Century Club: Mark Witte

Moved the boat from Safe Harbor Zahniser's to SMSA for the boat naming ceremony

With a "new-to-us" boat there has been a long list of items that need to addressed.  Currently at 75 days of maintenance (only 10 count), areas that have been tackled include the following:

• Bilge pump replacement (install new foundation for the pump, physically install and wire the new pump, fabricate and install spacers needed for bilge pump switch holder.
• Reinstalled A/C pump as it had to be moved to accommodate the new bilge pump.
• Sand and clean saildrive and hull around rudder bearing.  Tape and mask to apply 2 coats of AF to the saildrive and around the rudder bearing
• Fabricated and then installed boom mounted lazy jacks
• Moved lower engine hatch strut mounts to accommodate 2 inch longer struts and install the new struts. Tied fuel lines back to avoid interference with the closed hatch strut.
• Ground out keel root crack (superficial) and spent numerous days grinding then doing fairing prep prior to boat bottom being repainted.
• Installed software updates for the Zeus plotters, NAC-3, HV 20/20 displays
• Installed new nitrogen struts in the port aft cockpit locker
• Created templates for the fore and aft shape of the head fresh water tank that I'm manufacturing.  Tank to be installed under the floor in front of the head sink.
• V-Berth: moved the upper attach point of the lid pressure strut aft two holes to reduce the adverse load at the lid hinge.
• And the list goes on and on.......

11/29/2022: Bought a "new to us" boat and delivered her from Annapolis to Solomons, MD

10/27/2022: Moved boat to allow for mast removal (new rigging) and return to our alternate slip (tide was too low to put the boat back on our lift)

11/21/2022: intended to move boat back to the lift after a pump out on 11/19, but the tide was too low.  Planned to put it back on the lift on 11/20 prior to Frostbite #4 which would be at high tide.  However, thanks to the strong north winds, the tide was much lower than predicted and even at high tide there was insufficient water to get the boat back on the lift, so we finally were able to move the boat today.