Fiberglass is on the way...

I ordered 70 yards of 50" 1-1/2 Oz CSM fiberglass, 25 yards of 8" 6oz tape, 25 yards of 4" 6oz tape and some tools. Gettin' 'er done!

Side wall repair

I started fitting the new house sides with the first layer of 1/2" marine plywood. It will get two layers of this. I'll just keep moving along, 4' at a time.

There's a hole in my bucket...

...I mean, my Boat!

Tour of Paradise

Re-coring the deck

Pulling the starter video

https://youtu.be/isH3SIyQXzw

Starter teardown

Just a bit of corrosion in there. Time for a rebuild.

Cockpit seat/propane locker

Anchor windlass

One more part complete. It was in pretty bad shape. It got enough water in the motor that it rusted enough to dislodge one of the magnets. Innards were rebuilt at the “factory”. When I looked up the info on the maker of the windlass, I was surprised to find they were 30 minutes away from me. When I took it in I got a tour of the machine shop as well…pretty cool, and way cheaper than buying a newer inferior model…. $500

One sliding hatch complete!

One complete, one more to go.

Happy 4th of July!

Not the most fun Independence Day I've ever had, but I at least had some help today.

 

Companion way doors

Had to redo the last entry... tried to edit it, but wasn't working the way I wanted. So I'll start over. Companion way doors are coming along. I made the pieces that cover the gap between the two doors when closed(whatever they're called) the inner one I'll have to wait to cut to length after going to the boat again and doing some measuring.

I removed the vents that were in the doors to replace with glass. They popped out whole, with a small frame holding the vent slats. After busting out all the slats I split the small frame on the tablesaw into two pieces, front and back. I will put these back into the doors with the glass in between. So far I have the front pieces in. I won't put the glass in until all the coats of varnish are on.

You can see in the first picture the door with the vent in it. 

Removing hardware

New glass

Scraped and sanded with outer glass frame glued in place

First coat of varnish

It'll be great to see out to the cockpit from the galley

This is still just two coats of varnish in, but lookin' good! Ventilation on a boat is important, but I have enough opening portlights that I won't miss the vents in these doors. Also, they wouldn't have held out much water when waves break over the stern. More light is needed below also. Besides...I love the way it looks with the glass.

The pieces added today

Hatch continued...

Main Hatch Cont...

Main Hatch Progress

Main hatch slider, almost ready for caulking and varnish. I needed more clamps, but putting a bunch of heavy stuff on it seemed to work just fine. I still need to make a new handle before the varnishing can start.