110 Cookson Lane | Whitefield, ME 04353 | 207-232-7600 | tim@lackeysailing.com
Snow Lily | Friday, January 4, 2013
I glued up another round of cabinet doors, wrapping up most of the pre-cut door sections that I had--seven total this time. There were a few larger openings, like the chain locker and a locker in the quarterberth, that featured non-rectangular shapes that I'd finish up next.
Planning to reuse the original bow and stern pulpits, my first step was to clean up and polish the rails, which were covered in the usual surface corrosion and, at the bases, slopped paint from previous owners' deck-painting efforts. I also removed various accessories, such as a handsome home-engineered outboard bracket from the stern pulpit and masses of tape and small stuff from the bow pulpit.
After protecting the deck with tape, I dry-fit the stern pulpit and adjusted its position till it was symmetrical and otherwise positioned as I wanted, then marked the fastener locations and removed the tape beneath each base plate.
The center stanchion, and the outer portions of the side stanchions, passed through solid fiberglass at the inward hull flange, but the inboard fasteners--two on the port side, one on the starboard--passed through a cored area of the deck, so in those locations I used a larger bit to overbore the fastener holes, drilling through the top skin and removing teh core in way of the fastener locations, after which I filled the holes with an epoxy resin mix and left it to cure.
Next, inside the boat, I completed some final prepwork in the chainlocker and forward cabin to prepare the surfaces for painting, including removing any dust and debris, solvent-washing, and masking off adjacent areas as required. Then, I applied a coat of gray Bilgekote to these areas, including the v-berth platform.
Finally, to prepare for priming and painting in the near future, I filled several screw holes in the new head cabinetry, first of a couple coats as required to smooth these areas flush.
Total Time on This Job Today: 7 hours
