Captain's Bunk Varathaned

I put another coat of varathane on the walls in the Captain's Bunk today.  You can really tell the difference between today's pictures and the ones from the 13th.

Starboard, stern window

Port, stern window

Varathane

~Misty~

Water Storage/Ballast

When Dave's Dad came up a couple of weeks ago he brought with him 2 55 gallon plastic soy sauce drums for extra water storage on the SHAD.  Yesterday I filled them up with water in the hopes that the additional 800lbs of weight on the starboard side would help even out the list we have.  We're still listing due to the starboard fuel tank being empty.  I didn't really notice a difference in the list.  The drums are going to come in very handy on our long weekends out at Taku Harbor.  This brings us up to around 230 gallons of water.  YAY!!

~Misty~

What Do You Mean We're Taking Down All The Trim?!

I was so excited when Dave, Josh and I went down to the boat on Mother's Day and saw all of the trim up in the Captain's Bunk.  That was short lived when I found out that all of the trim had to come down to be varathaned.  WHAT!?  So, Dave and I have been putting coats of varathane on the trim for the last week. 

Misty applying varathane to the trim pieces

Trim pieces drying

Close up of the trim

I've also been varathaning the 3 pieces of panelling that will be around the hatch through the wheelhouse roof.  We're trying to get as many coats as possible on these pieces as they will likely be scuffed as we're going through the hatch.  The more varathane, the more protected the wood will be.

Panel for the hatch area

~Misty~

Captain's Bunk: Ceiling, Panelling, Trim... DONE!

All of the ceiling, panelling and trim is done in the Captain's Bunk, and I love it!! 

When I took the pictures, the lighting upstairs made the color look very dark and inconsistent.  The second picture is the most true to the color.

Stern wall

Port wall.  The cabinet up against the wall is not affixed to the wall.  We're considering staining it to match the panelling if we keep it up there.



Starboard wall

Ceiling trim

~Misty~

Dry Rot Removal

There was some dry rot in one of the walls in between the Wheelhouse and Captain's Bunk.  Dave decided to just tear out all of the rot and replace it with new wood.  Dave and his Dad chisled, sawed, pryed and bashed out the rotten wood.  Once it was out they replaced it with two pieces of 1 1/4" plywood screwed together; much better!

Halfway there

Dave cutting off the glue and cutting the wood

Dry rot is gone

Hole is covered

~Misty~

Hanging The Panelling

By Saturday the stain was dry enough to start hanging the panelling in the Captain's Bunk.  YAY!!  

One of the walls in the bunk has a couple of recessed reading lights in it.  Paul used his jigsaw to cut out the holes for the lights.

Paul hanging the panelling

Port side Captain's Bunk wall

~Misty~

Pop Visits The SHAD

Dave's Dad is in town for a couple of weeks.  He's been down at the harbor helping Dave & Paul for the last couple of days.  We're really enjoying having him here and glad he can finally see it in person!

 

~Misty~

Staining The Panelling

Dave and I picked out a light cherry stain for the oak panelling and trim that will go up in the Captain's Bunk and Wheelhouse.  I really love the color!

Painting on the stain

This is before the stain was wiped off.  Dave was a little worried about how dark it was.

It was much better once the stain was wiped off!  I love the grain in this panelling.

 Here's Dave applying the varathane to the panelling.

We set up the propane heater to help speed up the drying process.



 ~Misty~

The Ceiling Is Up!

Dave and Paul got all of the ceiling up in the wheelhouse and Captain's Bunk.  We are getting so close and it is really satisfying crossing things off of the "to do" list!

Captain's Bunk

Wheelhouse starboard side

Wheelhouse port side

~Misty~ 

Dock Booty!

Ok....get your mind out of the gutter!  Harbor patrons have long been leaving items they no longer want at the top of the gangways for other patrons to pick up. This is harbor Freecycling.  These items range from clothes, grills, toaster ovens and dishes to food, boat gear and books. We call this Dock Booty.  Last week Dave found a nice set of dishes at the top of the gangway.  Now we have this great set of dishes, for four, for the SHAD!  One man's junk is another man's treasure!

~Misty~

Clean For Now!

Throughout this whole process we've been in varying states of total mess everywhere!  I finally have one spot on the boat this is clean!  YAY!  I know it's not going to last long; as you can see we're in the process of tearing the formica down from the walls.  Oh well, it's clean for now.

The one clean area on the whole boat

~Misty~

Making Progress!

Over the last couple of weekends we've been trying to get down to the boat evenings and weekends and we're finally making noticable progress.  Sometimes I don't see it until someone comes down that hasn't been there in a while; thanks Tara for helping me see the progress we've been making!!

We now have the whole "upstairs" insulated and wired.  Now we're ready to put in the ceiling material and get the panelling stained and up.  Hopefully we'll be getting on that this weekend!

We put spacers in the ceiling bays to keep the insulation from touching the ceiling.  This should allow for air circulation which should keep it from condensating up there.  When we pulled the ceiling down on both levels last year we were shocked at how wet the fiberglass insulation was; you could ring the water out of it.  We should not have that moisture problem now.

Spacers in the ceiling bay in the wheelhouse

Spacers in the ceiling in the Captain's Bunk

After we put in the spacers we stuck the rigid foam insualtion up in the bays.

Captain's Bunk ceiling all insulated

Wheelhouse ceiling all insulated

~Misty~

We Have Water!

Ok, we've always had water, but now we have somewhere for it to go, other than the engine room, when it goes down the sink drain.  Dave plumbed in the pipe that goes from the sink to the through hull drain.  YAY!

We also were able to get the floor straightened in the galley area.  It no longer slopes to the stern. 

Dave, Paul & Dara jacking up the floor



I also cleaned 27 years of nicotine off of the electronics that go in the wheelhouse.  YUCK!  It's amazing what a little windex will do!

I'm so excited to be able to remove 3 things from my to do list!!

~Misty~

Success!

I was finally able to scrape all of the paint off of the water fill cap on the deck last week.  Last year during the "painting extravaganza" I painted several coats of deck paint over the top of it.

~Misty~

Dancing Hula Girl

Our friend Paul brought this little cutie back from Hawaii for us.  She'll sit on the dashboard and do a little dance when the water gets rough!

~Misty~

Are You Done Yet?!

The question we most receive from everyone lately is “are you done yet?”  The go to answer for a while now has been “It’s getting there”.  Our friends of course want to know if we’re going to actually be on the water this season.  We’ve decided that we’re not going to put a deadline on ourselves this year.  Last year we kept setting deadlines and passing them and setting new ones and passing those too.  This year we’re just going to go with the flow.  If we get some work done this week, great; if not, well there is always next week. 

The other big question everyone asks is “what’s left to do?”  I thought I’d post the “to do” list here so you all can see what we have left.  Of course this is just my list; Dave probably has a whole bunch more to add!

In no particular order and not necessarily to be done this year:

Install ceilings in Captain's Bunk (DONE)

Panel walls in the Captain's Bunk (DONE)
Panel walls in the wheelhouse (DONE) 
Panel walls in the head (DONE)
Purchase & install carpet

Plumb & install toilet (DONE)

Plumb & install shower (DONE)

Plumb & install holding tank (DONE)

Plumb sink (DONE)

Fix hole in the lazarette

Reattach the mast

Complete the shop

Complete the pantry/water heater closet

Sand & paint exhaust pipes

Level galley floor (DONE)

Put the name on the boat

Touch up the paint

Install macerator pump (DONE)

Purchase & install bladder water tank

Pressure test the starboard fuel tank

Install lights inside and out

Install the electronics

Restock the boat

Refill the starboard fuel tank

Clean

Remove tape residue from around the cabin (DONE)

Remove all of the excess junk (DONE)

Take down the winter cover (DONE)

Seal the hatch covers

I’m hoping to have at least 2 of these things checked off the list by the end of this weekend!

~Misty~

Low Tide at Aurora

This morning we headed down to the boat with a -3.8 foot tide.  So glad we weren't hauling anything down with us!  The ramp was steep!



The SHAD Has Power!

Since getting back in the water last November, all of our 110V power has come from an extension cord hooked up to the shore power box on the dock.  Today, Dave and I were able to more or less finish up our wiring project and not only do we have 110V, we have 12V again too.  YAY!!

We still have to wire the head, but we're pretty much finished. Now we can start getting the rest of the interior back together again!

Wheelhouse Dash area

Starboard wheelhouse wall

Port dash area

Wiring under the dash, starboard side

Dave working on the wiring

In order to get to all of the wiring, Dave had to take down all of the tongue and groove in the wheelhouse, so now all of the walls upstairs are bare.  I can't wait until we get something back up on the walls. 

Bare port wall in the wheelhouse

Tongue and groove in the upper bunk

You can see in the above photo that we saved all of the tongue and groove in the hopes that we could use it to patch in the gap downstairs where the ceiling was raised. No such luck.  The wall is covered in ship lap downstairs. The two don't go together.   Oh well, back to the drawing board. 

~Misty~