Imagine my suprise when surfing the web as I ran across a picture of my boat.
The attached URL shows BLUE MOON (CD30K) and PERSPECTIVE careened on a sandbar last month for bottom painting.
http://www.sailnet.com/collections/arti ... aebita0015
Olli Wendelin
BLUE MOON
Charleston, SC
wendelin@spawar.navy.mil
Careening BLUE MOON
Moderator: Jim Walsh
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D. Stump, Hanalei
Re: Really neat ! ! !
Captain Wendelin,
That's quite a picture. Do you ever pay to have her hauled, or can you do all outside hull work careened? Does the bottome of the keel lie exposed, or do you have to dig it out. Wish we had a bar like that up in Connecticut. Does it empty out the settee shelves?
Dave Stump
Captain Commanding
s/v Hanalei CD-30C "1"
That's quite a picture. Do you ever pay to have her hauled, or can you do all outside hull work careened? Does the bottome of the keel lie exposed, or do you have to dig it out. Wish we had a bar like that up in Connecticut. Does it empty out the settee shelves?
Dave Stump
Captain Commanding
s/v Hanalei CD-30C "1"
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Olli Wendelin
Re: Really neat ! ! !
Dave,
I have managed to keep out of the boat yards. Every time I get near the prices drive me away. For this boat and the one before all the bottom painting has been done on the bar. A buddy of mine even rebedded the stern tube on his CD28 while on a sandbar.
I use a shovel to dig out under the keel for painting. Also used a hand pump to clear any water out of the area around the keel.
I place the batteries in the dinghy or in the cockpit to prevent any leakage. Pumped out the fresh water tanks and had the fuel tanks about half full. Other than that no special preps. Used a 5 gallon water jug on the end of the boom to ensure the boat laid over on the correct side.
Total time was 12 hrs Saturday and 12 hrs Sunday. About 5 hrs of work each day. Using a yard would have required 2 additional days and $$$.
Olli Wendelin
BLUE MOON
Charleston, SC
wendelin@spawar.navy.mil
I have managed to keep out of the boat yards. Every time I get near the prices drive me away. For this boat and the one before all the bottom painting has been done on the bar. A buddy of mine even rebedded the stern tube on his CD28 while on a sandbar.
I use a shovel to dig out under the keel for painting. Also used a hand pump to clear any water out of the area around the keel.
I place the batteries in the dinghy or in the cockpit to prevent any leakage. Pumped out the fresh water tanks and had the fuel tanks about half full. Other than that no special preps. Used a 5 gallon water jug on the end of the boom to ensure the boat laid over on the correct side.
Total time was 12 hrs Saturday and 12 hrs Sunday. About 5 hrs of work each day. Using a yard would have required 2 additional days and $$$.
Olli Wendelin
BLUE MOON
Charleston, SC
wendelin@spawar.navy.mil
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mike mascaros
Re: Careening BLUE MOON/COMPINCHE
hi olli....great shot should enlarge and make a good frame for it...
not too many people have the oportunity to do work on their boats
with the help of the tidal conditions a hefty tide of about six feet does the trick...where i keep COMPINCHE we do have an average of seven to eight and half and i do the bottom sometimes spring and
fall but once a year takes care of it normally...i been doing it for many years and like you saved big bucks and like the idea i can do it any time it s convenient to me...i bring the boat to shore about one hour after high tide to ensure next tide will do the job...ground it into position and use main halyard...puling to make sure port side is careened or whichever side i preffer at this time...once painted
next side will be done following week to alowe paint to set if only clean up is done then next day will clean the other side it allways works...one thing to be cautious is wind...would hate to be dealind witn anything hier than lite winds during beaching and pulling out ... all this takes about 12 hours but the work itself is only 2 or three max...of course drying time is a factor so a nice warm day in the 70s or hier is perfect...soft paint is my thing ..i like the idea it chalks away when you wipe the hull and as it wears thin i do it again...this type of paint is less expensive and than harder ones but it requires application more often thats the trade off...i try to get the boat out of the water every five years or so for winter storage and gives me the opotunity to thoroughly inspect bottom and all thu hull fittings as well as prop shaft/cutlass bearing and rudder post and so far in over twenty years not seen or felt blisters ...guess i been lucky...
i fell this may be valuable info for folks who wonder what happens when a boat is careened...anyone wants further info please contact me at email....
cheers/mike
COMPINCHE CD30C...
compinchecd30@yahoo.com
not too many people have the oportunity to do work on their boats
with the help of the tidal conditions a hefty tide of about six feet does the trick...where i keep COMPINCHE we do have an average of seven to eight and half and i do the bottom sometimes spring and
fall but once a year takes care of it normally...i been doing it for many years and like you saved big bucks and like the idea i can do it any time it s convenient to me...i bring the boat to shore about one hour after high tide to ensure next tide will do the job...ground it into position and use main halyard...puling to make sure port side is careened or whichever side i preffer at this time...once painted
next side will be done following week to alowe paint to set if only clean up is done then next day will clean the other side it allways works...one thing to be cautious is wind...would hate to be dealind witn anything hier than lite winds during beaching and pulling out ... all this takes about 12 hours but the work itself is only 2 or three max...of course drying time is a factor so a nice warm day in the 70s or hier is perfect...soft paint is my thing ..i like the idea it chalks away when you wipe the hull and as it wears thin i do it again...this type of paint is less expensive and than harder ones but it requires application more often thats the trade off...i try to get the boat out of the water every five years or so for winter storage and gives me the opotunity to thoroughly inspect bottom and all thu hull fittings as well as prop shaft/cutlass bearing and rudder post and so far in over twenty years not seen or felt blisters ...guess i been lucky...
i fell this may be valuable info for folks who wonder what happens when a boat is careened...anyone wants further info please contact me at email....
cheers/mike
COMPINCHE CD30C...
compinchecd30@yahoo.com