broke the cav plate summer 2020 in the san juans. I remember hitting a large stick, but didn't even think to look for damage. the wife noticed this after we pulled the boat out in bellingham

another look, really wishing i had never put on the permatrims *

both lower units were brand new as of about one year ago (previous owner)

large crack

ground off the paint to prepare for the weld. i should have ground off the paint on the back side too, my weld was not very good and had lots of contamination it it and I think it was pulling paint and crap from the back side into the puddle

strongback

trying to keep it flat during the weld repair

first trip out to ilwaco

something wrong with the wallas. a howling noise accompanies this condition, it goes away after a while. I called scan in seattle, and they said it is dirty and could be cleaned and serviced. after they looked at it, I was told it needs a new mother board and they aren\'t available for the 95d. they said there is no danger, just use it until it stops working.

port motor siezed completely in the san juans summer of 2020. turned out it was one of the magnets inside the flywheel had come off and become wedged in against the charging coils.

luckily no damage to engine

got a used flywheel from sportcraft for $120 cash. I was surprised to hear that this is a common occurance with these hondas

batteries not secured in the starboard lazarette . a real rats nest. there is a circuit breaker that powers all electronics in the cabin down there out of sight. the batteries would slide around and trip it whenever we went over a wake or wave. not a high quality installation...

bottom left is the circuit that was being tripped

Problem with the windlass, it will not hold the anchor after retrieving it. just falls back down (slow)

motor, locking gear in new location, and spinoff gear

the circled hole is stripped and was the original location of the locking gear. this windlass has an extra hole already tapped for when the primary locking gear bolts strips the threads on the aluminum. I fixed this with help from the manufacturer over the phone. Jennie at Powerwinch was very helpful and talked me through the entire repair over the phone

prepping for the fiberglass

west systems g/flex and 2 layers 1708

after cleaning it up a bit

bottom I just put a single piece of 6oz and west system 105