{"id":301,"date":"2015-04-30T17:45:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T17:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailingthanksdad.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/30\/prior-to-launch-projects\/"},"modified":"2020-04-13T21:02:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T21:02:24","slug":"prior-to-launch-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailingthanksdad.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/30\/prior-to-launch-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Prior to launch projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Sunday 26-April-2015) Painted the transom with topside paint. The wooden battery box and its support base was rotted so we built a new one using composite decking lumber and installed it.
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\nOld rotten battery box base<\/p>\n

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\nNew battery box base made from composite decking lumber<\/p>\n

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\nNew battery box and old battery box <\/p>\n

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\nNew battery box installed <\/p>\n

When the boat was hauled out last fall, one of the stanchions was bent somehow. I suspect the travel lift’s belt did it. I had it straightened at work and we re-installed it and the lifelines. <\/p>\n

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\nBent stanchion <\/p>\n

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\nStanchion straightened <\/p>\n

Over the winter I bought an “hour run time meter” for the engine. I designed a cutout template to make it easier to install in the electrical panel. The template was laser cut from steel and I used it and a “rotozip” to make the cut in the electrical panel. <\/p>\n

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\nInstalled engine run time meter and template.<\/p>\n