Change in Plans

Work is still continuing on the interior woodwork until I can get the boat hauled out for a bottom job and to split the deck to replace rotten balsa wood.

If you can see the delamination of the balsa in these pictures. I will get better pictures when we haul her out

The bigger news is plans to head to the Gulf of Mexico are on hold until retirement in about 13 years. Looking at the big picture, financially it is the better choice for us. This winter is when the major renovations are going to start (bottom and deck) and I will try to go into fine detail when it comes time for anyone else to have to follow in our footpaths. I will post some pictures here later this week when I can get a chance.

....and continues...

The plans are still on to move us and the boat to the Gulf of Mexico next year. I am heading to the boat tomorrow to continue work on the head area. The plywood had rotted out over the years on the bulkheads. I have two of the bulkheads redone and will hopefully reinstall them this weekend. I also hope to get some decent pictures of the work, before and after, for the blog. I got the headsail webbing resewn back on this week. It's usable again!!! Last week when I took her out without it, she was soooo underpowered in the light winds we had on the lake.

The work continues....

I was able to get to the boat this weekend and shake the cobwebs off of her and take her out. The head sail is off of her, as I am trying to get the sacrificial cloth redone. After getting an estimate on getting the sacrificial redone, a small fortune, I have decided to do it myself. Thanks to our slip mate, who has the perfect sewing machine for the job, it should be a short process. I am still redoing the woodwork piece by piece. Hopefully this winter or the beginning of next year, the bottom job will be done, along with the delaminated decks.

Let the repairs begin

The heat has finally for all intents and purposes broken. I got a chance to get out to the boat and do some more work to her. I got the side decks painted with new non skid paint. I used Interlux's Interdeck. I really like the paint. It flows really nice and covers in two coats. The two areas that I still need to paint, are on hold because there is some work that needs to be done before the paint can go on. I hope to get that done later on this fall.

If you can tell by the last picture, I had to take the lifelines down on the port side of the boat. I had to remove a stanchion to get it re welded. The original weld broke at the base.The headsail has also been removed. I am working on getting a new sacrificail cover sewn on to it. I have to order the new material sometime this week.

The Perfect Boat Dog!

This is "Candy" our 11 year old Toy Pomeranian.  She is our little first mate and she loves being out on the water with the wind in her fur.

Holy Hades Batman, It's hot outside

All work on the boat has been put on hold. It is entirely too hot (103 F) to do anything worthwhile on the boat. No wind of any significance to take the boat out and sail it either. Northerners have frigid winters to slow them down and southerners have oven ready summers. So until the weather breaks here's a very short video of a sail this spring where we are running next to a friend on his Catalina 25.

Let the Fun Begin!!!

The Admiral

This is the beginning. This is the start of hopefully a long, enjoyable experience. But as a Chinese proverb goes..even the longest journey starts with a single step. This is our single step. We bought a fairly neglected 1981 Hunter 33 Cherubini  that we have begun to put back together. She needs a lot of work, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. This gives us a chance to go through every single system, and make any repairs, upgrades that are  needed. Right now the repair list is long and most systems, if not all, need reworked..

Our Hunter 33 Cherubini