090703_045p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Martha sanding inside the hull
090705_049p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Varnishing inside
090717_3621m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Laying out the part shown in the next picture
090718_3623m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Deck support with hole for mast
090718_3624m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
The rear sections of rub rails had come loose.
Attaching them with epoxy glue and clamps.
090718_3625m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Clamps and ropes galore
090718_3627m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
New foredeck and mast support in place
090718_3628m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Progress
090718_3631m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Our OSHA certified work space
090720_3649m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Mrking new deck panel
090721_3652m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Deck panels roughed in
090721_3663m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
090721_3663m
090721_3683m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
090721_3683m
090721_3689m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Sun on sea grass
090721_3695m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Brrrr
090722_3697m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Snipe fittings
090723_3701m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Getting ready to invert
090723_3706m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Starting to roll over
090723_3708m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Rolling
090723_3709m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Inverted
090724_3715m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Ready for bottom work
090724_3717m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
090724_3717m
090709_579m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Hull partially stripped
090710_051p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Martha with paint stripper and scraper
090713_3595m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Doug George checking sails
090710_3590m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Hull after stripping with paint remover
090713_3597m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Doug and Peter sanding
090713_3602m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Hull clean, proud papa
090713_3606m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
A large epoxy fill. One of many Doug George
tricks: top to bottom: rock, board, plastic,
epoxy filler, hull. The trick keeps the fill flat
so there is less sanding.
090713_3605m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Filling rub rail gap with thickened epoxy
090713_3608m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Patching rough spots
090715_3615m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Martha varnishing
090715_3619m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
First varnish coat done
090717_3620m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Milo is very interested in the Snipe project
090725_3725m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Peter varnishing
090725_3732m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Martha varnishing
090725_3734m.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
First coat complete
090730_063p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Hull sanded, ready for second coat of varnish
090730_068p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Second coat of varnish completed
090730_074p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Anatomy of a patch: a bad place in plywood
filled with epoxy thickended with filler.
090730_075p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Covered with plastic
090730_076p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Then a board
090730_077p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Finally, some weight
090731_079p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Inverting alone requires use of a winch,
at left, mounted on the beam
090731_081p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Ropes, pulleys,etc. (flash picture)
090731_082p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
The box in foreground (with red &
black wires) is the winch control
090731_084p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
More ropes and pulleys
090731_085p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Part way through the invert
090731_086p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Right side up and only minor damage
090801_087p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Mast hole trim piece
090801_088p.jpg
Edna Bay, BC - 2009
Chain plate