge!!!!!) back onto the stuffing box bolts and monitor to be sure it stays in place....and block any salt spray....
Another example of poor installation that has been cited before by myself and others: Hatteras window installations, at least during the 1970's , routinely had problems with the window cutouts such that window frame screws from the exterior would pass into voids underneath...instead of wood/fiberglass.....leading to eventual leaks....
Anchor winch deck openings (where rope/chain) passes below decks) not being epoxy sealed so the interior coring is exposed to anchor line moisture and eventual deck moisture issues....DUH!!!!! Been there, done that!!!
Finally:for those considering diesel heater installations: I don't remember mentioning this is a loooong time: Webasto's MUST be installed where the burner end can be opened on its hinges to gain interior access for annual soot cleaning...I DID plan for that before my own installation but somehow was about 1/2" WRONG...I had to cut out the corner of an engine room vertical floor suport so the burner assembly would swing past....no biggie but I was PO'd that somehow during installation things slipped off kilter a bit....
In any case, an advantage of doing off season work in a relaxed atmosphere is that if you do your own work, take the time necessary to plan, before acting...thinking though installations and getting advice here from others who have suffered....definitely a way to reduce pain....
