Hi All
after many years of day dreaming, visiting boat shows,walking a million miles in marinas we took the plunge and bought a 2005 ex charter Bavaria 38. we wanted a nice condition newer boat, but the thought was either save another 10 years and then too old to enjoy it,or buy a fixer up and get sailing Now. As a hands on Person was not scared of doing some repair work.
the survey brought up that cosmetically she was poor condition, the hull and keel OK, sail drive signs of water ingression, rudder bearings gone, a lot of the systems need work, but it has a 2015 beta 30 hp engine.
this has been the progress so far.
1. the saildrive was stripped new seals fitted, new oil,new prop, and new Zinc
2. the rudder was removed and new bearings fitted. the steering cables readjusted.
3. the hull was lightly sanded and new antifoul fitted. the sail drive was scraped and a sail drive primer and antifoul applied
4. the hull was removed of all advertising decals and a compounded with 1200 compound, followed by 2000 compound and finished off with a waxing. in certain light one can still see the old Cornish cruising logo, but i feel that next years polish will remove all traces (I Hope)
5. the electric bilge pump was remounted and reconnected and actually tested with water
6. removed and stripped all cupboard latches lubricated them, and put them back to use. now need to replace all knobs.(there were 4 different types and colours)
7. replaced the burned out socket outlets, with new 13 amp sockets.(Berker)
8.the middle seat in saloon was remounted
9.battery charger was repaired
10. installed a humidifier to get rid of all moisture
11. refitted all loose heater hoses
12.replaced latches in heads cupboard (£22 each. ouch)
13. replaced the transom gate carabiner clips
14. replaced the boom goose neck swivel and brackets
15. the mast has been removed as found out it had moved forward by 10 mm, this is going to take a few weeks. then she will be put back in water.
16. the keel was resealed and retorqued
The plan is then to sail her back to Brighton, and the interior will be sanded and re varnished. also thinking of new instruments to be fitted .
the fridge needs repairing as the heating need service. the chain locker need major upgrade and repairs.all cabins matresses will need replacing( i thing a rat got loose on the foam rubber)
once the boat is in good condition we plan to sail it to the med, and visit various cities in a leisure manner.
our next step is to get our skippers license as we have never sailed before apart from on a flotilla holiday,
we are looking forward to an exciting and challenging time ahead
Abby and Fiona