Located a local supplier of the rubrail for Newports – Seals Spars & Rigging. Ordered a new one but it’s going to take over a month to get done.
End of destruction, start of construction
First coat of primer
Finished prep of topsides and sprayed first coat of primer so it’s easier to detect additional surface defects that need to be addressed.
Decided on windows
After much debate on whether we should try to restore original (corroded) windows, go for simple thru-bolted acrylic panels, or buy a new set, we decided to go with a new set. Found a company, Mark Plastics, that manufactured windows for Capital Yachts (Newport 30s). Nadya reused old holiday wrapping paper to create templates and make measurements and I stopped by USPS this morning to mail those over.
The core is the issue
Breaking Bank
Prepping compression post for refinish
2nd life for the fuel tank
Fun story: posted the fuel tank for sale on Craigslist and the guy who got it bought it for his 1973 Newport 30 mk 2.
What are the odds!?!
With just a few dozen Newport 30 boats in SF Bay Area, when one of them had a tank removed another one was in need of a tank.
Definitely a wrinkle in space-time continuum.
Backing plates
With no access to CNC due to TechShop closure, today was the day of going back to the roots and making backing plates with hand-held tools. Took forever but turned out great!
In parallel, continued to do surface prep on topsides and started taking gelcoat off the cabin top in prep for new fiberglass layer.
Finally, drilled out and dry-fitted transom thru-halls. The exhaust hole will have to be glassed over – electric engines are zero emissions 🙂
While I was slicing and dicing, Nadya sorted through old hardware and rounded it up for a trip to Duke’s Chandlery.
Getting ready for seacocks
