110 Cookson Lane | Whitefield, ME 04353 | 207-232-7600 | tim@lackeysailing.com
Snow Lily | Friday, February 8, 2013
After washing and sanding the new fiberglass securing the shaft log extension, paying particular attention to the trailing edge I installed additional fiberglass to wrap around the aft edge, sealing that area and tying the whole thing together. I left the new fiberglass to cure overnight.
Back inside the boat, I de-bunged and lightly sanded the new trim, and removed the temporary screws from the aft bulkhead trim, replacing them with bungs. Then I cleaned up the area to prepare for varnish in the near future. I made a few reference marks on the raw overhead trim then removed it for final milling, sanding, and finishing.
To finish off the head area, it was time to rebuild the outer bulkhead to close off the space. Seeing no need for two doors within an inch of each other, we'd decided to eliminate the forward door and provide just a single doorway from the passageway. So I took a few measurements and cut some template plywood roughly to size to fit the space as needed then scribed it at the top and bottom edges before transferring the shape to the final material, 1/2" cherry plywood. I dry-fit the bulkhead holding it in place with some wooden blocks glued to the sole and to the tape-protected overhead.
After some fine-tuning, I prepared the area and installed the bulkhead with epoxy adhesive on three sides. After cleaning up excess epoxy, I removed the masking tape I'd used to protect the adjacent surfaces.
On deck, I sanded and varnished the coamings and handrails once again.
I'd set aside most of the afternoon for cabinet door sanding, and in the time remaining in the day managed to sand my way through 10 more of the doors, leaving just four to go. Each door required 10-15 minutes to sand through the grits. I'd finish the last ones very soon, as I just needed that to be done and there was never a "good" time to do it. I milled rounded edge details on the various overhead trim pieces that I'd started so far, and set those aside to sand when I got back to the doors next time.
Total Time on This Job Today: 8.25 hours
