I (Jon) finished these jobs variously on Dec. 22nd, Dec. 23rd, and April 1st.
The galvanized screws that held the hatch hinges were all replaced. All 700 of them. Ok, there was about 70. I pulled the hinges off, most of the old screws had to be drilled out. I filled the old screw holes with epoxy, drilled new holes, glued the hinge down with 4200, and added 4200 to every screw as I screwed it in. I also touched up some of the varnish on the hatches edges that was cracking. Not sure how effective that is going to be.
I also took quite a bit of time scrubbing away rust stains from various places. The hatches and port lights both had rust stains running from them. There were also rust streaks running down the hull from the radar arch. The sinks were all quite rusty.
The set screw on the starboard pedestal pole got replaced.
The galvanized U-bolt brackets holding the life sling were the rustiest things you’ve ever seen. They were replaced with stainless U-bolts. (April 1st)
All the set screws on the radar arch were replaced with stainless set screws.
A lock washer for one of the bolts holding the whisker pole mount was apparently not stainless. It got replaced.
A washer holding one of the nav light screws was apparently not stainless and completely corroded. The other right next to it was fine. The rusted washer was replaced.
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