Teria maintenance this year

 There's always things to fix and do on a trailersailer between sails. This is the 2026 list.

Jib-halyard re-seized. The rope parted ways with the wire cable. So joined the two back together with strong seizing twine (ie a whipping) I did a simple type after looking at many more complicated ones on utube.

Bilge pump failure. Pulled it apart to clear an obstruction. It was a wingnut from my battery terminal.

Mini 12mm plywood floorboard. It was added to cover a 75mm gap above the bilge sump (where above wingnut fell through and into the bilgepump inlet).

Revived 12v battery. It was getting tired so added "Inox" battery reviver, ($10) it helps prevent plate sulphation.

The stern navigation light It's bulb blew (old incandescent festoon globe), so replaced it with a festoon LED bulb. This has much less powerdraw and it's far brighter, should last longer and help with the 12v batteries weakening AH capacity. 

Swing-arm for the navigation electronics. It's made from some treated fence paling wood and a stainless steel pivot bolt. The GPS and fishfinder mounts are screwed onto it. Very handy to be able to swing it back into the cabin while at anchor and swing it back when sailing. The pivot bolt has a springwasher, washer and wingnut to tighten it against the bottom of the electrical cabinet, so it's secure but still moves. It cost about $10 for the stainless stuff, far cheaper than any marine chandlers gear.

Ciggy plug moved. I had to remount the 12v ciggy plug socket to the inner side wall of the cockpit, on a ply base plate.

Battery holder base. Screwed 12mm square (garden stake) wood pieces around the base of the 12v battery. (It sits on a 12mm ply base). These stop any side ways movement. (It was clamped down but even then it moved a bit in rough seas)

Chart storage shelf. There was an unused space inside the cockpit coaming. So made a shelf for two rolled up charts to sit, dry and up out of the way. It's made from thin wood slats siliconed to the fiberglass, and an ultralight shelf on these, made from 10mm "foilboard" insulation foam. (leftovers from the cooler shed project). It's not that strong, so no 100kg oafs are allowed to fall on it.

Pen and dividers stowage block. I was getting tired of loosing my pen, pencil and chart dividers, so made a block out of foam with holes to put these long easily lost instruments. It's siliconed to the forward chart shelf slat and the cockpit bulkhead.

Lamp hook #2 (reading light). Screwed a 2nd hook to the mast arch wood. Close to my bunk, so my Coleman LED lantern can be used as a reading light. (The first hook on the otherside is for the lanterns "galley light" position)

Lifejackets. All legal,  AS4758. Bought a 2026  100N foam lifejacket ($50, BCF). It's a bit bulky to wear inside cabin, so its the extra crews jacket, stored under forepeak bunk boards. My 50N kayak jacket and 150N inflatable are easier to wear.

Trailer maintenance. 

1) Grease gun new cartridge, then pumped up the bearing buddies for the wheel bearings. 

2) Swapped the aft hull "bunks" out for the original carpet ones. (my replacements were not as kind to the hulls gel coat)

3) Replaced #2 front keel roller and spindle (axle). The new one is red "cotton plastic", a bit softer than the old hard plastic, hope it lasts as long.  The roller is an 8" (20cm) "dogbone" type with 16mm galvanised spindle.

4) New trailer winch. Bought but not fitted. It's an "Atlantic" 1500kg 3speed with dyneema cable. It's for impending old age. (Still got the original classic 5:1 single ratio 750kg with wire cable on trailer)