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We're Underway! |
Major break through today. Here are some before, during, and after photos.
Port locker:
Shoving the generator through the engine/fuel tank area into the port locker:
Suspended the generator while we installed the pan that it mounts to:
Generator is mounted in place, amazing!!!
All done in just a few minutes…not. Actually it took a few hours but it’s in!! We’ll add some details and more pics later!
…or days have gone by. Well, our V Drive is back from The Walter Machine Company so that will help move things along. We sent the drive out for rebuild and they got it back to us fairly quick. The insulation and interior walls of the ice box are progressing, albeit slowly. The thru hulls are coming along nicely, some closed in permenantly, others repositioned. The cockpit lockers have been painted, they’ll stay clean for all of five minutes but they’re painted. Now we are working on the pedestal in the cockpit…among other things.
V Drive arrived. UPS did a near perfect job of destroying a very expensive piece of equipment. …moving right along…
Thankfully the drive is still in one piece:
Insulation finished, waiting to add the finished walls to the ice box:
Preparing to cut out the interior ice box panels. We are using fiberglass reinforced plastic panels from Lowe’s:
Once the panels are trimmed to fit we will use West System epoxy to glue them in place:
Tanya installing our new thru hull:
Two thru hulls filled in, one installed. Once the sealant dries we will remove the protective film:
Cockpit lockers painted white:
The generator and water heater will go in this locker:
Removing the pedestal guard:
More later!
It’s been a few days since our last update but we’re still at it. We’ve been working almost every day and by the time we get home we’re pretty tired. Can’t thank Tanya’s Father Bob enough for all the help. Actually we have had help from so many people we have lost count. We are still constructing and fabricating. We finished one battery box, 90% finished with the second battery box, generator mount is all but done, compartments are getting cleaned up and ready for final paint. We added a small hatch to our berth (bedroom), replaced the hatch in the shower, and now we are aggressively attacking the refrigeration. We get fixated on a particular job and forget to take the in process pictures but here’s a few from the recent projects.
We have to move some of the thru hulls and remove the unused (thanks Sis!). We are using West System epoxy and fiberglass to close up the holes:
Battery box finished, minus paint:
After careful measurement, Bob cuts the hole for the hatch in our berth:
Hatch is in, which will give us some badly needed ventilation in our berth area:
We replaced the 33 year old hatch in the shower. The old hatch had been leaking for sime time so we had to dig out the rotted core and we’ll fill it in with West System epoxy:
New hatch is in:
Tanya has been ripping out the original ports (windows). Most of the original ports did not open and the previous owner sealed the opening ports shut, so we had NO opening ports at all! We are installing all new, opening, stainless steel ports! Tanya grinding off the old sealant:
We cut off the top of the ice box so we can add insulation and a divider to seperate the freezer from the fridge:
Sealing the insulation to the walls and filling the gaps with expanding foam:
On that note, with all the panels propped up and drying, we took off for the day:
More later!
We have been building supports for the batteries and generator, cleaning up a bit and painting. The boat never had a generator and the batteries are much larger so everything has to be custom built to fit. Whenever we have a chance we are cleaning up the compartments, priming and painting.
Another shot of the battery box we have to modify:
The new battery support. I will fiberglass the box and cover the rest with epoxy resin, then glass it into the hull and paint the whole thing:
We had to demolish this battery box, didn’t need it and the wood underneath was rotten. I glassed in the base with fiberglass cloth and West System epoxy to add strength and keep out any moisture:
Oak generator support epoxied into the hull, drying:
After the epoxy set, it got a strip of fiberglass tape to help bond to the hull:
One by one we will clean, prime and paint the compartments white. Fresh primer:
We’re replacing all the hatches, but before we can install the new hatches we have to clean up the edges (nothing matches) and paint. Tanya has been busy ripping out the hatches:
Where’s the smile? …she has them all out!
We received the paint…guess we have to paint now…
