1928 Classic Yacht
I booked a haul out at Westport Marina for August 22nd. I followed this with booking an inspection with Nordic Marine Surveyors during that time. The plan is to clean the bottom with the power washer and then paint the bottom and sides. I may put a new transducer in. Euphemia will ‘get splashed’ on…
Added a full gallon of Interlux Brightside (‘white’ that I happened to have left over from last spring) as the first coat of paint. It looked pretty good. I let it dry for a few days. I was expecting it to shrink by 5 to 10 percent. I returned to put some Interlux Brightside (off-white)…
I did a final preparation for the canvas. This was mostly just cutting the cowling pipes flush with the roof. I was tempted to do a light coat of epoxy on the whole roof but decided it was not needed. Gave the canvas a soaking in the bathtub – hot water and not super saturated….
Well I ‘bit the bullet’ and ordered some new teak trim. The folks are also going to produce new corners for me using 2 of the old corners that are in good enough shape to be used as templates (one back and one front). I am also getting them to send some oak cove I…
Well the warm weather still eludes us. I have been able to do some more epoxy work as the epoxy is a cold cure (happens to also be a slow cure). I picked up some more epoxy putty and it is supposed to be used at 70f+. Fortunately it is also a fast cure so…
I took another look at the few soft spots on the roof and decided that it was better to address without, full-on, fiber glass (ie strip along edges). I cut out a couple of spots and used some epoxy to put new bits in place. I applied poured epoxy into some areas to smooth surface…
I attempted to clean up one piece of the removed hand rail. This is mostly about removing the metal/lead bead – but this failed straight away. I thought I would just clamp a vise grip on one end and starting twisting/rolling it off. Instead; I just broke off a chunk. I fiddled with it for…
Another hour or so of removing trim – and loads of tacks. Feeling very positive about how its going.
I have been removing trim – a little bit every day. I was able to remove the half-round along the back of the wheel house with little problem. It was nailed on with heavy finishing nails. I started to remove the hand rail by removing the plugs and then removing the screws but only a…
A little more progress on the re-canvas today. I removed the last of the hardware, some more canvas, and some dowels on trim. The plank seams appear to be tight. Some of the patches were done with epoxy on canvas. In one case the epoxy had seeped through the canvas and into the wood. The…