Yahoo Summer!
We're back for the summer and making progress. The engine installation process is almost complete. Just waiting on some wiring harnesses and a battery to fire up "Twinkie".
Recently we have been tearing out and replacing rot in the deck and bulkheads. The job has not been easy since the temperature and humidity have been high in RI. Luckily the town beach is just a 5 minute bike ride away! Thanks to the Rmac for lending us a bunch of tools.
Rot in the bulkhead between the kitchen and master cabin. We have since replaced this area with new 3/4 inch plywood
Here is another view, from the maser cabin looking aft and port at the bulkhead that we removed. Above you can see the deck and beams that we removed. The whitish stuff in the bottom half of the removed area is insulation for the refrigerator in the kitchen.
Port side deck with new floor beams installed. The three beams shown here were rotten from water seeping in through a thru-deck fitting. We replaced them by cutting the rotten beams back to good wood, cutting a stair-step pattern into them and laminating and screwing new 1X4 douglas fir decking planks in place. We still have to sand everything smooth and match the stain so that it looks original. Below you can see the replaced bulkhead which we cut to match the curve of the hull.
Here is Nadine getting ready to cut plywood to fill in the holes we cut in the deck. We have 5 problem areas in the deck. Three are almost completely patched up and ready for fiberglassing now.
Thanks to PK for donating these tapes! They sound outstanding in our tape deck/radio onboard the FHP! Also, thanks to Marion and Dean for some delicious dinners and hospitality!
