So today's weather was amazing, and so of course I was down at the boat. A lot of sawing and gutting. I had intended to wait until I had power tools to finish removing the cabin sole, but I couldn't take having half of it missing so I went to work with a hand saw. It was back breaking work, but I loved every minute of it. Every man needs a project I think.
So I was down in the bilge trying to figure out a way to rip out the plywood more efficiently. There is a long metal rod left over from something. Not sure what it is, but it worked very well as a crow bar.
I still have some cleaning up to do, but now at least it's all dry and ready to be rebuilt. I was thinking about putting in a wooden floor, but those tend to soak up so much moisture that years from now it'd all have to be redone. Also I want to make sure it's level. So what I think I am going to do is pour a whole lot of epoxy resin down there to make a level, solid, dry floor, and then maybe carpet over it. We'll see.
I had fun clamboring all over sanding down the wood work. I oiled the bow pulpit today, and introduced the boat to my younger brother and sister for the first time. I can't wait to get her in the water. But there's another $100 worth of cosmetics that need to go into it, then about $1800 for the right sails. We'll see how far I get before summer.
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| Cutting out small portions of flooring |
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| My "crow bar" |
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| The nasty stuff under the floor |
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| Just about gone |
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| all the wood I removed |
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| Now I just have to put a floor in there |
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