I have removed most of the starboard interior structure with the exception of the primary and secondary bulkheads. These are nicely glassed to the inner skin and I'll keep this structure intact as the foundation. I think I will body work the few small holes and will paint the remaining structure. A little bit of glass work before painting and I think I will reinforce the chain plates. I will leave the port side intact so I can study and re-create some of the joints. What's nice is the interior will start trending toward being fixed up. At times I find the project a bit overwhelming but I am excited to be working on this project. The core structure is amazing. I am continually impressed with this boat how far advanced it is for its time.
The shop vac has been working hard. It is placed out in the cockpit and the hose runs into the interior. Dust is a continual concern and I'm using a N95 dust mask and the vacuum. I'm able to get good ventilation as well. Until next time.
2 comments:
howdy again. Nice work!! I think taking out the side lockers is a good idea. We have a shelf on rafferty rules right down the length of the saloon. This gives you plenty of storage and nice wide saloon bunks. Interesting that there's no foam under the quarter berths. Most of the ross 780's had expanding foam under the quarter berths and fore cabin berth to make them unsinkable. Nice to see progress happening, hopefully she'll be all go for next summer eh. cheers
Thank you for the feedback on the flotation. I was wondering where this was or if foam blocks would be in these areas. Is the entire quarter berth and bow area filled? I do want to make her unsinkable. I think I will clean and paint the interior skin and cast in place the flotation or cut foam blocks. Also I was wondering if there was some sort of keel lock to keep the keel in the down position or if a lock would be necessary. In a few months I will be taking her to my friends yard and will use a chain hoist to remove the keel and inspect the guides. I have no idea if the guides are easy to service. It looks like there is a six to one purchase to retract the keel that maybe runs to the winch but I'm not sure, all of the deck hardware is in boxes. I needed to tear out most of the shelf structure because there has been quite a bit of damage also I would like to maximize the interior space. At this point I'm not exactly sure what it will look like in the end.
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