Continued sanding cabinets and drawers
Installed portholes
Another trip to the lumber yard!
Nasty surprise
As expected, one of the pilings snapped. Luckily, it didn’t fall on the boat; nevertheless, the boat now has lots of range of motion and rubs against fenders/dock and dock lines a bit too much.
She is home!
Installed new windows
Mast stepped
She floats!
Redo: stern thru-hulls
Just as I thought I was done with thru-hulls, I got expert advise that they needed to be redone before boat goes back into water. One of them was on uneven surface and sealant around it was questionable. I ignored it thinking that they are above waterline anyway and what I ended up with would be sufficient; however, with changes in weight distribution due to new electric engine/batteries and without the mast the stern may very well be under water and these thru-hulls could get compromised. I ended up making 3 new pads for them (reused a hatch from a racing boat that was being taking to dumpster) and re-bedding them. Now we are ready for anything.
Transom lettering
