22/04/2024
Out she goes.
We have a small chain fall that could support the plate while I made the final cuts.
Then it was pretty easy to lower it to the ground.
Now the clean up work begins in preparation for the repair.
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21/04/2024
Let’s get this party started.
Let’s cut out some more pitted plate.
This time it’s aft cabin under the aft head. Years of neglect combined with a dubious old repair and impossible access led to a section of plate that was
“Sketchy at Best”
Is that all you got?
We eat this stuff for breakfast! 😎
First step plasma cutter…........
20/03/2024
Quick photo dump from the Bahamas trip.
27/02/2024
Metal work is done on the aft cabin top. Things are primed and items re-installed.
Final clean up and paint will happen next year right before we splash.
1 - New hatch frame for the cleaned up and re-bedded hatch. We re-built the mizzen mast base. We also moved our old primary winches back on the cabin top to be available as spares.
2 - Starboard port lights re-built.
3,4,5 - New winches installed.
6 - New exhaust vent for engine room.
7 - Port side port lights re-built.
Not pictured are misc old poorly done repairs that were re done. Also previously through bolted items (like the arch) were welded on to eliminate the bolt holes. ........
31/01/2024
Next on the list is the aft cabin portlights.
These have been a constant maintenance headache. The fasteners for the frames are tapped directly into the steel. That hole is a constant failure point for coatings and needs to be cleaned and painted every season. Also the cabin sides here are only 1/8” thick so there is very little corrosion allowance to start with. Once the coating fails you quickly get to a point where you need to replace the metal.
Our upgraded solution is twofold.
1 - Thicker metal at the port. We are installing 3/16 vs 1/8”. This will be less likely to fail on the edge and should give much more time to repair before needing replacement.
2 - We are welding the fasteners into the plate so there is no longer a hole where it enters. This should eliminate this as a problem area.
Looking forward to not having to deal with these so often. ........
30/01/2024
Next metal welded back in. .....
26/01/2024
First Replacement metal fit into place. .....
19/01/2024
Cutting some metal to replace the stuff we cut out. ......
17/01/2024
More Demo.
Some nescessary - The hatch
Some preventative- The mast base
Some upgrades - Mounting spare winches accessible from the aft station. ......
16/01/2024
Demo Days….
Cut out the aft cabin hatch and frame…......
14/01/2024
Demo Mode.
Aft Cabin project begins….........
24/12/2023
Welcome to the Liquid Spa Experience..
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23/12/2023
Installing the sink. ......
22/12/2023
Time for the grout…......
20/12/2023
Getting close.
Working on the shower pan floor….......
13/12/2023
Next up is to cover the walls with FRP (Fiberglass Reinforced Panels). We feel this gives us a better and longer lasting surface than painting would. ........
12/12/2023
Plumbing continued.
We want the ability to shower in the forward head. This means jamming a bunch of plumbing in a small space.
Hot and cold running up from under the floor then splitting off into two separate feeds. I can’t express how much I appreciate these push to connect fittings!! Trying to do this with hose and hose clamps would have been a nightmare! ......
11/12/2023
Behind the bulkhead is electrical and plumbing.
White, Red and Accent lights.
Miscellaneous fresh and grey water plumbing…......
04/12/2023
Shower pan gets its first coat of paint.
Feeling pretty good about it lasting. The shower pan is
- Marine Plywood
- Soaked in Epoxy
- Fiberglass Coating
- 2 coats of primer
- will have 2 top coats.
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12/11/2023
Shower pan and lower head bulkheads assembled.
Shower pan seams and corners coated and softened with thickened epoxy.
Softened corners covered with the first layer of fiberglass.
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06/11/2023
Behind the scenes Laura keeps workin hard. Every piece of raw wood or plywood is given a thin coat of epoxy to seal it. Depending on where it is placed we may give it a top coat of some sort…
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06/11/2023
Doesn’t look like much has happened here but it has.
We have run all the plumbing under the floor and behind the bulkheads to get them to this point.
- Fresh water (cold/hot) in
- Sink drain to tank
- Flush water to head
- Black water to tank
- Shower drain to tank
- Holding tank vent
Now we need to build the shelves and cabinet that lives by the hull.
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05/10/2023
Love having friends who leave you fresh home roasted coffee presents on your stairs!!!
Thank You !!
You Rock!!!
☕️☕️☕️
04/10/2023
Before we get too far we needed to get some FRP (Fiberglass Reinforced Panels) to cover the insulation in the deeper cabinets. We did the easy stuff earlier but it was time to deal with the deep.
Anyway We have been using FRP for a lot and have been super happy.
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03/10/2023
We once read that the first coat of epoxy on a porous surface needs to be very thin.
This lets the material off gas while the epoxy soaks in without trapping bubbles on the surface. Later coats can be thicker since the surface has been sealed and there is no longer anything to bubble out.
We have followed that advice ever since and it has worked out great!!!
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02/10/2023
With the counter and sink roughed in we are now working on the shower pan. Since absolutely everything has been changed it needs to be built from scratch.
We have enough marine plywood to do the whole pan and the lower parts of the bulkheads so that’s what we cut and fit yesterday.
Today everything gets soaked in epoxy before assembly.
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29/09/2023
Next we needed a counter top for the head. We had an old wood slab from our previous land life so we chopped that up to fit.
Next we need some kind of sink in the head. We found an olive wood bowl we like so we are going to figure out how to make that work. We figure we can epoxy coat it and then sink it into the slab to lock it into place.
Here are the rough cuts and initial fit up….
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28/09/2023
After the hull is insulated we cover it with FRP. Somehow getting this one piece to fit took us half a day.
Since nothing is square or straight it took multiple tweaks to finally get it to fit.
But we did.
Ha!!
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27/09/2023
So as we slowly get back into the swing of things, the next project is rebuilding the forward head.
It’s never been right and we are finally at a place we can do something about it. We did the metal work last year and so now it’s “everything else”
Let’s start with some insulation….
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23/08/2023
We made it…
Time for tacos…
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