Yard time , this time we try a travel lift .

[Hwyl]

Looking great. Is there a temptation to get her back in sailing order and finish the details later?

[ramillett]

Looking great. Is there a temptation to get her back in sailing order and finish the details later?

I've lived with it for 25 years . Now I just want it done right , so I can forget it

[purri]

Bob, There is a "trick" to doing some u/v and oxidation resistant Dutch gilding on the cove stripe that may be of interest to you. If you wish might I PM ?

Rick

A65: Amber K

[Lucky Luke]

Now I just want it done right , so I can forget it

To be carved in stone!!!

[Garret]

To be carved in stone!!!

Or at least wood......

[ramillett]

2 coats of sealer , and 1 coat of varnish . Getting sealed up

[Cruzdelsur]

Amazing job. This year I had to take my boat off and replace some wood from the bottom, and thanks God I found a good carpenter to do the job. And I also learnt a lot for future repair times. We had to replace some ribs too.
Thanks for sharing and keep up the nice work!

[donald branscom]

Thank you for a great story and all the time you took to post these pics for the forum members!
the work the yard and others did is very beautiful.

Thanks!

[ramillett]

Decided to pull the ceilings to see what's under .



65 years of goo and fuzz .



A little alcohol brings back the wood



A dam contains the goo .



A little detail work , some sanding , and the next section for varnish .

[chuckt]

Glad you posted that. I need to do the same to clean things up and revarnish. Are you redoing the covering boards? Mine look similar. I think I will leave them for now. I have black spots here and there in my mahogany and black locust. I gotta figure out how to deal with that. I think the answer is strip it all the way back, bleach and revarnish?

[ramillett]

Chuck we're going to put the teak side back in after oiling , and replace the side with light wood , with teak . Bob

[ramillett]

A little more sanding , and we should be ready for varnish . Plym's magic goop (black stuff) sure keep the wood nice for 65 years



Good old African Mahogany .

[Tom Freeman]

Lovely wood, and a great effort cleaning it up. I always enjoy seeing your work.

[ramillett]

Finally have some varnish on the wood .



Still fighting the wood eaters .



Prepping for a cure .



Hoping this solves the problem .

[Cruzdelsur]

Beautiful!

[Willin']

Oooooops!

I was wooding a seam in my cockpit years ago, about halfway through with the job when I went below to get a drink. When I came back up I saw a winged ant (not sure if it was a termite) crawling around on the freshly exposed wood. I paniced, emptied every bit of locker and bilge space that I could and inspected it to death. Never found any evidence of boring insects nor their castings. I finished up the job, then just to be safe lit off a fumigating flare down below, closed up the boat and went away for a week.

Never saw another sign of infestation, but I still remember my sense of panic on seeing that one measely bug.

[SchoonerRat]

Dammit Bob,

I'm starting to think that maybe yawls are kinda OK. (Please don't let anybody else hear this!)

If I've EVER seen a 60 year old woodie that was treated better...I can't remember it.

[ramillett]

In our case , the little wood eaters came out of some soft wood blocking , not just a visiter .