Still progressing, we’ve made great progress. We’re still working on the cockpit wood. Tanya installed the last two hatches. The chain plates arrived today and were starting to paint!
Once the wood was traced and cut out, we had to put a nice curved edge on it with the router:
Very nice work:
All the wood has been edged and sanded. Tomorrow we will do a fit check, apply epoxy, and when it’s dry we will do the permanent install:
Tanya installed our two large hatches, that’s the last of them:
We Awlgriped the deck around the hatches. Lots of air down in the cabin!
Adult signature required…wonder what this is…what did we order?
Custom chain plates from Kato Marine in Annapolis. Shiny:
Very shiny!
We are starting the painting also. We are using Awlgrip and it looks beautiful. First paint project is the pedestal:
Also, all but one of the new teak handrails have been installed, a very in depth and trying process. Thanks Bob!
Wow, Tanya is a very handy woman. I would be scared to tackle the wood work myself, leave that up to Dirk to mess up. Looks like your making great progress. We are in Germany right now and cant wait to get back to Florida so we can get Renegade in the water and start all our new projects. First of which is installing at least one air conditioning unit, inspecting chainplates and new rigging. Ordered that kit you all used for inspection of the chainplates. How did it work for you? Looking forward to the next post.
Nancy
s/v Renegade
Yes, Tanya has got a Phd in industrial/marine arts!! Hope you’re having a great time in Germany! The NDT kit worked great. Five of our eight main chain plates were cracked or severely corroded beyond safe use. Safe return!