Ok HG my turn
I was pretty skeptical of your plan, and was taught if you didn't have anything nice to say...
To me windows in a boat are pretty key to it's look, and having had a Walker H28 in the family in the past, I thought they where pretty spot on as they were.
With a H28, even more so: you check the sheer, then bowsprit, windows and transom, and it's nearly iconic.
I would not have been game enough to play around to this extent.
Your changes have made the boat something special again.
That second photo even looks like a bit 'Morris' or Freedom yachts to me, very pretty and starting to be even understated.
With the stanchions off, and the new windows line, it looks ageless.
Congratulations and you should be rightly proud, she looks great, and individual.
Hi HG
She looks lovely with the port lights in place
Just a quick question
Will water collect in the port light opening when they are closed and spill inside when you open them or will it drain away instead
Regards Don
Ive epoxied some 12 mm ply to the cabin side to attach the western red cedar to . Im not sure what to do here some one suggested I screw the cedar to the 12 mm ply . But to me there would be to many stainless steel screws and cup washers . The only thing behind the cedar would be a couple of pairs of tinned wire for some LED lights . I will fit in so sort of insulation behind the cedar also.
So suggestions please to attach the cedar to the ply ? I was going to epoxy them .
One other thing should I apint the rear of the cedar before I fit it with some urethane . I am hoping to just oil the facing side of the cedar.
interesting detail . my first thought is to leave the back of the cedar raw and epoxy glue and secret nail boards on . but importantly leave good air circulating behind boards, somehow.............. then oil the front
Getting ready for launch next week - Pushpit & davits finished with 520w of solar panels installed. Bimini is just sitting temporary.
80A controller showing 19.4 amps coming in from the panels. :)
can i hook my house up to your yacht please ? i have a very long extension lead around here somewhere.......
Hmmmm what did I do to my sailing boat today?
Ponded about if I should buy another yacht within the next 5 years and polished my growing guitar collection!
Trail fit
The painter from work came and faired the cabin sides and I mixed up a batch of epoxy filler for him the weather turned cooler so it was slow going off so he went home next weekend he will sand it down and add two pack under coat He also added some filler over my old gage holes in the cockpit ready for next weekend .
During the week I will reduce the out rings by around an 1 inch (24.5 mm for you youngsters) also Ill easy the port light cuts out a little more after work as well .
I opened up the pack of cedar took a small pack down to the boat but decided Ill wait till the port lights are permanently fitted I don't want any rain on the cedar right now.
I still don't know what color to paint the deck and non skid thinking of a cream and a darker cream for the non skid
Meant to add the inner port lights have protective plastic on them at the moment for rough heads like me
Bought a few car loads home but there some much stuff still there swept and vacuumed and leveled off the head floor area.
I have 6 liters on Hempel epoxy under coat that Ill use on the cabin sides and also in the foward cabin after we have finished the cabin sides
Today I fitted a light into the engine bay of the magnum. Doubles as a cockpit and stern underwater light.
It does not show in this photo but Ive reduced the ply spaced down to 8 mm . Tomorrow Ill trace a mark around the inner pot lights when fitted in there spacer and once thats done Ill use a small router to reduce the thickness out side the inner port light so the same as the 8 mm ply stringers so the cedar can lay flat and butt up to the port light edges.
If the weather is reasonable should be able to sand and under coat the out side of the cabins Its a "off white" Hemple under coat and primer for epoxy
so should get some idea of color on the cabin sides. I will also remove the cabin roof grab rails and do some thing with them either make new ones Id say as they getting a little thin
I may do some thing like on the walker below for grab rails
Thanks for asking Hg. Last weekend was a write off due to family birthdays and commitments and I can't get to my boat this this weekend due to the GC 600 motor race
On a brighter note received my paint from Adelaide the only downside is the freight costs as much as the paint. Hoping to paint next week if I can sneak out work
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Well Down here we finally put some primer under coat on the boat. The epoxy primer is a off white so after seeing it on the boat Im happy with my choice of light cream and Cream on deck. So I guess the deck and top side going to be patchy for a while .
I removed 2 badly worn cutlass bearings from my boats stern tube today. Got them out without swearing. One was bronze the other was a phenolic resin, both had rubber inserts
Sadly, I feel I never got any moneys worth out of it HG02, but I felt like I had a win removing them. I must say I admire your energy when It comes to your boat fix-er-up-er, as allot of the time I reckon I would be better of financially & mentally handing my boat to the bees and starting again. Keep up your good work.
Ive taken a couple of days off this week as well as Monday see if I can get some work done on the boat.
I went to work and cut the outer rings Ive still take a little more off after the cabin sides are painted but there close using a thin cut off wheel on a 5 inch grinder I removed the tabs as well and after Ive reduced the out rings enough they will be welded back on
Below I plastered some light cream above the port light rings just to see what it would look like
I gave the port light cut out a little tweek some time I look at them and think there not in line but every time I place a straight egde on them there OK Ill string line they tonight just to make sure when I can get a hand to do it
I also picked up some paint Cream brought it back to the boat and didnt like the color so went back and tried light cream Im still not over the moon
Both colors below light cream far right cream center. To me the cream was to much and the light cream still not real happy
light cream far right just over the primer which is not sanded yet
Below cream and light cream the light cream when its in the photo appears to me near the original color
If it was my boat I would paint the side of the cabin a lighter beige and have it purposely contrasting with the gelcoat.
Hi HG
Are these seaworthygoods.com/store.html any good to stop the water pooling in the portlight recess when it rains
Regards Don
I went down to her, said helllo, cranked her donk and ran it until it fully warmed through.
Opened the fwd hatch to get some fresh air through her and then transferred the furling line from the Port side to the Stbd side so the arm on the furler does no longer get in the road of the anchoring operation.
Not big time but a bit of loving on the yacht.