Happy New Year Engine Work

Here are some pictures of the engine work I have been doing over the holidays

Hoisting the partially disassembled engine out of the bilge.  It is rustier than we expected!  It looks like salt water has gotten in to the transmission and caused a lot of internal rusting.  The engine turns over but there is a lot of carbon build up in the cylinders.

Here is the engine sitting on the floorboards.  You can see the bilge that I pulled it out of just to the right.  I used some straps and a come along to hoist it up out and swing it over to the floorboards.

Dirty bilge grease hands.

Meggie and I folding folding sails in the backyard at Plymouth. There are lots of oldish sails that we will have to sort through carefully, repair and clean.

Fish In the Water

Just a quick couple pictures of Fishers Hornpipe in the water.  Note the genoa jib tied down to the lifelines (no roller furling).  The inner stay'sl, which is in a blue sail cover, is what makes her a cutter rig. The main'sl is further aft behind the mast. You can also see the three forward portholes which provide light and ventilation to the v-berth, workshop area, and crew bunks.

                We are considering painting the hull the original dark blue.  The builder Reuel Parker recommends going back to a darker hull color.  Below is a picture from the cover of the book The Voyages of Fishers Hornpipe which shows the original blue paint.  What do you prefer?

More Pictures

Galley salon area.

View of deck from aloft.  Note solar panel and R Mac

60 HP Isuzu diesel engine.  We are going to rebuild it. 

Some rotten wood in the toe rail which we will replace. 

Rusty dings in the keel which we will clean up, patch and paint.

First Post! Just bought a sailboat...

Hi from Rob and Nadine,

This blog is to share pictures and info about our new sailboat, Fishers Hornpipe.  We competed the sale December 3 and are excited to start working on the many projects required to get her seaworthy again.  The Hornpipe is 40' long on deck 55' including the bowsprit and davits.  She was designed by Patrick Cotten and built by boat builder/designer Reuel Parker (http://www.parker-marine.com)

The hull is made of Ferro-cement.  The Decks are marine-grade plywood coated with fiberglass.  The mast is a solid chunk of don douglas fir.  More Pictures to come...