La Cura has had much time and money invested in her over the past two years. All upgrades listed below were completed between 2022 and 2023:
Engines, Sail drives and Generators (2022 - 2023)
- All zincs replaced
- Helm engine gauges and trim pieces repaired and sensors reattached
- Sail drives 7-year service with new boots and seals installed
- Engines serviced, new hoses where necessary, all cleaned and lubed
- Generators serviced and grounded, new hoses where necessary, all cleaned, repainted and lubed
- New max prop folding props added
- All hoses (fuel/seawater/ water) double clamped
- New generator batteries added
- Generator sound shield repaired
- Engine room bilge pumps serviced / starboard replaced with new
- Port engine new starter added with stored backup
Electronics (2022 - 2023)
- New hailer/ horn installed
- New chartplotter added
- New AIS 800 added
- New Iridium sat phone added
- Starlink satellite dish and router added
- New VHF handhelds added / one at helm and one at nav station with new backups in box
- All Garmin maps updated and new maps added
- Forward viewing sonar added
- All nav lights serviced and operable
Mechanical / Electrical / Plumbing (2022 - 2023)
- All electrical wiring checked for wear and secured properly
- Installed new fresh water pump w/ back up in box
- Purchased new autopilot pump
- Sea whisper water maker serviced and operable to 70-80 gph / filters replaced
- Water tanks cleaned and disinfected / new level sensors added
- All refrigerators, freezers, and cold storage units serviced
- All shower sumps repaired and operable
- All Dometic air handlers cleaned, flushed, thermostats replaced and serviced for any leaks
- New underwater lights replaced and operable
- Purchased new backup circuits and fuses
Ground Tackle (2022 - 2023)
- Anchor chain checked, painted at 15m intervals and color zip tied / reattached to hull with nylon cut-away rode / new windlass motor added
- 60m lightly used BBB chain
- Added back-up Danforth anchor with additional chain purchased
- Tender davit serviced and operable
- All winch button boots replaced
- All running rigging, winches, shackles, blocks, and cars all serviced
- Standing rigging replaced where necessary / serviced and adjusted
Safety/ Emergency Devices/ First Aid (2022 - 2023)
- New manual bilge pump handle added
- Upgraded marine first aid kit with defibrillator
- Smoke distress day flares/night flares/flare launcher
- New EPIRB/ emergency VHF handheld/ (2) AIS / backup emergency VHF with solar charger
- Eight offshore type IPFD
- Oceanic eight-person life raft
- New trash pump replaced and tested with emergency placard attached
- Rules of the road purchased and stored at nav station
- All fire extinguisher replaced with new
- Additional gas/ smoke/ carbon monoxide alarms added
- Bungs attached at each seacock and thru hull
Interior (2022 - 2023)
- All interior bilges cleaned and operable
- All seacocks checked for reliability, lubed and replaced where necessary
- All shower doors repaired and operable
- Cabinetry and hardware repaired
- Galley cooktop and oven rebuilt and checked for gas leaks
- Led for night passage added nav station and steps
- All cushions steam cleaned, repaired and retreated
- All interior air fans serviced
Exterior (2022 - 2023)
- LED for night passage added at helm and helm steps
- Complete deoxidation/ wax / buff and polish
- All teak flooring and rub rails sanded cleaned, re-caulked where necessary with protectant added
- New helm bimini and dodger added
- New helm seat added
- Aft swim ladder re-caulked and resealed
- Full cockpit dodger cleaned, repaired and protectant added
- All exterior cushions cleaned, repaired and protectant added
- All deck lockers and storage lockers scuppers and drains cleaned and operable
- Broken antal pad eye at mast replaced with new
- All hatches springs serviced and replaced where necessary
- Lewmar hatch covers resealed, re-caulked, handles and hinges serviced and repaired
- Dining cockpit table refinished/ new hinges added
- New antifouling 10/23
- 10’ Oceanus AB tender with Honda 40hp outboard (2022 - 2023)
- New tender battery added
- Tender siren alarm and location device added
- Tender serviced and operable / new seats and handheld vhf added / new nav lights added