Back from the dead.
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:55 am
Brought back from the dead. Literally.
Many times there have been direct and indirect comments about why in the world someone ( me ) would have so many boats? Why have more than one of the same boat? Well, I can not really answer that. However I can tell you what I love doing. I love the transformation of a derilic boat to a thing of beauty. I whine and complain the entire time I am working but in reality, I really enjoy my, as my neigbor recently put, odd hobby. I am extremely picky on what I will buy but not picky the way 90% of the world is.
For the beggining of this particular saga you can read the purchase story and see her AFTER Alan and I readied her for travel. We had to remove all the loose crap, old tarp remnants, put tires on her, etc etc.
http://www.chryslersailors.com/discussi ... ht=forplay
For those who really just like photos here are a couple for ya. Note the keel and rudder have not been worked yet. She is just looking so good I had to share. . . .
YIKES! MY wife saw this on day one!
Today she sees this:
Please note a couple of things.
Yes, the bottom was painted with good bottom paint. I went with black because I already had some.
The blue stripes I thought to be light blue when I bought her similar to Alans Honu. When I cleaned, rubbed out, polished and waxed it was clear, she had dark blue stripes!
No chemicals were used on the hull. Nothing agaist things like Poly Glo or such, I just seem to like the old fashioned way.
The hull, obviously was washed. Pressure washed first, then hand washed. I then used my Heavy Duty Makita buffer and aggressive rubbing compound made by 3M. TWICE. Then I swapped to a polishing pad and used 3M polishing compound. I then rubbed her down thouroughly and used 3M hard wax. You know like the old car waxes used to be. Hard in the can and had to be rubbed in. Then wipe her down again.
So, for those of you who look at your own boats and think one day they could look nice . . . .well, I've done it many times. This is the current project.
Off the top of my head so far:
All new running rigging. ALL of it.
Brand new sails
New VHF
New VHF antenna
New Stereo
New Speakers
New Depth finder
New setti cover boards ( all of them including laquire finish )
New cushions
New Interior LED lights
New LED Navigation Lights
New Battery box
New battery
New power panel
New power switch
New Saftey gear ( flares, air horn, life jackets, and storage box )
New Wiring
New dock lines
New Travel Mast Support forward
New Travel Mast Support aft
New rudder post, cheek plates, and bearings
Used 2007 4 strok electric start outboard
Used original boom from a member here ( THANKS! )
Used fenders ( look new though! )
Used anchor and rode
Added Tiller Pilot
Repaired Tiller handle
Repaired Rudder
OK, there is probably more but of the top of my head there ya go.
Still to come: keel and rudder paint ( after work complete )
Polishing topsides and cockpit
Many long hours of sailing!
Scott
Many times there have been direct and indirect comments about why in the world someone ( me ) would have so many boats? Why have more than one of the same boat? Well, I can not really answer that. However I can tell you what I love doing. I love the transformation of a derilic boat to a thing of beauty. I whine and complain the entire time I am working but in reality, I really enjoy my, as my neigbor recently put, odd hobby. I am extremely picky on what I will buy but not picky the way 90% of the world is.
For the beggining of this particular saga you can read the purchase story and see her AFTER Alan and I readied her for travel. We had to remove all the loose crap, old tarp remnants, put tires on her, etc etc.
http://www.chryslersailors.com/discussi ... ht=forplay
For those who really just like photos here are a couple for ya. Note the keel and rudder have not been worked yet. She is just looking so good I had to share. . . .
YIKES! MY wife saw this on day one!
Today she sees this:
Please note a couple of things.
Yes, the bottom was painted with good bottom paint. I went with black because I already had some.
The blue stripes I thought to be light blue when I bought her similar to Alans Honu. When I cleaned, rubbed out, polished and waxed it was clear, she had dark blue stripes!
No chemicals were used on the hull. Nothing agaist things like Poly Glo or such, I just seem to like the old fashioned way.
The hull, obviously was washed. Pressure washed first, then hand washed. I then used my Heavy Duty Makita buffer and aggressive rubbing compound made by 3M. TWICE. Then I swapped to a polishing pad and used 3M polishing compound. I then rubbed her down thouroughly and used 3M hard wax. You know like the old car waxes used to be. Hard in the can and had to be rubbed in. Then wipe her down again.
So, for those of you who look at your own boats and think one day they could look nice . . . .well, I've done it many times. This is the current project.
Off the top of my head so far:
All new running rigging. ALL of it.
Brand new sails
New VHF
New VHF antenna
New Stereo
New Speakers
New Depth finder
New setti cover boards ( all of them including laquire finish )
New cushions
New Interior LED lights
New LED Navigation Lights
New Battery box
New battery
New power panel
New power switch
New Saftey gear ( flares, air horn, life jackets, and storage box )
New Wiring
New dock lines
New Travel Mast Support forward
New Travel Mast Support aft
New rudder post, cheek plates, and bearings
Used 2007 4 strok electric start outboard
Used original boom from a member here ( THANKS! )
Used fenders ( look new though! )
Used anchor and rode
Added Tiller Pilot
Repaired Tiller handle
Repaired Rudder
OK, there is probably more but of the top of my head there ya go.
Still to come: keel and rudder paint ( after work complete )
Polishing topsides and cockpit
Many long hours of sailing!
Scott
Thanks for the nice photos... you lucky stiff. 
