Hello.
I found this site a few months ago while looking for sailboat info. This winter I have been working on several projects on my 1979 Hunter 30, which I bought new, and thought I could get some good feedback from other experienced sailors.
Over the years, I have rebuilt the Yanmar, installed a Racor water filter system and a new hot water heater with recirculating engine water, rewired the 12v system, made an emergency tiller so that, should the wheel steering fail, I don't have to pull the wheel, and the tiller can be tied to a self steering rig. I also have removed the original pressurized alcohol stove and replaced it with an Origo 2 burner and a convection microwave. I have re-faired the keel/hull joint, removed blisters, and painted the hull. I also rigged a Faraday cage from the shrouds to the keel. Right now I'm having the fresh water tank removed and a new Ronco tank installed.
I lived aboard when first bought, as I couldn't afford rent and AND a boat payment. I have sailed her from the Chesapeake, to the Gulf and to the Bahamas. I have weathered hurricanes on the St. Johns River & Tampa Bay, Florida and the "Storm of the Century", back in the nineties, in Green Turtle, Abaco. Over the past 40 years I have sailed other boats all over the Caribbean and the Gulf. Currently I'm on the mid Fla east coast and looking for anyone who would like to sail a day or a month.
I served in the U.S. Navy and am a retired Commercial pilot.
A final note to the Nattering Nabobs:
MaineSail has seen my posts on SBO.com for years under the same sign-on name.
I found this site a few months ago while looking for sailboat info. This winter I have been working on several projects on my 1979 Hunter 30, which I bought new, and thought I could get some good feedback from other experienced sailors.
Over the years, I have rebuilt the Yanmar, installed a Racor water filter system and a new hot water heater with recirculating engine water, rewired the 12v system, made an emergency tiller so that, should the wheel steering fail, I don't have to pull the wheel, and the tiller can be tied to a self steering rig. I also have removed the original pressurized alcohol stove and replaced it with an Origo 2 burner and a convection microwave. I have re-faired the keel/hull joint, removed blisters, and painted the hull. I also rigged a Faraday cage from the shrouds to the keel. Right now I'm having the fresh water tank removed and a new Ronco tank installed.
I lived aboard when first bought, as I couldn't afford rent and AND a boat payment. I have sailed her from the Chesapeake, to the Gulf and to the Bahamas. I have weathered hurricanes on the St. Johns River & Tampa Bay, Florida and the "Storm of the Century", back in the nineties, in Green Turtle, Abaco. Over the past 40 years I have sailed other boats all over the Caribbean and the Gulf. Currently I'm on the mid Fla east coast and looking for anyone who would like to sail a day or a month.
I served in the U.S. Navy and am a retired Commercial pilot.
A final note to the Nattering Nabobs:
MaineSail has seen my posts on SBO.com for years under the same sign-on name.