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
To get her ready for the season, here is the "normal" list of work:
- Clean cabin
- Reattach the wind vane
- Recharge and install battery
- Remount outboard motor
- Spark plug check
- Fill gas tank
- Reattach port side spreader
- Re-tape standing rigging joints
- Setup running rigging
- Rig the mail sail
- Apply new registration stickers
First cushion recovered (only one with this pattern)
Seat cushion recovered (blue for the salon)
Plexi crib boards, pre-vent/lock, and the new companionway hatch plate, pre-stain/poly.
Blue hands from keel bottom paint (or a Smurf massacre)
My helper sanding the companionway hatch
Companionway well cover fabrication complete
Companionway well cover stained
Last coat of polyurethane
Mahalo - E
