We visited Moonshine on Thursday and refitted the lighting panels, refurbished vinyl trims and the newly powder coated aluminium trims. The above photo does not do the aluminium trims justice as they look absolutely fantastic and raise the cockpit to that higher level visually speaking. Moonshine's original trademark turquoise trims have been replaced for black which will be better suited with the new colour scheme. When we have time we will find the template out for the steering wheel cover and machine up a new one including the fish finder hood, as they too need a black stripe to replace for the turquoise. Fingers crossed, the new canopy and cockpit upholstery will be fitted this coming week.
The old navy blue carpet has been disposed of since it is breaking down through constantly getting wet courtesy of Moonshine's leaky canopy. A new black gel backed carpet was sourced from Calverts Carpets in York for £30, and cut to size. Press studs have been fitted where necessary to secure the carpet to the floor, and the carpet has been designed so that it will not have to be removed to access the engines etc. However, at the moment this new carpet has had to be stored while the cockpit is still getting wet...hopefully not for much longer.
Labels were recommended by the boat safety examiner earlier on in the year, and these were sourced from www.abbeysigns.co.uk in York for £14.
The engine oil and filters were changed on Friday, and the engines were also filled with new coolant to prepare her for the winter. Filters sourced from www.inlinefilters.co.uk
Whilst in the engine room the out drive trim pumps were removed as the starboard pump was very rusty, caused by a leaking exhaust when we first took the boat over. New exhaust rubbers were fitted last January to resolve that problem, the pump was still working ok, but now we have the time to refurbish it. It will be cleaned up, flushed out, stripped and repainted.
Looking ahead, we have also booked Moonshine to be lifted out on the handstanding in March next year for 4 weeks for general maintainance. We also hope to have her turbos either refurbished or replaced early next year, so hopefully when she is relaunched for Easter she will once again be on 'top form' and fly like a rocket!
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