Lady J, week one

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CharlieCobra

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May 5, 2006
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Ah yes, the restoration of Lady J starts in earnest. First we pulled the little Kubota that hasn't fired in over 18 years.



It spins freely, seems to have good compression and has both compression relief and glow plugs. My big old Perkins has neither. The heat exchager is toast.



While the boys worked with heat guns on the paint, wooding the old girl, I went after the seams. This job is not entirely painless.



The compound the previous folks used is like an epoxy, hard as a rock and sticks well to the wood on whatever side it stuck to. I have to chip it loose and then reef it out. I'll post a video tonight showing the painful, tedious process.



Sometimes I get lucky with a long run, usually not...



There were some dubious repairs done to her in the past, such as this thru-hull plug with fasteners set in seams. I'll have to scarph in planking to fix that.

 
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CharlieCobra

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May 5, 2006
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They also has drilled holes in the shaft strut in order to make sure the goop they faired it with stuck. C'mon..., drilling holes in perfectly good, irreplaceable bronze for THAT? Somebody needs an a$$kicking...



Of course, the goop they stuck on caused it's own issues that I'll have to deal with.





The seams do clean up nicely, if well opened. Seeing as how see has 9" centers on the ribs, I'm not worried about caulking too hard. This is the best built Kettenburg I've yet seen, much stouter than the K-38's or PCC's.



 
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CharlieCobra

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May 5, 2006
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More shoddy work in the sisters and transom where they didn't sink the fasteners enough to set bungs. I'll have to fix this, especially on the transom where she'll be bright.





The boys have been making good progress as well.







So, all in all, it's been a bit tedious but steady. She'll go inside the shop next week for further work as the yard gets nervous with all of the scraping and carrying on we're doing. We do vacuum up a couple times a day though. Yes, that's right. We vacuum pavement and dirt to clean up the paint chips. I reckon we have the cleanest dirt in the PNW....
 
Ross

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
I once scraped all of the finish off a three foot by twelve foot section of oak floor last year and that was hard enough and I could put my back into it. Standing on staging in the sun and scraping above elbow height has to be mean work. My hat is off to those guys.
 
Bad Obsession

Bad Obsession

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May 23, 2004
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I'm in the market as were . Colonial Beach
Wow...that is a ton of work! Good luck. It makes me glad that I have fiberglass!
 
Billbeard

Billbeard

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Jun 16, 2010
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She has beautiful lines and its wonderful some one who truly cares is undertaking the restoration! What is the planking thickness looks like 13/4” ?
 
kloudie1

kloudie1

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Nov 6, 2006
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Hunter 34 Mandeville Louisiana
Mighty fine loooking work, Charlie.. THANKS for posting .. She is a beautiful ship!
 
Hermit Scott

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I can't see any pics! All I see is a "photobucket bandwidth exceeded" tag.
 
Ed Schenck

Ed Schenck

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Jun 2, 2004
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I'm with Hermit. Yesterday I was able to view the pictures. Today I just see the "bandwidth exceeded" icon. Is this one for Phil?
 
woodster

woodster

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Ed Schenck said:
I'm with Hermit. Yesterday I was able to view the pictures. Today I just see the "bandwidth exceeded" icon. Is this one for Phil?
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im with you guys i get a message that says upgrade to photobucket pro

regards

woody
 
Ross

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
I can see some of the pictures and the bandwidth blah blah in place of the others. Yesterday nI could view them all.
 
Ross

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
Is perfectly good now.
 
Ross

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
Charlie they make a carbide tool for scoring and breaking laminate. It is cheap and I think that it may be about the right thickness for reefing those seams. I can do a pix if you want.
 
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Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
CharlieCobra said:
Sure Ross, nothing like another tool in the arsenal...
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This are it. The thickness is about 1/16 and I keep it sharp with either ma siliconcarbide stone or a diamond hone.

Edit to add : I think that one was sold from the ceramic tile department for scoring cement backer board.
 

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