omega2
Well-Known Member
A LONG TIME ON THE HARD
On about the 6th August I went down to the boat and found Steve scrubbing the deck of the cockpit, removing a lot of loose paint that has been needing attention for about 12 months. On top of that the decks themselves were in a shocking state and some of the boards were rocking, in fact they were on their last legs. Following a short conversation with Steve I went up to the office and requested we got lifted out in order to do a complete tear out and relay of the deck.
The following Saturday saw all three of us down at the boat and the tear out was commenced
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k148/edgeoftime/AugustRefit002.jpg[/IMG
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A lot of tearing was done and by the end of the day she looked like this]
Following the day of destruction, we now could see what we needed to do, the material for the deck was on site, 18mm ply glassed on both sides. The fitting of which looked like it was going to be a bit of a nightmare but Adam a fellow boater came and showed us how to do it.
Slowly the job started to come together, and with his expert guidance Steve and I along with our “tutor” got the side pieces glassed in and the centre rear section cut.
That was the week end over, it was now down to Steve and I Mick has a job to go to.
Monday 15th August the weather was not good so we had a day off.
The following day Tuesday 16th, I met Steve at the boat, and promptly head butted the port engine “George” making a mess of my left eye, that was me out of it for a while, and from then on Steve tackled the job on his own, Mick got to him on the Holiday Monday, but I was unable to assist in any way and was told to stay home. When I next saw EOT she looked like this.
Apart from being the procuring officer I was a wasted space, and was just about able to roll the anti-foul on this weekend.
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A big thanks to Darren (Tiny) who resealed our “D” section, in a professional manner (no finger marks or drips) with mastic, and to Adam without his help we would still be looking like a junk yard, Mick and most of all Steve who more or less did everything else.
Now working on engine boxes, as they tend to let the job down.
On about the 6th August I went down to the boat and found Steve scrubbing the deck of the cockpit, removing a lot of loose paint that has been needing attention for about 12 months. On top of that the decks themselves were in a shocking state and some of the boards were rocking, in fact they were on their last legs. Following a short conversation with Steve I went up to the office and requested we got lifted out in order to do a complete tear out and relay of the deck.
The following Saturday saw all three of us down at the boat and the tear out was commenced
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k148/edgeoftime/AugustRefit002.jpg[/IMG
] [IMG]http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k148/edgeoftime/AugustRefit004.jpg
A lot of tearing was done and by the end of the day she looked like this]
Following the day of destruction, we now could see what we needed to do, the material for the deck was on site, 18mm ply glassed on both sides. The fitting of which looked like it was going to be a bit of a nightmare but Adam a fellow boater came and showed us how to do it.
Slowly the job started to come together, and with his expert guidance Steve and I along with our “tutor” got the side pieces glassed in and the centre rear section cut.
That was the week end over, it was now down to Steve and I Mick has a job to go to.
Monday 15th August the weather was not good so we had a day off.
The following day Tuesday 16th, I met Steve at the boat, and promptly head butted the port engine “George” making a mess of my left eye, that was me out of it for a while, and from then on Steve tackled the job on his own, Mick got to him on the Holiday Monday, but I was unable to assist in any way and was told to stay home. When I next saw EOT she looked like this.
Apart from being the procuring officer I was a wasted space, and was just about able to roll the anti-foul on this weekend.
]
A big thanks to Darren (Tiny) who resealed our “D” section, in a professional manner (no finger marks or drips) with mastic, and to Adam without his help we would still be looking like a junk yard, Mick and most of all Steve who more or less did everything else.
Now working on engine boxes, as they tend to let the job down.
