Friday 2/19/10

Today started with rain and drizzle and my tarps were not in place so I recovered the cockpit and cleaned up the mess from the previous two days and chipped more paint off of the starboard side. No pictures

Thursday 2/18/10

More work on the port side deck. I removed as much plywood as possible with a paint scraper then used a "wonder bar" to pry more plywood loose, I will attack the remaining rotted wood with a dremel tool then a palm sander. Close-ups of the joint between plywood show one side darker(rotted) and one side lighter(dry). Also You can see that I have removed the side deck beam.

Wednesday 2/17/10

Wood burning day, I had to monitor the fire due to the fact that our burn pile is in a field that is home to about 40-50 Boer goats and a horse. The resulting bonfire wasn't that impressive so there are no pictures.

Tuesday 2/16/10

I had a considerable pile of "yard art" left from my demolition and it was time to burn the wood and dispose of the non-burnables (radios, wire, plastic and fiberglass). The first picture shows the only wood that was salvageable and the "pile" speaks for itself.

Monday 2/15/10

Today I pumped water out of the hull again (no boat house in sight) then I started to remove rotted wood from the side decks. The port side is much worse than the starboard side, all of the rot originates at the through deck perforations made for the chain plates. The port side also shows considerable rot in the interior sheer beam. All rotted wood must be removed and replaced with solid stock but it will have to be epoxied in place and the chain plate holes will be re-drilled from the outside.