Not a lot of action on the boat. Still fiberglassing  Going nowhere FAST! Took some video’s of the boat and up loading them via youtube so I’ll post those soon. 

Above is my bloody hot sink. I don’t know why people install sinks that have no depth. I’ll get Carl to make a cutting board that fits over the top of the outboard one. Not too sure if I’m going to request plastic or wood yet. Would prefer wood but plastic is easier to clean. Plastic is more toxic but wood more porous. Bahhh!

Check back later for my videos.

We spent the day taking down sails, something we should have done months ago! We were surprised how easy it was. We were very optimistic that it would all fit in the back of my car with life jackets and 100 egg cartons. HA! We stacked them on top of the volvo and they are currently in the shop at our work. We’ll have to get them home with a trailer. Going to turn the apartment above our garage in our own personal sail loft. Nice.

I’ll have to pull out the book I bought of mending sails because I am clueless.

 

Last week was very eventful. We got our shit hot dodger on. She still needs to be glassed on the boat but she’s sturdily held with putty. We think it looks great. We weren’t to sure if it would look bulky and stick out like a sore thumb but once we slap some paint on you would think it was original! Going to make a canvas covering for the top in rainy/ rough weather to protect the entrance way but no more slamming our heads on the dodger!! Hopefully I can find a youtube video on how to pull that one off.

We are lucky enough to have a friend that loves gadgets so we’ll be able to cut the widows out ourselves. He is also making up a custom table top for the salon. Thanks Mike!

 

 

 

We had always wondered why our boat had a port list. We had taken out all the large components – tanks, engine, generator etc. So we were starting to get a little worried. Until……

 

We discovered a galley cupboard full of what we think is lead. What the hell!! That’s some good can storage!! So one by one we removed all the “lead” plates and voila! “listy listy no more!”

So the good ‘ole oven got the boot. I swear the thing must be an original that came with the boat in 1981. The previous owner told me the back burner no longer worked and she couldn’t remember what each knob was for, the gimbal only half worked and that she only cooked with a crockpot. Hmmm TOSS IT!

 

Would love a Dickinson but can’t seem to make the beast fit. The hole fits a Force 10 compact stove perfectly but I’m still trying to talk Carl into gaining me 2″ by eating into the cupboard below the cutout. Still a work in progress. There’s no way I can cook with a compact size oven. Sailboat ovens as they are now are way too small for standard pans. Here’s our hole.

 

 

 Can’t mount the new oven higher than the bench because the upper cabinets will catch on fire and the stove won’t gimbal properly. Don’t think it would be a huge ordeal to gain 2″ below. The upper left cabinet is where we found all that extra lead…. lucky us! Why couldn’t it have been gold, or beer?

Bit more grinding to do before we are ready to paint. 🙂 Horray! Need to fit a good size bed, shower, head and basin in this area. It’s the “love shack”

 

Everything is so rough. There are tools everywhere and I’m sick of having to walk in the bilges to get places. I can’t wait to see some “pretty” progress. We haven’t installed our main hatch yet so the entrance is securely covered with a stylish tarp, anchored with scrap wood.