Welding is DONE!!

Juneau's weather has been less than pleasant over the last several days.  We've had high winds and record rainfall resulting in flooding in the lakes, rivers and small streams.  Unfortunately for us the high winds wreaked havoc on our boat cover.  Dave and I went down Saturday morning to check everything out.  The tarp had come undone in several places, rain was coming in through the top and some of the conduit had come apart.  It was way too windy to get that thing back together, so we rallied the troops for an attempt on Sunday. Thankfully the wind had died down enough for us to get it back together!!  We duct taped, zip tied and screwed the cover back together in a couple of hours.  Sorry... no pictures as I couldn't hang on to the tarp and camera at the same time.

The weather was so crummy  on Sunday that I didn't even take the time to check out all the work the welders had done. They are finished and even took the time to clean up the whole area under the boat.  It was really nice to show up to all of that done as well!

Here are some pictures of the welder's work.

On the stern the exhaust pipes come up from the lazarette and will go through the new roof overhang.  There was some rusting around the bottom of the pipes on both sides, so the welder removed the steel around them and replaced it.

Port side exhaust.

Starboard side exhaust.

 When the SHAD was built in 1958, the anchor winch sat right in front of the house in the middle of the front deck.  The anchor chain would go up through the hause pipe in the bow to the winch.  After much discussion it was decided that we should close the hause pipe.  This will help keep water off the deck, as you'll see in the next picture the pipe comes right up through the bow deck.

Hause pipe at the bow.

This is the other end of the anchor chain hause pipe, right on the bow deck.  It was just big enough to get my size 8.5 foot wedged inside.  I was more concerned about breaking an ankle than getting the deck wet!

Hause pipe on the bow deck.

The rub rail is now on all the way around the hull!



Starboard side.

The generator located in the engine room used to exhaust right at the water line.  Dave had the welder close off the original exhaust hole and move it up a little higher.

Shop floor drain.

Galley sink drain.

Shower & toilet drains.