Shaft Shark and Zincs
Given the prevalence of crab pots in the Chesapeake Bay I decided to spring for a Shaft Shark. It comes in two pieces precluding having to remove the shaft to install it.
shaft shark 35mm
Protect your drive train and propeller with the best rope, line and debris cutter there is. The SHAFT SHARK is a serrated edge circular blade machined from high quality 316L type stainless steel. It attaches to your shaft just forward of the propeller and rotates with the shaft or saildrive hub, cutting away any rope,
https://www.fawcettboat.com/product...
Rocna Traditional Anchor install
The anchor the boat came with is distressingly undersized for a boat this large. I purchased 150' of 3/8" G4 high tensile strength chain and a Rocna 25 (55lb) anchor.
Unfortunately, the fluke of the anchor touches the hull so I need to adjust the anchor roller somehow to better accommodate it.
Yanmar 4JH-TE Wiring Harness Fiasco
The wiring harness for my Yanmar 4JH-TE is a serious mess of previous-ownerin' nonsense. It was difficult to figure out how everything was wired with all the splices, stacked connectors, and bundles of unrelated wires wrapped together in electrical tape.
Yanmar 4JH-TE Impellor Replacement
When I took the exhaust manifold apart I found bits of impeller in the end caps so I decided to check the impeller which it turns out had already failed after less than a year.
Address Yanmar 4JH-TE excessive smoke problem.
After MP did the 1000 hour service on my Yanmar 4JH-TE propulsion engine, I noticed that it was smoking considerably more than it had been and that it was consuming much more oil than it had been.
On recommendations from the Yanmar Marine Engine Owners group I changed the oil from Rotella 15/40 to straight SAE 30. The oil consumption stopped and I mistakenly thought the smoking problem has been resolved. However, it started smoking even worse after another couple outings.
So I reached out to Diversified Marine to see if they could diagnose the problem.
Hatch Repair
The catch blocks and handles on the two largest hatches are broken and leaking.
Replacement handles and catches are available from RigRite.
Sun Odyssey 44 - Address Rusted Stuck Swing Keel
The swing keel on SV Will Sea is heavily corroded and will not move without a significant application of force. The hope is that the keel can be dropped and then removed. However, the design of the keel does not match the parts diagram that was found in the manual that came with the boat.
Sun Odyssey 44 - Power Distribution Wiring Nightmare
To my dismay the power distribution wiring is much more of a nightmare than I originally realized. In retrospect, the vessel should have been declared unsafe to operate in the survey.
Prior to delivering it to Annapolis, the wiring will need to be significantly cleaned up.