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
New bulkheads in progress
Fixing rudder wobble
More rotten core exposed
