always up for an adventure...: 2013

Hello all,

Below are some before and after pictures of a few of the projects from the Fox8 this spring. I am already redoing one piece do to a "whoopsy" by a friend. Otherwise, I am pretty proud of the work, mostly happy it went well (read: not leaking into the cabin) as practice for my next boat. (FYI - you can click on an image for a slide show)

This first series shows the above deck wood and companionway hatch:

BEFORE: you can see the washed out wood

BEFORE: you can see the flaking companionway hatch

AFTER: you can see the companionway hatch and surrounding wood

This next series shows the companionway wood and cabin cushions:

BEFORE: you can kinda see the companionway wood, specifically note the step at the bottom

BEFORE: you can see the old cushions, and specifically note the companionway hatch face plate

AFTER: you can see all of the wood from the cabin and a little into the cabin

AFTER: you can see the newly fabricated oak companionway hatch face plate, and the cushions, specifically the rainbow "colorful" one

AFTER: you can see the companionway wood

AFTER: i shortened the exposure to see into the cabin better

AFTER: just a fun picture Abby took

Mahalo - E

This season I have done a lot of work to the Fox8, my Catalina 22 sailboat. Some if it was planned, and some of it, well, wasn't. I am feeling good about all of the work, and looking forward to see the benefits out on the water. That is, if I ever get there. Mother Nature has not cooperated thus far this season. However that has given me more time to add to my list of completed work. Add to the list that I want to sand and paint the cockpit on a dry, sunny, windless day out on the water and she will have had quite a little makeover in 2013! There are some photos below the text... She was splashed on Memorial Day, and looking pretty good. I'll post photos of the finished product from the next sunny day out on the water!

Here is a list of the new work:

Cleaned, restored and waxed the hull (still needs more TLC)
Scraped, sanded and bottom painted the keel
Cleaned, sanded and bottom painted the rudder
Mounted and installed electric bilge pump
Installed lazy jack system (mostly done)
Recovered salon cushions with navy blue canvas
Recovered v-berth cushions with gray canvas (2 left to cover)
Fixed stiching on the mail sail
Fabricated companionway screen door
Fiberglassed, sanded and primed crack in the cockpit floor
Cut, tinted and installed a vent on new plexiglass crib boards
Scraped, sanded, painted and polyurethaned the companionway hatch
Fabricated, sanded, stained and polyurethaned replacement oak companionway hatch face plate
Fabricated, sanded, stained and polyurethaned new 1/4 inch oak companionway well cover
Fixed and polyurethaned broken wood draw under stardboard settee
Sanded, stained and polyurethaned companionway step
Sanded, stained and polyurethaned port and starboard crib board slides
Sanded, stained and polyurethaned port and starboard mid-deck hand rails
Sanded, stained and polyurethaned port and starboard companionway hatch slides
Sanded, stained and polyurethaned the tiller
Replaced all above deck wood mount screws with new caulking
Installed port spreader padeye for ensigns
Installed table mount locking pins
Fitted a "built-in" Coleman cooler, accessable to the salon, but not out in the open
Built and installed battery mount
Built and installed gas tank mount
Built and installed storage bin shelf
Added 5 storage bins (3 fixed in shelf)
Built and installed lazarette line organizer
Cut and installed anchor and rode storage bin
Fixed whisker pole spring loaded catch
Outfitted fenders with new hanging lines