which is a compromise between    having a  wet   system   in rains  and a  huge dry box.

it has been suggested by a   friend who   sails a ct 41   that we can make  out of re-sourced woods  , preferably teakwood,  a   set up   like a box in which my   electrickery   bus  bars and   breakers  will sit and remain out of path of incoming   rainwaters, which seem to be the  main cause of   breaker failure in my electrics.

all i need is santa claus.  ok so this has an unknown investment level.    we gonna make the   box and trim out of my   “not gonna  die”  planks i placed over my cockpit well   so i donot fall in  by accident.  .    can find other planks for that.  these are perfect for the    electrickery.

this    step will    make it easier  to   organize my   electrickery when it is time to connect all the wires that   others have   disconnected and relocated  to    no function hell.    those include all instruments ,  wind and navigation,   radar,  otto von pile it, and navigation lights and radio.    whoopee..    we can “unchuck” my boat finally.  yes the clown from fla who    sabo’d my boat  did disconnect items     he was  told not to   touch.   unfortunately  bad work is   a long term affair  with   interminable  and semi predictable  consequences, each and all involving more work and more   outflow of   dollars.

and so we  work on…   at least the idea of this box has    lightened my headache developed by the stress of uncertainty.. uncertainty    of   birds future  at sea–cannot sail without specific   issues    repaired and   repaired correctly.  as i donot wish flames in  my   boat, i choose to do this right.

as we repair these  long standing issues   the   load of repair  is lighter,  but   pricing  aint cheap.    i am trying to utilize my resources as i  receive them and   during their tenure in this marina.  this resource is a  transient  travelling ct owner  who has successfully  refit his ct   to be a  quality   voyaging boat.   none of us is  financially independent, so we pray for santas blessings  to assist us in  and with this coming work.

yeah  i know we all doit.

i am and so is    slow   work  lack of progress… but we all know that just before 5  things are completed,  there    pervades a feeling of  aintgettinthere….

searching fo r a  halper is not   working.  so scratch that idea…

repairing mast may work for a few years… after then i may need a house with dock.   they donot  truly exist here unless  one is friendly with an  owner of a condo and has no boat….these donot exist at all in mazatlan, unless one owns not a sailboat but  a small speedboat for fishing. they are all way too pricey anyway….

and so we fix boat looking forward to   leaving mazatlan.. prolly in another short 2 or 3 years..damn long time.

the cats are happy. they get dorado every week…..  and cat food with that extra lovely protein….boys are spoiled.

soon.    hahahahahahaha…and so we repair and repair and   …..

take apart take apart   see    worker only once monthly on  a weds.. not cutting it.  request parts never seen.   am getting feeling  this is a  not gonna be done    effort. not happifying.

engine   pending controls  were  quested over  a  year ago.   gggrrrr.. still unseen still not ordered.

mast   stepped for repairs and r or replacement.   step  torn apart, is unrepaired    and continues  to remain unsafe for sea…    the fix also contains  the   repairs for the beam  securing packing gland.   oopsy.    need to effect repairs asap.  still waiting  , been  here 2 years already. yes i know…mexico.  BUTTTTT… even in mexico boats are   fixed   sooner than this one  ever will be,  \i truly donot wish to spend my last days in mazatlan.   dang.   i prefer the smaller towns and   fishing villages closer to manzanillo.

ok stop whining  shutup and do the work, yes?? hahahahaha

so i   am conversing with another local worker    who repairs boats.    we see  what  happens as a result.   yet another mexifriend spawned my  searching by  stating my worker  comes here once  every month on a weds. ok   we need to get a better record of repair    ….  hell we need to get  A record of repair…

the   waiting is such a  flustrating   experience as nothing   continues to  be  done……

hopefully soon that will be overcome.  crossing fingers and calling out workers….

i donot usually   ask  anyone for aid, but this  man has   experienced  grave losses in the past year,  beginning with irmacane and   subsequent   sequellae have created an uninhabitable situation.he has been  living in ghetto in ft myers   wherin his best friend, a furry  feline, was  brutally killed in front of him.   he   has   need of   specific medications    to treat some   psych/neurological issues, and   is   attempting to  make it on  less than 1000 usd  monthly, his ssdi allotment.

please   find it in your heart to  help with just a small donation to his cause. he just needs a leg up to recover from the   damages incurred in the hurricanes that  took him over the edge of   ability to are for self.

if 50 more folks  give  10  usd each his goal will be met.  is not much, and is sooo  needed.

this man never  has  asked for assistance,  i  pushed this on him.  please   lend him a hand   for   redirecting his life.  itis difficult to see clearly when there are  issues   preventing clear thought.   thankyou   for your   generosity  and   consideration.

https://www.gofundme.com/ppsnzn-please-help-justin

we getting into the real nitty gritty of this repair project…  removed the  mast step and supporting bag of feathers, will be replacing feathers with real wood which  hopefully should last at least another 10 years. this is 42 yr old stuff.

we have stripped the hardware off  the   original mizzenmast, and stored for next one.

yes you read me right., next one.   not sure at this point whether it will be a gorgeous one from another 41 formosa or a  repair on this or an aluminum tree cutting a friend has been growing in his roof for a bit of time.  once the marina   manager had us   relocate  the    mast we were working   to the field,  that was end  of that one.  cannot access   for  work, we will sell to   highest bidder.

found this a while back and forgot to  keep safe in   formosa groups..this was   caught  from  a cruising  and sailing forum, posted by one jack tarr,  who used to own a  51 formosa.

Hardin information
History
Hardin International Co., Ltd. History 07/01/2001
I am somewhat familiar with the Hardin 45’s, having been an importer for the boats from 1977 until the factory was closed in the mid 1980’s. My wife and I owned a Hardin 45 for about 1 1/2 years in 1980/81 and another for 10 years from 1990 to 2000.
Be cautioned not to believe some of the rumors that fly around about the Taiwan boats and roving Chinese families that built parts of different boats as they wandered from yard to yard. Most of the rumors are circulated by people who have never been to Taiwan or built a boat anywhere. I have had boats built in six different yards in Taiwan and China over the past 29 years and have visited dozens more yards in Taiwan and China. I have never seen that phenomenon. Every yard that I have worked in has had its own full time employees ranging from 75 to 200 workers depending on the size of the yard and the volume demand at the time. Work forces did go up and down with business, much like they do here in the USA in any industry.
I personally knew Bill Hardin and my wife and I had dinner with him at the Hong Kong Yacht Club in 1981, and then visited Hardin 45, Hull #100 which he kept for himself at the club in Hong Kong harbor. He was born in 1926 and studied naval architecture and engineering at Long Beach City College under Prof. Aldenberg (rated in the top 3 in the US at the time). Bill Hardin worked with fiberglass as early as 1948 and in fiberglass boat building in Japan in 1959. He died in the Vancouver, BC area in the 1990’s.
Bill Hardin, Bill Crealock, Ernie Chamberlain and William Garden were the pioneers of Taiwan boat building for the American market. They were the ones who really got the industry rolling in the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Bill Hardin started the CT (Ta Chaio) yard with two Chinese partners in the Taipei area (northern Taiwan) with the original Wm. Garden designed Sea Wolf 40, the Sea Sprite, and the original Garden designed Force 50. He left CT soon after, taking his Sea Wolf molds with him. But his Sea Wolf 40 was copied by many yards and sold as CT41, Island Trader 41, Yankee Clipper 41, Sea Tiger 41, Transworld 41, etc., a very popular traditional ketch. The Force 50 molds were taken to Hudson Boat Company in the Taipei area, but the Force 50 was also copied as an Island Trader 51, Formosa 51, etc. This copying problem is why it was nearly impossible to get a set of drawings from a Taiwan builder.
Bill Hardin moved to Kaohsiung, Taiwan (southern end) and built a new factory where labor and overhead costs were lower – around 1970. The company was called Hardin International Co. Ltd. That is where he designed and built the Hardin 45. They built an all fiberglass construction and they were the only builder of the Hardin 45. The boats were imported at first as a Bounty 44. Around 1980, Hardin re-designed the hull from a 6’0″ draft to 5’6″ draft, trimmed down the transom and moved the two aft ports from the hull to the aft cabin trunk, and also extended the boat to 45’2″. Most people do not even notice these changes. To avoid confusion, the Bounty 44’s and Hardin 45’s are all referred to by brokers as Hardin 45’s.

As receved in an E mail from another enthusiast.
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