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The boat had a huge number of through-hulls in a variety of conditions. Five of these were not actually needed. These were removed. The hull was ground down with 1:15 ratio bevels around the holes inside and outside. 
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When we took over the boat, all the ports were leaking with enthusiasm. This had caused serious damage to the interior cabintop panelling. Some of the leaks where around the window frame. Others were around the screws that fixed the other teak frame, which were screwed straight through the GRP cabin top. In addition, the drainage from the frames of the original opening ports were through a small pipe through the GRP and outer teak planking, and around these water had also found a way to enter the cabin. In addition to leakage problems, removing the portlights also revealed a safety issue. It turned out that the only thing that had kept the portlights from being pressed into the cabin by a huge breaking wave all these years had beed luck (absence of huge wave) and the tiny wood screews holding the internal steal frames to the wall! Shuddering in my belt and braces, I therefore concluded that the windows not only needed re-bedding; we needed a better design.
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| Parts of this problem was handled by professionals prior to take-over. This included making a new quadrant, new backing plate for the pedestal and generally cleaning up messy parts. However, lack of maintenance has lead to rust and wear. The flax in the stuffing box on the rudder stock, which is located below the water line, has obviously not been changed for years. Instead it has been tightened gradually to the extent that the "tightening ring" on the stuffing box was deformed, the rudder was hard to turn, and a groove was warn in the stainless steel stock. |   |
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When we bought the boat, one of our survey findings was some rust on some chain plates, and some very corroded chain plate bolts. The people we paid to change the rusted bolts for us before we sailed her home changed only those that were easy to get at, which in the Offhore 41 leaves 4 or 5 that are a bit tricky... Having read about chain plates in CL's failing where they pass through the deck, we decided to remove all of them an check their condition.
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