Seacocks and thru-hulls
Mast shoe and head
Welding together new shoe and head for the mast.
Cabin top fiberglass battle continues
Varnishing bulkheads and beam
Interior paint completed
Bleaching bulkheads & staining beam and post
To balance wood colors better, we bleached Hydro-Tek marine ply with Lite-N-Up to take most of the pink tone out of it. For the beam and compression post, we did the opposite – added a bit of reddish hue with a classic mahogany stain.
Mast sanded
Mast sanded down to bare aluminum in preparation for paint.
Mast welding
Fortifying the mast base
Prepping new bulkheads for bleach and varnish
