Progress Update: Feb. 6th

The hallway storage areas are completed! We will be painting the floor and probably building and installing plywood overhead shortly. Eric also installed trim around the workshop door area and it will receive its second coat of paint tomorrow. 
The forward quarters were used for temporary storage and will now be emptied in order to sand, spackle and paint. There are still storage areas needing to be built, overhead installed and floors painted throughout the forward section. We have come a long way after all the fire damage. At least in this section of the ship, the light can be seen at the end of the tunnel.

New shelving and removable overhead

Primer and paint took about 4 days to do front and back. 

 Mary painting door trim

A door will be made before we leave so things won't go flying in heavy weather.

 Organizing things into permanent places. 

These also will have canvas coverings.

 

Progress Update: Jan. 21st

Two of the three hallway lockers are completed and the last one will only require two large shelves. More lockers will be started on Monday in the utility room and/or workshop. 

A big shout out for a donation toward three sheets of 1/2 inch plywood! Thank you so much!!
(Donor wishes to remain anonymous)


Refit Materials List

This tall, thin area was made into locker space

Cleats for shelving go in first

Each one is custom fit

Mary applying second coat with Penny supervising!

 Penny making sure it's all done properly!

Pattern for large locker facing

 Cutting 'cubby holes' in the facing

Locker facings

Each coat has to cure at least 12 hours.

 Installing facing. 

This facing needs to be removable, hence the finish washers and screws. Eric added a half-wall in the bottom locker section for more organized storage space.

 Prepping for final coat

3 new sheets of 1/2 inch ply!

 

Progress Update: January 4th

(Mary cleaning recycled wire)

This last week saw the removal of old and unusable plumbing from the forward bilge, underneath the sink in the forward head and from the base of the area by the pocket door. We will be replacing some of it under the sink with new parts.
 
The workshop now has power with 6 new outlets and soon will have lighting as well. We are waiting for our LED light components and fixtures that will arrive hopefully by next week. 

Eric and DJ put in heavy duty plastic flooring into the aft lazarette.
Several small organizational jobs were completed as well.

The drainage plumbing next to the smaller blue bin had to be replaced as it was not draining properly and water was leaking into the lazarette. 

Eric and DJ working on lazarette flooring...

Customizing small pieces for lazarette

Lazarette flooring being fitted

Old plumbing was removed from under the sink in the forward head. Now it can be painted and new shelving fitted. (Laying on top of the counter are extra long, heavy duty wood shop clamps that were placed there temporarily)

Pile of old plumbing and wire to be sorted for recycling and trash.

 Mary separating old plumbing parts and hoses for recycling

(It's been pouring rain all week, hence the wet decks)

Eric working on the new storage area by the pocket door.

New panel being painted for use 

in the storage area by the pocket door

DJ and Mag labeling the distribution panel in the helm.

Salvaged doors from the recent termite tear out. 

They will be recycled and put to good use somewhere.

 

Progress Update: December 21st

The pocket door into the workshop is now completed and installed. We used some of the beautiful veneer Eric donated to the mission vessel.
The head up forward has received a final coat of paint and the head storage locker has been refurbished with new shelving and front facing.
Next up for the head will be the pulling of old plumbing that will be rebuilt and then painting under the counters and building new under counter shelves.

Pocket door installed on runners

 Beautiful!

Final coat!

 New shelving

Wonderful new locker space! We will be putting snap canvas covers over all the open lockers.

Progress Update: December 11th

In every large rebuilding project there are going to be occasional unplanned for "surprises". Ours was discovering that there were termites buried very deep in an area that had had additions long before we received the ship. We had to declare all out war on the termites!! 

We cleaned behind the stove (one of the last places that had soot from the fire) in preparation for removal of the small side cabinet. We tried twice to kill them off with insecticides and were hoping they would be contained just in this small area. Not hardly...

This photo was from about a week ago. After removal, we waited for absence of 'sign' but we then noticed more termite 'shavings' on the floor, coming from the very top corner and bottom edge of the cabinet.

It was so disheartening to tear out all the varnish and painting work from a year ago.

 We also found where they had been in the floor and the overhead. we didn't take any chances and removed it all.

Checking for 'sign'

We replaced the areas cut out from the floor with new 3/4 inch ply.

Eric's shoulders don't care for overhead work much anymore!

This area behind the stove has the A/C unit and may get worked on

when DJ is here for a week over Christmas. The giant wooden door panel isn't attached but simply leaning over the opening. This door seems to have no insect damage so might be used for other projects.

The silver lining from this whole ordeal is that hopefully the ship has been freed from termites and the galley now has ventilation. It was miserable in the heat of summer and had no air flow. So we are thankful for how open it now is.

Modifications will be added in the future.

 

 On a lighter note, the shower stall up forward is finished!