Wall to head and compression post removed; floor opened up to reveal lead.
New bulkhead paneling, new compression post and wall in, and fairing of floor in progress.
Finished!
Sand & paint, sand & paint...
Ready to sail for New England
I didn't think I'd need to count my boat yard days in order to reach 100, but I've been sick and just tested positive for COVID, and that's going to keep me from kayaking for at least a couple days.
From before the New Year until mid-June, Dobbs and I spent many, many days working on GRACE. We'd had the mast unstepped so that we could repair old deck and floor compression, replace the compression post, and install a new cork cabin sole. As a secondary project, I repainted the spars...and parts of the cabin top...and the hull...and put 7 coats of fresh varnish on everything shiny...and applied Semco to everything not shiny. GRACE is our special thing and we enjoy keeping her in as good condition as we can, in-between bouts of sailing for months at a time where we put maintenance blissfully on the back burner.