Casteele's New Paint and New Rig

The rig was professionally replaced in 2012. 

• NEW 10mm 1x19 Dyform (lowers caps and forestay) and 10mm 1x19 wire rigging with dual backstays
• NEW chrome bronze turnbuckles (10)
• NEW Isomat gooseneck and vang extrusions mounted on new RivNut fasteners
• Isomat deck stepped anodized aluminum spar
• Double spreaders
• Isomat boom
• Folding mast steps to first spreader
• Schaefer 3100 Roller Furling on Genoa (2003)
• Schaefer 2100 Roller Furling on Staysail (2003) with a NEW bearing race (2010)
• NEW Amsteel running backstays tied to Dyneema handling line (2010)
• Polished stainless steel genoa and staysail tracks
• Custom polished stainless steel traveler bridge

• Casteele was sandblasted to bare steel and completely repainted in 2012.  Please refer to post further into the blog for details of the work.

• Altex 379 deck and topside paint over Altex 620 high build epoxy 
• Altex Sea Barrier 3000 Anti foul over Altex 620 high build epoxy

Deck

·  30-inch high 1-¼ inch stainless steel stanchions

·  Full length polished stainless steel toe rails (3 inches high by 2 inches deep), mounted on stainless steel tabs provide easy drainage of water from the deck

· 1x19 lifelines (2010)

· Custom deck netting (2010) (not reinstalled after refit but stored inside)

New deck paint and including anit-skid layer.

Deck Near the End of Painting

Hull

• ·  Hull is 3/16” steel plate with angle and flat bar framing system and polyurethane blown-in foam insulation. Deck plating is 1/8” inch steel.
• ¾ integral keel with lead ballast and fuel tanks within 
• The deck-stepped mast is braced below deck by a
  steel compression post.

 

Interior

Cockpit

•   Safe, secure rapidly draining, self-bailing cockpit.  
•   Tek Dek installed 2012.

• Dry,  lockable aft lazerette.  Outboard propane storage on both starboard and port with new Xintex regulator and propane line to stove and Xintex propane detection system. 
• Apologies for forgetting to bring out the Lowrance HDS 5 plotter (2010) for photo.  
•  Viking RescueYou Cat 1+ 6 person liferaft mounted in a hard case on aft rail with upgraded emergency kit inside (2010)

Crew-overboard pole (2010)

Seago inflatable horseshoe buoy (2010)

Life Sling  

Gale Rider Drogue (2006)
200m Nylon Drogue line with SS eyes

Cockpit During Painting Process

Instruments

• ·  Stowe Micro 210 Log/Speed with repeater at Nav Station
• Garmin 160 C Colour Depth/Fish Finder (2010)
• SimRad Autopilot AP 42 with AP 28 control head linked to HLD 2000 MKII hydraulic actuator on rudder shaft (2010)
• SimRad IS 20 Wind indicator integral to AP 28 (2010) 

 Instruments also include:

•  Lowrance HDS 5 Chartplotter with integral GPS located at the helm (2010) networked via Simnet to AP 28 (AUS, NZ, Pac Islands database chips incl.)
•  Lowrance 3G Broadband Radar on mast (2012)
• New Windex

 

Sails

Hasse & Co. Port Townsend Sails, new in 2006:

1.     5-batten main with three reefs

2.     120 % roller furling genoa with UV protection (2006)

3.     Hood stays’l, refit in 2006 by Port Townsend Sails sun cover re sewn 2011

4.     Storm jib, refit in 2006 w/ storm sleeve for attaching to furled stays’l

5.     Strong Track (2006)

6.     Storm Trys’l (2006)

   7.     Preventer System (2006)

This is an older photo taken by the previous owners.  Sadly we do not have photos of us sailing and this does not show the new bimini installed in 2010 nor the Monitor windvane secured to the transom.  The sails are aboard for inspection and have spent considerable time in dry storage.

(Photo and partial commentary kindly provided by Jan and Joan)