Vira - Sailboat rebuild, Irwin Citation 34

 Interior Finished making new cushions. Not ideal, but I think not too bad for the first time sewing upholstery. Cushions are at the place  Happy sailing day 15-25 knots wind. Little overwhelming, but a lot of fun. More than 40 tacks in 5 hours and 21nm log (4knots average) and max speed I saw 7 knots. Literally get to hull speed.    

   Day out Had nice peaceful sailing afternoon. Wind  5-10kn, no unexpected gusts. our speed up to 4.5kn about a half time. Ready to go It is me ;-)  

Interior Cleaned floor from sealant adhesive leftovers, sanding gelcoat to make fresh surface and remove "ups" epoxy  drops. First run around is complete.   Grind openings in the floor was done to investigate area around compression post, prepared area fro re-glassing. Sailing Afternoon  we get out for sailing. nice day 10-20 knots wind. Upwind  sailing Speed is 6.1 knots (11 km/hour) Wind 17 knots boat heel 23.8 degrees, yes we are overpowered.

     

JUST small things and fun. Installed Barton winchers on main winches, Reinstalled engine room vent duct, Installed 3d Printed Horizon MD150 cover, Refilled water tank, installed tie anchors in v-berth to tie stuff boxes against movement, dry fitted bow roller and marked mount points, dry fitted windlass base and marked it.  

Morning spent Making order on things on a boat to have less mess on the floor :) Main thing was done is making order with wires inside wheel pedestal, connect depth sounder and Log to Open Plotter computer, so no more need to get on the floor to get readings on the knees. (previous owner put instrument too low on the pedestal, so it appears almost unusable). My dshboard now.   Then afternoon I had a nice sailing in steady wind of 10 kts south. in 4 hours we did 15.2 NM with average speed 3.2kts and top one 6.5. My hull speed is 7.0kts. So we was close enough if count the last cleaning I did in September. During sailing boat points pretty well.   Short  video from this trip.  Link here . On one on Close hull tacks. 6.35 kts on beam reach.  Top was higher. Little relaxing... Getting home at night Still under sail. Wind dropped to 5-6 kts but still there. Full moon helps a lot. Night sails  

Interior  Made and installed cover over the back side of the cockpit display. Made from tinned acrylic, and black painted on the back. Looks good? I can use it as mirror :-)   Also added, small plate below the countertop. It covers hole where LPG power switch was installed. Now it is on the main panel.   Lockers Installed handles to my locker doors. Little bit not in color, but shape is what i need.    Navigation table Added display control buttons. 3D printed parts. Electrical As I wrote before all wiring on my boat was original, made using bare copper stranded, wire, but 7 strands wire, and I replaced  all wiring after switch/breaker box to meet modern UL 1426 standard. High flexible stranded tinned copped wire. For some time I left "battery" side wires "as is". So, now time is come.  Spent 3 days to make new high current wiring. First day disassemble ond wiring, second gay inspect engine wiring, and started new wiring assembly , third - finishing ,...