Boat Visits – no spash this year | s/v Hajime

Hi guys!

We have been busy this fall and decided to skip splashing water on svHajime this season. We did visit her a couple times and caught up with dry storage rent payments worked on her some little bit and came back to USA.

Guaymas had a wind event in July and Jim went down to cut the solar panels off the boat, things were a bit twisted and bent up.

October we went to Japan for sight seeing and food tasting tour. We just kinda layed out a route and rode the trains… It has been 20 years since out third date in Tokyo at the old World Masters event in 2003. A goog a reason as any! The Japan photo posts on the blog back in october 2023…

Feb 09 through 25 2024 was boat work in the work yard at Marina Guaymas:

http://www.marinaguaymas.com/

Jim got pneumonia in MX so we cut the trip short. The new lymphoma drug wipes out white blood cells so like 30% of folks on the drug get infections of some kind, so no suprizes, the antibiotics we got in MX knocked it down prety quickly so we did get some work done…

Stuff we DID get done:

Washed down deck before opening boat
Hung the new 200 foot of 5/16 BBB 316 SS chain and 200 foot of new 5/8 nylon rode.
Put new BBB gypsey on Lewmar windlass
Removed stainless tube supports for the old 3 x140 watt solar panels. They were bent/broken from wind damage
Installed new support structure for new single solar panel 1 x 350 watt while installing panel, found frayed data cable to the RADAR and made new cable and installed same.
Sanded and sealed the cork cockpit sole
Replaced the forward Lewmar opening hatch with same part number Lewmar opening hatch 30×30 inch
Test sanded bottom and cut into the crack along the forward end of the keel hull joint to get idea for fix materials required for next time
Sanded and varnished cabin door from forward berth
Fixed bildge hatch in sole in front of head with new hatch support wood and new SS fasteners
Re-sewed bimini and dodger canvas with “forever thread”
Fired up Starlink on 12v DC and 120v AC to prove operable, all is working well!
Hung new SS forward upper lifelines and removed and brought home lowers to measure for ordering replacements from sailing services in FL
Brought home sample and new stanchion for bending replacements we had made in MX last year we need to bend stanchion tube to a 5 degree angle on the bottom 3 inches.
Measured winch for jib halyard for replacement next round
Re rigged line in the whisker pole and shortened it by a couple feet

Stuff we DID NOT get done:

re-upholster all the cushions in the boat; aft qtr – 5 pieces, salon – 4 pieces, forward V-berth – 3 pieces
Sand and paint bottom
Clean and wax boat deck
Replace dorade base wood boards 2@ 1/2″ x 9.25″ x 12″ and 2@ 1/2″x9.25″x20″
Go see the Copper Canyon