REPAIRS TO BE DONE
further repair the mast and spreader bars
a new boom
new sails
new standing and running rigging,
brace the strongback (the weakening bulkheads under my deck stepped mast)
aquire a depth finder
and GPS unit
a radar detector
new life lines and stanchions
solar panels
wind generator
a satelitte phone to keep in touch--with those I love and those for safety
new blower
engine work
sand, coat, and nonskid
enamel
force 10 stove
replace intake thruhull
replace water lines from bilge
enlarge bilge thruhull to 1 1/8
holding tank
water maker
click hereto go to a wonderful website documenting the complete restoration of their very own Pearson Triton.
REPAIRS DONE
rudder post,
prop shaft
cutlass bearing,
zincs
radio antenna
running and steaming lights
reinforced my rudder with "fish plates" and penetrating epoxy
sanded down to the gel coat keel to gunwales
started anew with its barrier coat
ablative and primer
new head
cleared scuppers
two super over-kill bilge pumps totalling 2200 gallons per hour! (one is for backup)
My hull is now very, very sound.
Pearson Triton 551
Pantalaimon
I live and do work upon a Pearson Triton, hull # 551, one of the orginal fiberglass boats: it is noted in many offshore books, as a classic seaworthy vessel. This boat is worth the love and the work. I love my boat more than anything, aside from the ocean it resides in.
I have recently completed my first haulout, out of the water, doing physical and financially aggressive repairs on my sailboat. I had been there 3 months. My friend was right, it is like standing in cold shower, tearing up $100 bills.
