110 Cookson Lane | Whitefield, ME 04353 | 207-232-7600 | tim@lackeysailing.com
There were two lockers beneath the port settee that I'd not yet addressed. The aftermost locker contained a hefty battery tray, which I removed for access to the area beneath; the tray was secured with a few screws. After removing the tray, and some debris beneath, I cleaned up and sanded the locker. Similarly, I sanded the forward locker beneath the berth to clean up and prep the area. Afterwards, I removed the paint from the locker lid.
As elsewhere on the boat, I found more loose tabbing that I removed bare-handed, leaving another gap to retab later.
The underside of the sidedecks in the main cabin were coated with some sort of hard, thick, heavily-textured finish, which I sanded lightly for now. Plans for these areas were as yet undetermined.
Moving aft, I spent most of the remainder of the day working in the after quarters of the boat, beneath the cockpit and in the lockers. With a chisel, I removed the accumulation of semi-cured paint (from a split can that had been in the locker when the boat arrived), along with rusted tools and other debris that had found their unfortunate ends stuck in the oozing paint in this area beneath the old fuel tank's location. I also removed large chunks of filler that had been part of a bulkhead support system, dividing the cockpit locker from the area beneath the cockpit.
As needed, I sanded all these areas to remove rough edges, remnants of debris and tabbing, and generally prepare all areas for future work. I cleaned up the tunnel beneath the starboard-side icebox; the original gelcoat here was in good condition and needed only light sanding. Eventually, I worked my way aft to the lazarette and cleaned up in there with the sander as needed. There's still quite a bit of dust and small debris on the surfaces in these photos.
To round out the day, I worked in the quarterberth, removing paint from the aft bulkhead and then sanding the molded, gelcoated liner and berth platform up as high as the molded shelf. The hull liner featured a textured, almost nonskid surface, which I sanded but didn't try to completely remove or smooth, pending later decisions about the area.
There was still sanding work ahead, mainly the quarterberth overhead and shelf, and the molded galley cabinetry and environs--and the bilges and engine room, filled now with a solution of sanding dust, oil, and grease (and a bit of water in the keel sump) remained to be dealt with--but I felt the worst of the bulk interior sanding was now behind me.
Total Time on This Job Today: 7 hours
