BEFORE

AFTER

(note the cool bus in the background...full of primer)

All painted - decks and hull - The water line is painted here

Cockpit lockers were fiberglassed over so that they're not susceptible to rotting.  Traveler installed in front of wheel.  Side coaming boards refinished and coated in Cetol/Sikkens.

Piles of supplies, priming and epoxy fillers all around, coachroof painted, cockpit still bare, wheel still wrapped in rope, no wood around cockpit or companionway entrance, ports removed, no winches, grab rails off, bow rai and lifelines removed.

Companionway and coaming wood varnished and installed, cover built for companionway and grab rails,  wheel and new frame mounted, traveler mounted, ports, grab rails and winches, dorade vent, depth sounder and genoa tracks installed, lifelines installed and bow pulpit almost ready to go after Al bends the new pulpit...almost ready to sail!

The companionway cover had to be built in order to keep the rain out....here is it in progress

Wow...what a difference with some paint on deck, sanded and varnished wood and some other tidbits.  Lifelines installed.

Before major rewiring....Virtually Empty!

Battery charger, inverter, and all wiring for frig installed

INTERIOR:  BEFORE

INTERIOR: AFTER (Still in progress)

New headliner, paint along edges, wood oiled, port lights painted and installed, new port and starboard cushions, reading lights installed....and more, keep looking.

A work in progress, old cushions, headliner removed and ceiling grinded to remove old rubber cement

Table installed, shelf finished and filled, cupboards and walls painted, headliner in, port lights painted, new cushions installed

Port side looking aft toward the galley

Old entrance to companionway shows half counter, large step, all wiring removed

All new wiring and panels, battery switches, inverter controls, extended galley counter, new counter top, and new steps installed

New nav station with a frigerator underneath and a seat for the navigator, shelf shortened to a usable size above frig, dimmer light installed above nav station, oh yeah, and speakers for the MP3 player.

Before painting, cleaning and replacing old fixtures

Lots of changes....the headliner, wires run for depth sounder/wind indicator on top right side of photo, new switch panel, inverter/battery charger installed, port light installed near companionway, inside cabin painted, table installed, 

The Nav station/refrigerator in progress

Frig complete - new shelves made, frig/freezer installed, wiring all done to run to the 'keel cooler', new counter top installed

Nav station in mid stages of completion, no steps on entrance/counter top to right.

Nav station complete with frig underneath, steps installed.

Looking aft from the V-berth

All the old paper and rubber cement had to be ground off the ceiling, all ports had been removed, sanded, primed and painted before headliner could be installed.  Grab rails were removed

Headiner installed....grab rails oiled and re-installed, cushions done and installed.

V-berth during the work process....

The new cushion - built large enough with extra on the left side so two people can lay side by side, while you can still get in, close the door and into the hanging locker behind the door.

lmost 7 years - this is shown with the old nasty house paint that had been slapped on years ago by a previous owner.  Most of the fittings are in the process of being removed.

Mast Nearly Complete - scraped, sanded, primed, painted with all the correct paint.  New spreaders (seen sticking up at the far end), boom painted too, all fittings replaced, re-installed or polished.