Winter Projects, 1988 340 Sundancer

Looks great, and should really brighten up the cabin!
 
Looks great... the caulk idea should be sweet. Please doc heavily when you go to put it all back together... that way I will know exactly how to take mine apart.
 
Well it is coming together. I will update the site later this week but here is the before picture:
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And here is the after picture!
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So what do you all think?
 
Looks great James!

Question... what is the rolled trim material and how does it go on?
 
Well Jason, the trim is what they call piping at the fabric store. In other words, rope without any strength, soft and pliable, which is wrapped inside a piece of headliner. On the cabinets, I just folded over the piece of fabric over the piping and staple it down to the top of the cabinet. On the forward bulkhead, which I did not post the picture until tonight, I took strips of headliner, sprayed the backside with glue, placed the rope down the center, spayed again with more glue, let it set up, then folded over itself. I then clamped the 90 inches of the folded over side between to 10' furring strips over night. The next morning, I UN-clamped the boards. When I was down at the boat, I then trimmed the tail off, taped the forward bulkhead and the ceiling off, spray glue and stuck it up there.

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Completed:
All leaks fixed.
New Headliner and all trim re-stained.
Ice maker fixed.
Bow rails plan B done.

What is left:
Teak to be done on the stern
Exhaust manifolds and heat risers port side
Bottom paint
Wash and wax.
 
Looks great... want to come do mine?

Hope you're back on the water soon...
 
End of the month I should be ready to get in. The marina season starts May 1st. Normally this time of the year the river is swollen from snow melt all the way to Canada from Connecticut. But since we had a very dry winter and not much snow up north, the river is very low, they are rebuilding all the docks since the begining of March, it looks like we will make the May 1 deadline.
 
James your blog is priceless!!! I currently have a leak on my starboard side right aft of the electrical panel. For the life of me, I can't find the leak:smt013.

I have taken apart almost as much as can, possibly. I did see some more screws and such, but I just got aggravated and said screw it for now.

I called Sea Ray and talked to a guy in parts, and he said, "They usually leak from the bow rail stanchions or the windshield wiper motor". Well, I checked the windshield wiper motors inside and I couldn't physically see either one. And the stanchions look dry from where I was looking from, around the area closest to the leak. Outside, the stanchions look pretty flush to me.

Question for you, have you ever heard of "Captain Tolley's creeping crack crawler repair"? I'm thinking if I inject some of this into the base of the stanchions and let it set like they say, and go from there. It's a liquid base type of epoxy. Thanks in advance...:thumbsup:
 
The years of the boat are different so the layouts are not quite the same. I have a couple of panels. Are you talking about the shore power panel down inside the boat by the stairs or the fuse panel next to the helm? I use a small digital camera to point into areas I cannot see. This way I can take a bunch of pictures and use them as my eyes. I know I have one more leak to fix, but it is a simple fix for this year. Water was running down from the windshield where the wiper wires run into the galley. I did replace the caulking where the hole is from the inside to the corner of the windshield. I also saw light coming through the corner. I am going to remove all the silicone they put on the edge of the windshield to where it is bolted to the fiberglass and caulk with 3m 4000 after I tape the area ( makes easy clean up)


I have heard of Captain before, and that would be the last resort for me. Anything that is bolted to the glass, I much rather remove, clean, and caulk. Once you put epoxy, it is very hard to remove without even more work. Take some pictures and look for water stains or where the dust is not as thick. That is how I found the leak at the sink. Did not see it until I got the pictures on the big monitor. The little 2.5 in screen is fine for very obvious items, but the 21" monitor is so much better on these old eyes.

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See the water stains to the left of the gray hose and next to the L bracket? It was only when I could blow it up that I could see the stains and it is right underneath the sink drain where the pipe was not cemented together, it was just forced fit. I ended up gluing it in place to stop the leak since it is only PVC pipe.
 
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I agree Bruce, James you did a great job on your blog... I will def be using it when I decide to tackle this project myself... Thanks for everything man...
 
Wait, it is not over yet. This fall I am taking the project page and creating a step by step, start to finish of how to do it. Then starting the 2012 / 2013 project page. Everything will be in sequence with all the pictures showing what to do. I love have this extra time on my hands.
 
Ka1oxd said:
The years of the boat are different so the layouts are not quite the same. I have a couple of panels. Are you talking about the shore power panel down inside the boat by the stairs or the fuse panel next to the helm? I use a small digital camera to point into areas I cannot see. This way I can take a bunch of pictures and use them as my eyes. I know I have one more leak to fix, but it is a simple fix for this year. Water was running down from the windshield where the wiper wires run into the galley. I did replace the caulking where the hole is from the inside to the corner of the windshield. I also saw light coming through the corner. I am going to remove all the silicone they put on the edge of the windshield to where it is bolted to the fiberglass and caulk with 3m 4000 after I tape the area ( makes easy clean up)


I have heard of Captain before, and that would be the last resort for me. Anything that is bolted to the glass, I much rather remove, clean, and caulk. Once you put epoxy, it is very hard to remove without even more work. Take some pictures and look for water stains or where the dust is not as thick. That is how I found the leak at the sink. Did not see it until I got the pictures on the big monitor. The little 2.5 in screen is fine for very obvious items, but the 21" monitor is so much better on these old eyes.

tn_SAM_0440.jpg

See the water stains to the left of the gray hose and next to the L bracket? It was only when I could blow it up that I could see the stains and it is right underneath the sink drain where the pipe was not cemented together, it was just forced fit. I ended up gluing it in place to stop the leak since it is only PVC pipe.
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i'm going to post a picture, it's located on the starboard side just left of the t.v. where the bulkhead bumps up to the wood panel where it curves into the aft section, and it drips down on the long cushion then on to the carpet under that.
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Is your helm and windshield is right above that? The biggest problem is leaks can travel a long distance before they show themselves. I take it you are a year round boated since you live on the coast. Can you take the TV out and look to that side to see where the water maybe coming from? If you think it is the stanchion, get a hose and let the water run just on the stanchion without a nozzle and see if the water comes in. I would then work my way up the hull to the next highest point and see if the water comes in. Where you are describing where the leak comes from almost seems to high for the stanchion, I maybe wrong, but that is where I would start. If I could not find it, then I would start taking apart the inside. BTW anytime I look at something, I usallly take it off for inspection, then reseal.
 
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