2004 Maintenance Performed on CG36500 in 2004

Done During Early Spring:

• Change engine oil and filter.

Done During Spring Haulout in April:

• Sand, prime, and paint topsides white.
• Scrape and paint bottom and boottop.
• Sand, prime and paint buff areas.
• Fabricate and install drip edges over hatch doors.
• Remove two original mooring bitts forward and replace with old growth yellow
• pine. Let in brass half oval on corners to prevent chafing.
• Remove, rebed, and refasten bronze half oval on coamings.
• Replace all hose clamps and replace some piping on engine.
• Replace muffler.
• Varnish windshield and bridge deck.
• Install Nicro-Fico solar vent on engine compartment.
• Repair cleats on deck lockers
• Attach sacrificial zincs to bronze keel, rudder, and shaft..
• Apply new vessel lettering forward.

Done in the Summer:

• Reinforce suspension of muffler and exhaust piping.
• Remove section of cast iron exhaust flange and replace with stainless section.
• Wrap repaired exhaust section with fiberglass tape.
• Procure and install new VDO tachometer / hour meter.
• Tighten shaft stuffing box as needed.
• Procure sewn coded signal flags (C G 3 6 5 0 0 ) and fly when appropriate.
• Add distilled water to both batteries.

Done in the Fall:

Replace keel and rudder zincs at time of boat move from Rock Harbor to Meetinghouse Pond, Orleans. (This was done while the boat was on the trailer.)
• Attach leather chafing gear to dock lines where needed.
• Attach brass plates to top of mooring bitts.
• Change engine oil and filter.
• Remove and stow gear not needed aboard.
• Remove gratings from engine compartment, scrub clean, and return.
• Cover steering wheel and windshield area with custom canvas coverings.

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