Progress Update: June 24th

We are on the last few days of cleaning out the storage unit. We have filled many of our lockers!
The wood has been stacked on one side of the main salon and will be used for rebuilding the interior. We have upper bunks to build. A lower head to redo and another guest cabin to rebuild. Not to mention installing overhead (ceiling) everywhere! Cabinet interiors in several cabins need to be rebuilt and/or reconfigured. All the counters on the boat need to have fiddles (a raised rail on the edge to keep things from sliding off at sea) made and installed. By Wednesday of next week we hope to resume working on the big projects up forward.

Its been a long month of sorting and organizing. We will have to create a data base of just where everything is stored soon!

Progress Update: June 11th

The previous few days have seen several smaller projects completed as well as continuing to sort, organize and store the various items from the storage unit. 

The metal pulls from the dressers in the forward crew cabins were salvaged and hand scrubbed to remove soot and touches of corrosion. 

The painted doors have been installed and have received new hinges and handles.

Our new magnetic door screens are now installed but had to be cut and re-sized to fit the ships odd-sized doors. Very grateful thanks to Dyann Noles for her perfect sewing alterations! 
 

Sorting the many old woodworking hand tools. 

 

 

Eric is very proficient in their use and will be cleaning and repairing them for the wood shop and the future needs in the many remote areas where there is no electricity.

Much thanks to our friends Dave & Tammy Acorn for their help with some projects, a bit of heavy lifting and donating food for the galley!

Tammy helping Mary install the new magnetic door screens. Definitely a two person job.

One for the double doors leading to the aft deck

One off the galley and two more on the port and starboard doors off the helm (steering station).

Progress Update: June 6th

The painting in much of the aft crew cabin is completed. There is still one closet next to the doorway that will be worked on once the old plumbing and wiring has been removed. The floor still needs sanding and painting and the overhead is not installed. 
There is a lot of space under the bunks and we have begun to fill containers with various items as we sort through the stuff brought over from the storage unit. We are planning on being out of the storage unit by the end of this month.
God has provided the funds to complete the wood-shop! This will entail putting in an overhead, building tool storage on the walls and installing the lathe. Some of the containers are the perfect size to place under the lift-up flooring in the shop. These will provide lots of precious storage for our many tools and shop supplies.

The windy/rainy weather was really slowing us down so some of the painting was done in the main salon.

 First coat of paint on the crew cabins' dresser drawers.

These are the doors for the opening under the bunks. They will be lightly sanded and coated with a clear finish. 

These holes will be hidden by blank electrical outlet covers.

The wood around the overhead edges will be cut flush with the walls.

The floor still needs sanding and painting

A lot of wonderful storage space under each bunk!

 The aft crew quarters

A sampling of stuff from the storage unit needing to be organized into the ship. The five containers in front are the perfect size for under the floors in the wood shop.