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Carina's Upgrades

It's hard to know when you and your boat are both ready to cast off the dock lines.  Our priority was to concentrate on health and welfare items first.  As you cruise and meet other cruisers it's interesting to see what innovations others have incorporated into their boats but also what priorities they have chosen.  Most cruisers do not have unlimited funds, so everyone makes choices.  For example, we did not have a watermaker (which is used to "make" fresh water from seawater through reverse osmosis), for six years and now only have a small system to be used where we absolutely cannot collect or obtain water.  We wouldn't have left the dock without an SSB and modem for email, weatherfax and cruiser nets, but many boats opt out of this expensive system.  We wouldn't be without paper charts for all destinations (though we use some electronic charts), while many vessels don't even carry them anymore.  One certainty of cruising - which means living aboard and using your boat constantly - is that systems you thought were solid will break down.  The result is that the project list is never, ever complete.  Carry spares.

 

Hull, Deck and Cabin in Awlgrip Paint

Chainplates of Grade 316 Stainless Steel

Standing Rigging of Sta-Lok Terminals

Tangs and Tang Bolts for Upper and Lower Shrouds

Running Rigging including - Spare Jib Halyard, Trysail Halyard

Rope Clutches - Mast, Cabin Top & Furling

Whisker Pole

Trysail Track

Cabin Top Staysail Tracks - Port Townsend Rigging

Topping Lift

EZ Jax

Main - Neil Pryde

Upgraded Genoa - Neil Pryde with Upgrades by North West Sails

Staysail, Trysail, Storm Staysail - Port Townsend Sails

Ready Bag - Staysail & Storm Trysail

Auxiliary Diesel Engine - Yanmar 30GM30F

New Shaft 2010

Shaft Zinc

Thordon Composite Cutless 2011

Dripless Shaft - PSS

Drivesaver by Globe Rubber

Fuel Tank (aluminum)

Campbell Sailor Prop

Single Sideband / Ham Radio - Icom M710 RT

Radio Modem - SCS PTC-II Pro with Pactor 3

VHF with Remote Microphone (Command-Mike) - Icom M402

Depth Sounder - Raymarine ST60 & Standard Horizon

Fishfinder - Garmin 140

 

406 EPIRB/GPS - ACR

Radar - Raymarine (died a few deaths), later Furuno 1715

Bonding System

Lightning Dissipator

LED bulbs for anchor, navigation, steaming & tricolor - Dr. LED & Bebi Electronics

Multistage Battery Charger - Truecharge2 20

 

                Wind/Solar Regulator - Trace C40

                High Output Alternator - Balmar

                Smart Alternator Regulator - Balmar

                Wind Power Generator - KISS

                Solar Panels (300 Watts, Kyocera and Shell Solar)

                Honda 1000 Portable Generator

                Link 10 Battery Monitor

                Galvanic Isolator

                CO Monitor

                Upgraded Propane Control/Alarm

                Through-Hulls, Ball Valves & Hoses

                Lazarette Gasketing & Secondary Latching Mechanism

                Head (twice replaced!)

                Galley Plumbing

                Seawater Foot Pump in Galley

                Watermaker - Pur Powersurvivor 40e, purchased used Nov 2009

                In line Drinking Water Filtration

                Corian Countertop at Sink

                Flexible Water Tank

                Refrigeration - Technautics Cool Blue

                Windvane Self Steering - Monitor

                          Hard Dodger - WaveStopper (Stamoid replaced with Top Gun 2012)

                          Teak Cockpit  Table (gift from Alkahest)

                          Nesting Dinghy - modified Chameleon

                          Outboard Auxiliary for Tender - Mercury 3.3 hp

                                    Liferaft - Winslow 4 man Offshore

                                    Parachute Storm Anchor - Paratech

                                    310' 5/16 High Test Chain for Primary Anchor

                                    220' 5/16 High Test Chain + 150' 1" three strand nylon rode on secondary anchore

                                    44 lb. Bruce (later stolen), 20 kg CQR, Fortress and 20 kg Spade Anchors

                                    Lifelines and Lifeline Netting (failed vinyl-covered lifelines replaced with 1 x 19 wire 2011)

                                    Full Sun Cover

                                    Bimini Side Shades (Phifertex)

                                    Ratlines