San Juan 24 progress

[tip]

Hey guys, thought I would make a thread documenting the work going into my '75 San Juan 24.

My plans so far are:
-clean, clean, clean
-rip out all old wiring
-install new, clean, updated electronics and wiring
-refinish all brightwork
-reseal leaking chainplates
-rebed portlights
-lots of other stuff!


Here's the day I picked her up





Interior (lots of work needed here):


notice the half-ass vinyl job:


wiring mess:


more:


nasty bilge:


Thanks for looking, I'll keep updating this as I go.

-Tip

[tip]

Some new goodies:

[sailingdog]

Excellent....keep us posted.

[tip]

Took some time and re-sealed my pesky chainplates. This is one of the few beefs I (and many others) have with Bruce Kirby's design. The port side was leaking pretty heavily. I went ahead and re-sealed the starboard chainplate also, as well as the toe rail drains (sorry no pics of that).

Getting rid of the all the old sealant (previous owner had ran a bead of sealant right on top the old stuff):


Gettin' there:


After I removed all remnants of old sealant, I cleaned thoroughly with some Interlux 202 solvent. Then I packed in some 3M 5200 to seal her up.

As I was cleaning, I realized I didn't have any more masking tape with me so its a little sloppier than I would have liked, but I can live with it:





One more thing... thought I'd include a quick pic of the maiden sail a while ago (little over trimmed)

[mitiempo]

Pretty boat.
One good thing about a San Juan 24 is there isn't much wiring to start with so it's not too hard of a job to rewire.
3M 5200 is not a good choice for anything you will ever want to remove and really shouldn't be used on a boat except possibly for hull/keel joints. It's adhesive properties are so strong that the gel coat will be pulled off when trying to remove it. Sikaflex 291 or 3M 4200 are better choices.

[Bene505]

Great thread. It's good to see such progress made on a sailboat.

I've never sail one, but she looks pretty sleek. I bet she goes to windward really well.

Regards,
Brad

[smackdaddy]

Hey tip, I just bought one of those BlueSea battery switches and am planning to wire two batteries up for overnight power. Have you found a good wiring diagram on SN or anywhere else for that?

Anyone else have one?

PS - Nice work on the chainplates dude!

[tip]

mitiempo - thanks, and you're right. I actually used 4200 (green tube) - Looks like I got a little mixed up when I was writing that. 5200 would have been a bad choice for chainplates

brad - thanks, and yeah, she is a great heading upwind! ...but downwind is another story

smackdaddy - I'd check first with the Blue Seas site. Here's a link to the manual to one of the switches:

http://bluesea.com/files/resources/i...eb_version.pdf

[sailingdog]

Smacky—

Depends on which switch you bought. Some have three posts, others just four.

Originally Posted by smackdaddy

Hey tip, I just bought one of those BlueSea battery switches and am planning to wire two batteries up for overnight power. Have you found a good wiring diagram on SN or anywhere else for that?

Anyone else have one?

PS - Nice work on the chainplates dude!

[smackdaddy]

It's the BlueSea 6007 that I bought HERE.

It's got 3 posts - and the switch is the Off/1/2/1+2 config. The question I have regards wiring the negative terminals. Do I gang those across the 2 batteries - then go into the buss with single wire? Or what?

This is just a house bank. I have an OB so don't have to worry about a starting battery. I just need extended power for the lights, etc.

This electrical stuff is hard.

(PS - surely there's already a thread for this. I just haven't found it.)