More work, inside and out...

I go a ton of stuff done this weekend. On Saturday, I did not bring the camera with me but I put another coat of varnish on the gunwale, transom and bow deck. Then I crawled under the boat and continued scraping the bottom. I got out all of the old caulking between the keel and both garboards. I do not know what kind of paint the previous owners put on the bottom, but it certainly was not bottom paint. It flaked off like dandruff. Underneath it, the original red lead (I think) primer was still hard as a rock.

Later on (after the varnish dried), I noticed that the brand new wood on the garboard looked too good compared to the old wood next to it. So I sanded down the old stuff and put stain on it.

Today I remembered the camera.

I started out working on the dashboard. I mounted the 1/4 inch oak piece that I had cut and finished. I put it over all of the holes that were there from the two starter plates, light switches and speedometer. The I re-mounted the speedometer, the light switch, and the power tilt/trim switch to the oak. The only thing that is connected is the light switch. My pitot tube for the spedometer was about 8 inches too short. I'll have to buy a new one. Thankfully, it is one of the few things on a boat that is inexpensive. The trim/tilt switch will not be connected until I mount the engine.

After that, I set up the table. I decided to not have the table leg permanently attached to the table. Originally, I was going to have it attached by a hinge so that it could fold up behing the table while underway. But I think that would rattle around too much while the boat is in motion. So I decided to cut 4 pieces of lefover 1/4 inch oak into small "L" shapes, and attach 2 of them to the floor and 2 of them to the underside of the table. That way when the table is needed, we can just flip the table up, set the leg between the L's and we'd be good to go. The leg can be stored under the rear facing seat. The L's are down in the basement getting their paint and varnish, so they are not in the picture.

Then, I put another coat of varnish on the gunwale (old and new), and on the transom. And I put the final coat of white on the starboard side, and the first coat of white on the port.