New engine, shaft and prop, new lithium batteries, replace windows and paint engine room and remove un-used equipment from the boat.

Out with the old, and in with the new. New to me at least - it was s/hand, but in excellent condition.

the old was becoming dangerous to use, and beyond saving

I mounted the new one a little further out to give me better access (i'm tall). The original fiddles came with it too.

Azure305 said..
Out with the old, and in with the new. New to me at least - it was s/hand, but in excellent condition.

the old was becoming dangerous to use, and beyond saving

I mounted the new one a little further out to give me better access (i'm tall). The original fiddles came with it too.

Looks good, is it working well? Have you gained a little extra space underneath as well?

New main sheet blocks and boom strop installed.

Strengthened up the stanchions. As standard on Bavaria's of my boat era, the life line stanchions are hooked under the tow rail, then bolted through the fibreglass deck. Mine had worked loose from people pulling on the lines to get on or off the boat at docks!
And one got snagged at a raft up, after sone helpful soul created too much wake near an anchorage, the gel coat was cracked. So I have added a stainless top plate to spread the load better and cover the damage gel coat cracks. I used west and filler to bed the one damaged one and silicon to bed the others in better condition. Ordered sone 2mm thick 150mm circles off eBay and cut them in half.

8 done and it took me a day to get access below to add a stout s/steel plate and new bolts and nuts, used a specially bought pass through socket set, magic item for long bolts.

I noticed this thread has now had over 500,000 views. That is just awesome!
I've said it before and I'll say it again - these are the posts I look forward to reading the most. They're informative, instructional, and inspirational. I love seeing how others get things done, and how information, skills, knowledge and compliments are shared without the derogatory cr*p often seen in other (un-named) forums. Personally I have achieved things and solved problems i never otherwise would have without the help offered here and in other SB posts.
Thankyou to everyone.

julesmoto said..
Completed my 100mm cockpit drains that go from the rear of the cockpit out through the transom through the lazarette. This involved putting four cuts through the 100 mm tubes already glassed in and fitting 3 joiners two rubber and one longitudinaly split PVC joiner with 4 slide latches as depicted. Undoing 4 hose clamps and 4 quick release slide latches now allows me to crawl into the lazarette to do fun things like service the quadrant and the engine throttle cables

Good forward thinking there!

Craig66 said..

julesmoto said..
Drilled four 110mm holes in the boat today. installed 100mm sewer pipe out the back of the cockpit through the lazarette above the Quadrant and up the transom. Don't fancy my giant cockpit being filled by a rogue wave. Job not finished yet as have yet to glass them in then cut out the bits spanning the lazarette to install removable sections so that I don't lose access in that area. Note the size of the new drains in the transom v the old exiting just above water level. Never without my four-year-old crew/apprentice on the boat :-)

Hi Julesmoto,
It may not be necessary as your pipes are well above water line but do you have a way to stop "back wash" from entering the cockpit if your getting wave action from behind?

I was thinking that two, no issue sailing around Lake Macquarrie, but if you venture outside in a good Southerly running North you may want to add a non return. You could use plastic funnels with lightly weighted shock cord.
cheers Richard

Craig66 said..

julesmoto said..
Drilled four 110mm holes in the boat today. installed 100mm sewer pipe out the back of the cockpit through the lazarette above the Quadrant and up the transom. Don't fancy my giant cockpit being filled by a rogue wave. Job not finished yet as have yet to glass them in then cut out the bits spanning the lazarette to install removable sections so that I don't lose access in that area. Note the size of the new drains in the transom v the old exiting just above water level. Never without my four-year-old crew/apprentice on the boat :-)

Hi Julesmoto,
It may not be necessary as your pipes are well above water line but do you have a way to stop "back wash" from entering the cockpit if your getting wave action from behind?

Not at the moment so I will see how I go with that. The thought of a pair of hundred millimetre intermittent blasts of water on my feet doesn't terrify me as much a whole wave filling my 3 metre long .cockpit and not getting away pronto. After all whatever comes in through these holes would pretty quickly and easily exit through the same holes . Furthermore how do opened transom designs get on ?

Stockie said..

Craig66 said..

julesmoto said..
Drilled four 110mm holes in the boat today. installed 100mm sewer pipe out the back of the cockpit through the lazarette above the Quadrant and up the transom. Don't fancy my giant cockpit being filled by a rogue wave. Job not finished yet as have yet to glass them in then cut out the bits spanning the lazarette to install removable sections so that I don't lose access in that area. Note the size of the new drains in the transom v the old exiting just above water level. Never without my four-year-old crew/apprentice on the boat :-)

Hi Julesmoto,
It may not be necessary as your pipes are well above water line but do you have a way to stop "back wash" from entering the cockpit if your getting wave action from behind?

I was thinking that two, no issue sailing around Lake Macquarrie, but if you venture outside in a good Southerly running North you may want to add a non return. You could use plastic funnels with lightly weighted shock cord.
cheers Richard

Thanks Richard that's an interesting idea that I will certainly mull over.

woko said..
I've noticed the big RIBs that are used by marine rescue etc, have a simple collapsible hose from the cockpit drains that act as non returns, must pass survey

Another interesting idea . Thanks for that.

woko said..
I've noticed the big RIBs that are used by marine rescue etc, have a simple collapsible hose from the cockpit drains that act as non returns, must pass survey

Another interesting idea . Thanks for that.

Thanks for all the really helpful replies guys and sorry for the duplicate posts which I now can't delete. All work on the boat (like the new waterproof Bulkhead around the rudder/skeg area) at a screaming halt now as escaped before Queensland shut its borders yesterday and now nice and warm in Airlie Beach but severely missing my boat in Sydney. To make it worse there are so many yachts in the bay teasing me with their masthead anchor lights on obviously owned by people who plan ahead and sailed their boats here :-(. Might be a few people in Sydney however that will be locked out of their boats soon.

I seem to remember some time ago that Whitworths sold rubber flaps that acted as one way valves. They had a sleeve that went over the pipe and were secured with a hose clamp. If they are still available they'll stop the water coming into the cockpit.

As a friend of mine is fond of saying, if its stupid and it works, its not stupid. $29.95.

www.bunnings.com.au/holman-150mm-pvc-dwv-male-flap-valve_p0149150?gclid=Cj0KCQjw_dWGBhDAARIsAMcYuJy6ZY-QnGPk4y6CduZa7VLu5YtHY0qE2iyFp5drahGLtw1bFWQLLQgaAvkbEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Or, whatever size fits.