Progress Update: May 5th

 (Eric prepping workshop port frame )

The rectangular ports are finished and Eric is now working on the round ports in the engine room. The workshop port has been salvaged. Glass has been ordered for it and hopefully it will be in next week. The glass for the round workshop ports has arrived and we are waiting to hear back from the welder about building some modified frames. 

Our broken dishwasher has been replaced with a beautiful donated one. We also received a really nice GE Microwave and fully equipped KitchenAid Mixer!

DJ has been experimenting with building an LED lighting system for the workshop and all the cabins up forward. We may end up putting them in the main salon as well.
 

 Workshop port frame repaired and painted.

Removing the broken dishwasher

 DJ prepping the old dishwasher for removal

DJ wiring a new switch for the dishwasher. The old one had some sketchy wiring that was replaced. He had to run new wire through some difficult spots but patience prevailed! 



 

 Dishwasher waiting to be installed

 Beautiful!

Very nice donated  microwave!

 This KitchenAid will come in very handy when there are teams of 8-14 people on-board during mission, medical and disaster work.

New 1/2 inch tempered glass for workshop ports. 

 DJ's LED lighting experiments

 Lots of new storage under the bunks 

in the cabin we just finished painting.

Progress Update: April 7th

 (Eric working on restoring the last fire damaged door)

Eric was able to salvage the door for the head up forward. It was burned on one corner but he repaired the spot and then sanded it well. After primer and paint it looks really good!

We had a really heavy rainstorm about 5 days ago and decided it was time to fix some leaky ports. Eric is now replacing all the old gaskets in the ports and making repairs where needed as he goes along. There are 16 rectangular ports and an additional 6 round ports that are in the engine room. He's on number 4 right now. 
   4 extra round ports are in the wood shop and 1 rectangular. The fire destroyed the rims on the round ones and we are now in the process of finding a good price on tempered glass to replace them as fixed port lights. The rectangular one has a chance at being salvaged but may be completely replaced as well.

 The door repaired and painted!

Eric working on the first port. This is the one that had a very bad leak caused by poorly adjusted pivot pins and a very old degraded gasket . After repairs and a new gasket, it is sealing beautifully!

 Applying adhesive

Pepping the gasket with weather strip adhesive. Then seated on the rim with a rubber mallet.

Everything is wiped down and cleaned

 before the hatch is put back on.

 

Progress Update: March 29th

(Mary applying first coat of paint)

The 9 dresser drawers for the forward cabin are just about finished. They need a little paint touch-up on the faces and they will be good to go. 
They were really nasty and smoke stained as this cabin was right next to the one with heavy fire damage. We were able to salvage them with a bit of work. They look great!

Eric prep sanding the drawers

ready for primer

 Mary hand-sanding primer

Two coats of paint after one coat of primer. Just need a bit of touch-up on the faces.

Beautiful donated handles

 

Progress Update: March 22nd

 (Eric doing sanding prep)

The forward cabin is painted! The drawers for the 2 dressers still need to be sanded and painted, the overhead customized and the floor carpeted. 
The new mahogany hand rail and walnut floor trim have also been installed in the forward hallway. 

 Penny supervising!

Primer coat on the walls.

This bunk storage space needed some extra work. Eric shored up one of the inner floorboards and also filled several cracks and openings along the bottom back section with 2 applications of expanding foam. The foam was then trimmed flush and painted.

 Getting started with primer inside one of the dressers. The bottom back had an opening that we filled with expanding foam.

Mary applying first coat of paint.

Penny supervising installation of floor trim. The mahogany hand rail looks really nice!

Progress Update: March 4th

(Eric making floor trim)

The hallway floor is painted and Eric is now making upper trim and baseboard as well as a mahogany hand rail. Amazing what you can make out of leftover scrap!
Spackling is completed in the forward cabin and sanding has begun. 

Eric sanding, grinding and puttying the old plywood flooring. 

Mary applying Kilz primer. 

Eric applying the second coat of gray.

Beautiful!

Eric cutting out the mahogany hand rail for the forward hallway.

Hand rail ready for finish sanding and then varnish.

Eric sanding black walnut trim for the forward hallway.

 Work has begun in the second cabin up forward.

Progress Update: February 23rd

(Eric installing the hallway overhead)

The overhead in the forward hallway is finished! Work on the floor has begun, starting with replacing the two hatches for the bilge with 3/4 in. plywood. Deep sanding is next and then paint.
The forward stairwell has been scraped of all the old carpet foam and will get a good grind/sanding to prepare for carpet tiles. 
The forward guest cabin has been mostly cleared out and will get spackling, sanding and paint once the hallway floor is finished.

We also now have a good suite of Furuno electronics and a Robertson Autopilot to install at some point.

 Custom fitting the overhead piece by piece. Centerline is removable for electrical and hydraulic service.

 

 Overhead fitting and temporary install

Overhead painted and reinstalled!

Eric working on the forward passageway deck.

 New deck hatches in the forward passageway.

 Scraping the stairwell with lots of elbow grease!

Furuno Navnet electronic charting, GPS and video depth sounder.

 

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.