As promised, here are some progress pics of just a FEW of the projects which kept us busy over the few (to five) months... HAPPY VIEWING :)
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| Removing chain plates |
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| Chain plates removed (thankfully no H2O damage below decks) |
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| Had to remove this "packing twine" (not sure of official name) from around the chainplates - very tedious and time consuming task! Unfortunately had some H2O damage in this area! |
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| New chainplates (not really new, but cleaned, polished, bead blasted) and installed with butyl tape below the cover plates - hopefully this keeps the water out! |
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| J in the amidships locker - yes, it is very big! |
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| J mixing epoxy for our blister repair job |
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| This exoxy stuff is crazy - gets so hot it smokes! |
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| Second step in the process - epoxy with thickener (sorry technical term escapes me at this time) :) |
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| One side done! |
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| Blister repairs done - next step is sanding... |
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| My bday present - a very practical and worth while gift! Thanks J! |
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| Her bottom sanded and ready for some paint |
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| Finished! 3 coats of barrier and 2 coats of bottom paint |
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| New port of hailing :) |
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| Galvanic corrosion on the mast spreaders - pre treatment |
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| Its a bit blurry but gotta love working with chemicals with 'CANCER HAZARD' written in CAPS on the front! |
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| After alodine treatment - it would turn from a golden yellow upon applying to a blueish color (approx 3 minutes later) |
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| Mast head after sanding off corrosion (pre alodine) |
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| Mast head after alodine, zinc cromate primer and two coats of polyeurthane paint |
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| New teak accessories with three coats of varish |
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| Old rigging, used as templates, for new rigging |
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| J building up the new Sta-lok fittings |
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| New rigging installed |
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| Serviced Max Prop |
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| LONG screws (at least 6in) from pulpit |
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| New USCG Numbers and new trawler gas lantern |
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| Lamp from our first boat, Moondance, which was taken to Knotty and is now in the aft berth on Tango |
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| One of the new winch covers I made |
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| The new hatch covers I made. Once complete, we'll have 6 of them! |
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| Halyard saver that I made - secures with a common sense fastener when not being used. |
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