Feb 19 update:

Last night I had a meeting with some friends who will be helping with the project we started a list and laying out a plan of attack for this project. I will post the basic outline in the near future, I also found a 1980 Peterson 34 project build online which has really inspired me:

http://sailing.thorpeallen.net/Greyhawk/

the boat and project scope is different then mine but the basic idea is the same. Thanx for all the support and I will keep you all posted on the progress.

cheers

MAST: unstayed rotating composite winged Spar

The mast for this freedom 25 is an unstayed Composite rotating winged spar, the pics below are of the Spar hanging in my shop the detail shots are from some of the issues I need to address, mostly just chipping of the paint and reseating all the brackets and attachments as most of them are loose. At some time I would like to sand down all the paint and inspect for damage and or imperfections but for now it's just added to my growing list of stuff to do.

UPDATE: organization

I wanted to give a weekly update on the project and to help keep my process moving forward. As many of you can see from all my post at this point I'm posting pics and updates on the issues I'm looking to address with the boat as I find them their are already a number of things coming on line which need to be addressed, and their are many more but I hope to narrow my list of items I based on how important they are to safety and getting the boat on the water. My over all goal this year is to make the boat as safe as possible, and make sure the basic systems are working and I don't need to worry about big systems while under way. Thanx for all your feedback and I hope to show more progress as the product moves forward.

*Note: If for any reason anybody wants to see pics of my boat or any detail shots please contact me so I can help you out. I've been getting emails from people looking at F25's or wanted to get better info about how the boat is put together. *

cheers,

Engine: Yanmar 1GM

The Engine: the famous Yanmar Diesel IGM, during the sea trials this motor ran fine it made a small bit of smoke but the boat did 6+ knots with a 2 blade folding prop with under 3,000 rpms. After looking over the motor briefly the engine harness is a mess but this work will be covered in the electrical section. I'm not planning on a full service but just the bare min to get the motor running well.

Fresh water storage tank

These are some pics of the 10gal orig freshwater storage tank in my F25, unfortunately the orig waste storage tank was thrown out as it was full when the boat was bought. This tank as you can see fits in the space perfectly, you can see the different hoses and how the tanks works.

Water line:

Having my F25 inside I have noticed the bottom paint is started to peel and chip off in some places. After scraping off the paint that I could I noticed that their is a water line which is much lower then the one on the boat. From looking at the transom pics you will see the lower water line puts the stern out of the water, maybe the difference is the inboard diesel or not. But from talking to people these boats they suffer from the stern dragging in the water, maybe by moving weight around I can help solve this problem?

Electrical work:

After working on the F25 I have noticed the overwhelming amount of wiring for such a simple boat, their was a lot of wires just spliced together with no organization at all. No wires had gromets for going through holes, and their was holes cut in finished panels to cut corners. I feel this boat should have a simple electrical system well layed out and easy to work on, every electrical part should have good ground and simple clean power source. I intend to draw up an electrical diagram for the boat and upgrade the fuse panel and all the wiring.

I have started by removing the existing fuse panel pictured below:

existing electrical: