1928 Classic Yacht
Mast The removal of the anchor light switch (its now on the dash) left a hole in the mast. I patched this with a bit of cedar. Hand Rail I contacted the mill about the trim that I ordered for the wheel house. It seems they will be getting to it soon. So I decided…
The outing the other day had me returning to my experiment for countering prop walk. A stern thruster would cost about 3k USD before install. So probably a 7k CDN bill. I do not need it this bad. However; the idea is to mount an electric trolling motor to the swim grid and control it…
Took Euphemia II out for a short cruise. I was worried that the sun would make the small imperfections glaringly obvious – but not the case. Super happy with recent work – despite the small wrinkles. Walked the boat out enough to raise the mast and then secured until the Girls arrived. The prop-walk was…
I returned to the boat in the evening – even though I had spent a couple of hours on it during the day. The nicer weather is here (sort of) and Valerie wants to go to the Farm. Installed the solar panels, two pad-eyes for mast shrouds/stays, and re-secured the mast to the back of…
Replaced an old and crusty throw bag with a new one. This will be needed during the survey in the summer. Installed the spotlight using the original copper conduit but I could not get much rotation out of the spotlight as the conduit is too short and has some seized sections. Took it all off…
Bringing the roof back to life. Using a center-line to determine location for the naming boards. Working solo but needed a 3rd hand. Created one from a couple wrenches. Put the solar panels on the roof. These still need to be secured and connected – probably do that tomorrow.
More paint – more progress. I picked up two more cans of paint as the canvas is still sucking the paint up in areas. I put a coat on and it looks like this will be the last full coverage paint application. I will add some more paint but only in certain areas. Not happy…
It has finally warmed up enough to really get into paint/varnish. I was ready to pick up the pace but the low temperatures have slowed me down. Did a little varnish work to kick things off. More coats to come for some of this. Installed the ‘leveling’ blocks today. Its ready for another coat of…
I am putting the hardware back on the roof. I will do the last coat of paint after some of this is attached. Not sure what the wooden bits below the cowls and spotlight are called so I will call them ‘levelers’. Found some 6×6 (full dim) cedar timber in the left over timber pile…
Paint session specifically to load up the canvas around the edges. I will put one more coat of paint on it and then wait for the new teak trim. While I am waiting I will pull out tacks from the hand rail and make the new leveling platforms for the hardware. Booked the boat into…