1982/2019 Creekmore 34 sailing vessel.

The Boat is located in Green Cove Springs, FL  in North East Florida.  It is currently out of water in Long Term Storage,  which is safe and relatively inexpensive.  The boat can be moved out of the Long Term Storage Yard & into the Work Yard to prepare to be launched.  The Work Yard is DIY friendly and also permits living aboard.

For those unfamiliar with the design,  It is a Lee Creekmore cruising boat, heavily built.  Extremely robust hull of thick hand laid solid fiberglass.  The Expansive & Clear Flush Deck has 5/8" balsa cored sandwiched between a glass lay up providing stiffness and insulation.

Specifications:-  creekmore-34

The boat was built in South Florida in 1981, 1982 by Lee Creekmore and the Original Owner.  Spent much of its early life cruising the Caribbean, Bahamas & South East Coast of America.
The Vessel is Documented with the USCG,  and is Registered as an Antique Vessel in the State of Florida.

Restoration & Re-fit Project

Since the boat was 30+ years old,  a few years ago I decided to proceed with a major overhaul.  Most was for cosmetic and preventative type maintenance,  with a few repair project taken care of at the same time.
Here is a rough Overview of the Project thus far.  I will edit this as work continues in the near future.

1 - Exterior,  all the painting is complete except the non skid. My plan was to roll on Kiwi Grip once in the water.

The top sides are all painted beautifully, and the shiny parts of the deck are done.

Did the bottom with 5 coats of Interprotect 2000 Epoxy barrier plus a couple coats of Copperkote Epoxy antifouling, so lots of Epoxy.

To float the boat:-

Put the prop back on (Campbell Sailor Prop plus spare Michigan Wheel) & Zinc

Fyi, the cutlass bearing and stuffing box were installed new in 2008 with hardly any hours on now. also new prop shaft at that time

Then the boat can go in the water.

The big part of this refit was the total rebuild of the deck to hull joint, which included installing brand new slotted aluminum toe rail.

This boat is Solid and Strong plus DRY

2- Mechanical:  the Perkins 4-107 was pulled out and totally rebuilt a few years back.

Reinstalled and run for maybe 20 hours.

I have been turning the crank to slosh oil around, but to wake up the beast it will need filters, oil change etc.

All the instruments are working, wired in, but have to be reinstalled in newly painted cockpit.  Along with the new shore power hook up and th new Morse throttle/trans shifter.  It’s all set, just was out for painting the cockpit.

3- Interior:-  the interior is all there and live aboard ready.

Needs the following:-

Cleaning, just general boatyard dust and grime.

The aft cabin and forepeak cushions are good condition.  The salon cushions were trashed before I bought the boat and I only replaced the starboard side settee so far.

In the main salon the mahogany louvered cabinet doors were removed and havent been reinstalled yet. Same in the galley area.  All are in perfect condition.

All hatches and ports are working and in good shape.  Needs bug screens replaced.

I trashed the head with the idea of going compost Airhead or alternative.  The Thru hulls were glasses in already.  The holding tank is still there and as far as I know never used.

Okay, the biggest 2 things that need to be done are electric and plumbing.  I ripped out both as the wiring looked suspect and the hoses looked nasty.

The boat has 2 water tanks with hook ups but the hoses need to be run.

Electric wise all the 110 volt AC is done and operates.  All the battery wiring including the charger, main switch and panels are all installed and brand new.  All wiring for the engine is new and operating.

Wiring for navigation lights, cabin lights etc has to be installed. 

The refrigerator was dead and trashed. Ice boxes are good shape.

Propane locker refinished ,  oven and 2 tanks in very good shape.

Kerosine cabin heater included not installed.

Have Wind generator and pole, not installed.

Ugly Formica on galley counters was removed but not replaced yet, new SS sink ready for install.  Galley counter rebuilt with Marine ply, but not covered yet.

It’s live able I would say, and quick to all go back together.

4 - the Rig......

Okay,  the mast is still down.  All paint has been stripped off.  All unnecessary holes were spot welded.

I have the primer and the paint to go on.

The boom was stripped and I had it powder coated.

Now here is the big thing to discuss...

I pulled and trashed ALL the chainplates.

I had custom type 316 SS chain plated fabricated out of 1/2” plate,  they were water jet cut and then polished to jewelry standards.  They really are beautiful.

The 2 chainplates for the side stays are bolted to exterior of hull with the same 1/2 plate used for interior back up plates.  I have no doubt the boat could be lifted by these.

Both the outside and inside of the hull were reinforced with a heavy laminate of glass.

I have it set up so the spreaders will be swept back quite a bit.  I did this for a couple reasons.

I find that You have to reef the main so early anyways that I would power up the boat instead with foresails and either reef the main or not even hoist it when off the wind.

The deck and hull were further reinforced from main bulkhead to aft bulkhead.  This will handle all compression loads from the chainplates and rig loads.

Sail wise:-  Boat has following....

Brand New North Main only been out of the bag to look at on living room floor.

1 full batten top, 3 leech battens below.

2 deep reefs.

2 older headsails, 125% @ a 90% 

Both set up for Schaefer 2100 Furling System which is quite new.

1 huge Gennaker 1.5 oz

1 Nylon 1.5 oz Code Zero

My plan was to buy a new 105% RF headsail as my primary.