well... my poor old lady has been sitting at her dock for 3 years while i was on foreign assignment.. but i'm back and we're going to through a significant update...
3 years ago I did everything below the floors... engine, fuel tanks, water tanks, drive shaft, prop, overhaul of steering pedestal, new batteries etc.
this time around...
- new stainless steel portals (newfound metals)
- replacement of laminate on interiror due to rippinng out old portals
- replacement of glass on 4 large windows and moving to a SS exterior portal ring vs. old varnished teak
- complete overhaul of all bowmar hatches
- Hurricane heating system
- new boom + vang + new traveller
- replacement of teak toe-rail (including new polished SS fairleads) with new teak + new genoa track
- replacement of rub rail
- complete overhaul and painting of the hull (hull to light off-white/eggshell and with chocolate sheer strake and waterline stripe
- move to all LED light interior
- new companionway hatch boards
- new delrin based track on the mast
- new harkin roller-furl
- all new latex cushions and covers below...
- installation of autohelm
she'lll be like new... we're just really kicking this off, so i'll return to this post over time to post pictures of the progress....