NONSENSE · 1990 Nonsuch 30 Ultra
A walk through the boat
8 projects, from the bow to the stern. Scroll and the model follows.
01 · Bow
Windlass
New windlass on the foredeck
There was no windlass before, just an anchor I had to raise by hand.
What went in
- Windlass
- Maxwell RC10-8
Along the way
Deck opened up
Cut-out, filler on hand
Custom composite riser
Holes cut
Windlass and deck pipe
Below deck
02 · Cabin sides
Eyebrow
Wood trim off, navy vinyl stripe on
The “eyebrow” is that strip of 35 year old wood along the cabin top. It looks fine from a distance but it was crumbling up close. Time to remove it, patch the holes, replace with a navy vinyl stripe, and never have to maintain it again
What went in
- Stripe
- Navy vinyl
Along the way
Crumbling up close
Coming off
What came off
Holes patched
Wood gone, before the stripe
03 · Water tanks and galley
Fresh water
Clean tanks, level sensors, UV-filtered galley water
Beckson inspection ports cut into both water tanks so they could be deep cleaned and disinfected from the inside, Veratron level sensors reporting over NMEA 2000, an Acuva ArrowMax UV purifier for drinking water at the galley, a whole-boat filter, new faucets, a transom washdown, a new vent on the aft tank and an IsoTemp water heater.
What went in
- Tank ports
- Beckson inspection ports
- Tank sensors
- 2 × Veratron NMEA 2000 liquid level sensors
- Tank gauge
- Veratron ViewLine Flex, in the DC panel
- UV filter
- Acuva ArrowMax 2.0, under the galley sink
- Filter
- Whole-boat filter and housing, beside the pump
- Also
- Woder inline filter at the galley sink
- Faucets
- Two new faucets
- Washdown
- Jabsco washdown at the transom
- Water heater
- IsoTemp, in the engine space
- Tank vent
- New vent on the aft tank
Along the way
Port fitted
Level sensor on the tank
Tank gauge on N2K
The other tank
Shurflo pump and whole-boat filter, head cabinet
IsoTemp water heater
04 · Galley
Microwave
Propane water heater out, microwave in
This cabinet held a propane water heater that wasn’t marine safe. With an inverter on board, the space could take a microwave instead. A plywood floor fills the hole the heater sat in, varnished four coats, with a new cabinet door to match.
What went in
- Microwave
- RCA
- Removed
- Propane water heater
Along the way
Heater out
Patching the hole
New shelf
Microwave in
05 · Electrical
Victron lithium upgrade
2 × 330 Ah lithium, MultiPlus 2000W, Cerbo GX, Orion-TR DC-DC
Open the project06 · Engine room
M35B engine work
Rusty to repainted
New water heater, alternator, transmission and engine mounts, and the raw water circuit redone, then realigned and a fresh coat of paint.
What went in
- Alternator
- Balmar XT170 on new pulleys with a Balmar serpentine belt kit
- Raw water
- New heat exchanger and exhaust elbows, all-bronze JMP pump in place of a steel Sherwood
- Fuel
- Vacuum gauge on the Racor fuel filter
- Water heater
- IsoTemp
- Transmission
- Hurth ZF15MIV V-drive
- Also
- Corroded rear motor mount replaced, engine realigned, paint
Along the way
The old transmission
New transmission, before primer
Painting
New transmission in
New JMP bronze pump and the old steel Sherwood
Old and new elbows
07 · Stern
Autopilot
Below-deck drive on the rudder
A Raymarine linear drive below deck, on a block glassed to the hull, plus a rudder sensor, then calibrated.
What went in
- Autopilot
- Raymarine Linear Drive
- Also
- Rudder sensor
Along the way
Plywood pad glassed in
Pad painted
Mounting bracket
Tiller arm
08 · Transom
Swim platform
Swim platform on the transom
The platform’s bolts landed right where the autopilot’s linear drive block sits inside, so I had to build a custom mount to work around it. Then epoxy-fill every hole I drilled.
Along the way
Mock-up on the hard
Drilling the transom
Bracket mounts
At the dock
End of the tour
That's the boat
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