So, flipping through my thread, I realized that the cockpit upholstery that was sitting in the cockpit getting all dusty was started back in 2012.... I stitched it up over TWO years ago... I felt horrible thinking aout it sitting up there exposed to the indoor shop elements of sawdust, dust in general, potentially bird poop and (Heaven forbid) the ravages of any foolhardy mice.
So I convinced myself to buck the seats down out of the boat to give them a good thorough cleaning, also to store them away in a more climate-controlled location.
Here are a couple of pics of the newly cleaned cockpit upholstery sitting in my office. I will stack these by size and store them away in some trash bags soon.
The nice thing is, they are out of the way, and now I am free to get back to work on finishing up the boat. I need to clean and polish the cockpit, and then re-paint the non-skid with the Kiwi-Grip I have left. Hopefully it is still liquid!
My punchlist is much shorter than when I started the project, but there is still much to do.
* wrap up cockpit polish and non-skid
* Finish buffing polishing and waxing topsides
* Sand buff and polish decks
* Install the 110V shore power circuit, breakers and inlet
* Find out if GFO type teflon packing is appropriate on a bronze shaft in fresh water, and if so re-pack my prop shaft packing gland.
* Replace the ProSport 20 Dual battery charger that smoked my house bank and install the ProNautic 1230 charger I recently ordered.
* Replace the two toasted Group 27 house batteries
I don't feel it is reasonable or even safe to try to go out to the shop this time of year to finish it up. So... No splash this summer. Maybe fall, but probably spring 2016. At this point lets hope they don't suck 11 ft of water back out of the lake between now and then...