More on Going Back Together

 We finished stripping off the teak and they have prepped and put two layers of glass on it ( one very thick mat and one very thick cloth).  So we now know it is stronger than with the original teak.  

We glassed the gunnels.  This was our first major glassing job on our own and also the first time we have ever used peel ply.  The peel ply worked great even though there were obstructions everywhere and the gunnels are full of all kinds of complex curves it came out pretty nice.  We have contracted out the final fairing and painting and that work has begun. 

We started putting things back together below deck.  So we can smell the end of the job coming.  Unfortunately we still have some liquid coming out of a few few of the blister holes below the waterline.  They are now talking about adding some heat to speed the process along. 

The first layer of mat going on

Mat on

Mat and cloth on

Port gunnel primed and first round of fairing added and drying 

Progress

We have not posted in a while. It is not because there isn’t anything happening. Just the opposite.

Pictures are hard because of the tenting they have put around the boat.  We did manage to get these.  

We finished stripping the gunnels back and they are ready for glassing.  We have started taking the old teak off of the coach roof.  About half done there.  We were toying with putting fake teak back there to replace the paper thin old stuff but costs have caught up with us and we will probably just reenforce with glass and go non skid.  The quote for this fits in our budget.

Below deck, they finished with the blisters on the topsides and sprayed the barrier coat.  They are now doing the fairing.  Below the waterline we still have a little drying out going on but the majority seems pretty good.  There are a couple of spots that will need to be opened again and of course we need to wait a little longer for the ones we know are still damp.  They have begun repairing the bottom of the keel and have glassed the accessible spots.  They will lift the boat and shift all the blocking within the next few days.  This will allow them to finish.  

We missed the picture of them spraying the first white barrier coat.  They are now using the red fairing material to find and fix all of the blemishes.

Working from both sides

We are taking the teak off the coach roof