Hi, All I just posted our final set of Cal 20 restoration photos at http://homepage.mac.com/bear33/PhotoAlbum28.html This set shows the original '67 Evinrude we used to motor from Schooner Creek Boat Works to McCuddy's Moorage (barely), some final deck hardware bedding, our new Mercury 4 hp 4 stroke, and then some pics from our maiden sail this evening on the Columbia River (in very light winds). Thanks to everyone who helped out with advice, parts, and general encouragement. Special thanks to Kevin C for lending us his trailer for three months. The project was enormously rewarding, and my brother actually misses having the boat in his driveway (nothing to stare at in the evenings). Luckily, I've located a Pearson 26 that only needs a little... Project costs: $600 for the boat, sails, and original motor. Then about $2000 in paints, materials, wood, stainless fittings, almost new jib from North sails, running rigging, new rub rail, etc. Then about $1215 for the motor, and $600 for the first year of fleet moorage. Oh, and about 3 months of thinking about working on it, and actually working on it during evenings and weekends. Main achievement: learning the process and procedures of dealing with repairs and refinishing. And, happy wife and kids on boat. Lucky factors: being able to borrow a trailer, share the work between two of us, share the costs between two of us, and having a deadline to finish the project so we could return the trailer. Thanks again, and we'll see you on the river. Jim H
Final Set of Cal 20 Restoration Pictures
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Top Paint
Jim, thanks for taking the time to post all of the pictures. I just looked throuhg all of them. Very inspiring and quite an acheivemt to get it all done in three months. I have a 1972 Cal 27 T2 and the top side gel coat is very warn out and checked. It looks like you sanded and painted the top side of your boat. Looks like you applied the paint with a brush and roller. Were you happy with the results? Did the paint lay down smooth and shiney? Hard to tell form the pictures. any extra info you can give in this area would be great. Great job saving and old boat. Looks like i will last another 38 years. Dan
Jim, thanks for taking the time to post all of the pictures. I just looked throuhg all of them. Very inspiring and quite an acheivemt to get it all done in three months. I have a 1972 Cal 27 T2 and the top side gel coat is very warn out and checked. It looks like you sanded and painted the top side of your boat. Looks like you applied the paint with a brush and roller. Were you happy with the results? Did the paint lay down smooth and shiney? Hard to tell form the pictures. any extra info you can give in this area would be great. Great job saving and old boat. Looks like i will last another 38 years. Dan
Deck Paint-- A challenge for us
Dan, At first my brother wanted to repaint the top sides of our boat, but reason prevailed when we sanded our top coat, did some color-matched patch work, and then waxed. It looked a lot better than either of us expected, and some of the spider cracks we just ignored. Use the six foot rule: if it looks good enough from six feet way, then... I'd suggest the same trial with your top sides-- try saving them first, and consider an estimate to have them "re-shot" with gel coat by someone. We also saw that we could have bought paint sprayer noozles for gel coat if we wanted to. For us, paining the decks and getting a good finish was hard enough-- note below: We're happy with the results of the Interlux Perfection two-part deck paint we used, but the results could have been better. Here's the main problems we had: 1) It was hard to stop working on the prep of the deck: there were so many small cracks we hoped the "high build" primer would fill in, and that mostly happened. 2) We had cracks through the laminate itself around the companion way entry, and we should have ground those out even further (inches wide) and repaired them with epoxy and mat. 3) When we applied the first can of primer, we didn't thin it as recommended, and it went on like spackle. It took four hours to sand it out smooth again. 4) We used about three cans of the two part primer in total, and every time we watched debris from trees and other sources fall into the paint and need sanding out. 5) We special ordered two cans of the Perfection in a color we wanted, and the first can went on fine. The next evening after sanding, the second can went on nearly perfectly. The next morning, the entire deck looked like caulk, because the morning dew trashed the finish, even though we finished painting about 6:30 p.m. the night before. 6)We couldn't wait ten days for the special color again, so we switched to a locally stocked color. At that point, needed about a day per coat, we were a little past caring about getting perfection with the Perfection, and as a result we have some runs that are less than attractive. 7) Still, so far the coats are holding up to traffic and dirt really well-- and we do believe the two-part paint is stronger for walking on than the one part Easypoxy we used on the interior. 8) One more thing: we ran out of time before we could tape and repaint the non-skid areas with grit mixed in the paint. Thus, our non-skid areas really aren't very non-skid any more, and we'll need to address that next spring. Thus, you can do a good job, but it takes a lot of time. We thought about having an estimate for having someone spray new gel coat on, and some have recommended this as a better alternative-- you can always repaint deck paint, but I don't think you can re-shoot new gelcoat onto a paint coat. Good luck! Jim
Dan, At first my brother wanted to repaint the top sides of our boat, but reason prevailed when we sanded our top coat, did some color-matched patch work, and then waxed. It looked a lot better than either of us expected, and some of the spider cracks we just ignored. Use the six foot rule: if it looks good enough from six feet way, then... I'd suggest the same trial with your top sides-- try saving them first, and consider an estimate to have them "re-shot" with gel coat by someone. We also saw that we could have bought paint sprayer noozles for gel coat if we wanted to. For us, paining the decks and getting a good finish was hard enough-- note below: We're happy with the results of the Interlux Perfection two-part deck paint we used, but the results could have been better. Here's the main problems we had: 1) It was hard to stop working on the prep of the deck: there were so many small cracks we hoped the "high build" primer would fill in, and that mostly happened. 2) We had cracks through the laminate itself around the companion way entry, and we should have ground those out even further (inches wide) and repaired them with epoxy and mat. 3) When we applied the first can of primer, we didn't thin it as recommended, and it went on like spackle. It took four hours to sand it out smooth again. 4) We used about three cans of the two part primer in total, and every time we watched debris from trees and other sources fall into the paint and need sanding out. 5) We special ordered two cans of the Perfection in a color we wanted, and the first can went on fine. The next evening after sanding, the second can went on nearly perfectly. The next morning, the entire deck looked like caulk, because the morning dew trashed the finish, even though we finished painting about 6:30 p.m. the night before. 6)We couldn't wait ten days for the special color again, so we switched to a locally stocked color. At that point, needed about a day per coat, we were a little past caring about getting perfection with the Perfection, and as a result we have some runs that are less than attractive. 7) Still, so far the coats are holding up to traffic and dirt really well-- and we do believe the two-part paint is stronger for walking on than the one part Easypoxy we used on the interior. 8) One more thing: we ran out of time before we could tape and repaint the non-skid areas with grit mixed in the paint. Thus, our non-skid areas really aren't very non-skid any more, and we'll need to address that next spring. Thus, you can do a good job, but it takes a lot of time. We thought about having an estimate for having someone spray new gel coat on, and some have recommended this as a better alternative-- you can always repaint deck paint, but I don't think you can re-shoot new gelcoat onto a paint coat. Good luck! Jim
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Bill Posner
CAL T/2
Dan : let me know if you race your CAL T/2. I am trying to amass info on ratings (PHRF). email: w.posner@sbcglobal.net
Dan : let me know if you race your CAL T/2. I am trying to amass info on ratings (PHRF). email: w.posner@sbcglobal.net
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Congrats
Dan, Thanx so much for sharing your labor of love. I just purchased a 66 Cal20 with a 39 year history of fresh water racing. Since I'm in VT, it will be a while (like spring) before I can truly asses if any work needs be done besides basic cleanup and polish. Your picture series will be one of my "instruction manuals" as I go over her. Fantastic job you did, and looks like the faily is happy with the results. Chuck
Dan, Thanx so much for sharing your labor of love. I just purchased a 66 Cal20 with a 39 year history of fresh water racing. Since I'm in VT, it will be a while (like spring) before I can truly asses if any work needs be done besides basic cleanup and polish. Your picture series will be one of my "instruction manuals" as I go over her. Fantastic job you did, and looks like the faily is happy with the results. Chuck
Sailing in Vermont
Chuck, thanks for the comments. It sounds like you got a great Cal 20. The family does love our 20, and the wife plans to race it in the women's racing series next year for fun. Vermont is a great state-- we cycle toured there for a couple of summers in a row. Where will you be sailing your boat? Jim H
Chuck, thanks for the comments. It sounds like you got a great Cal 20. The family does love our 20, and the wife plans to race it in the women's racing series next year for fun. Vermont is a great state-- we cycle toured there for a couple of summers in a row. Where will you be sailing your boat? Jim H
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Sailing in VT
Yes, she is a little beauty. Seems to have just about every avail race option. It'll take a while to figure out where everything goes. She came with 14 sails, outboard, trailer, and spares of most everything. Definately the previous 2 owners 'baby'. Always lake sailed, so the Atlantic will be new to her. I learned so much about the boat just by going thru all of your restoration series. Can't wait for spring to start manicuring her and get her set for the water. VT is a fantastic place to live, now of course we're in ski season. 3-4" of snow today, and Stratton, where I teach skiing, is opening this weekend. Some of the teaching money goes into the 'boat fund'. She'll be sailing out of Portsmouth (Newport) RI.
Yes, she is a little beauty. Seems to have just about every avail race option. It'll take a while to figure out where everything goes. She came with 14 sails, outboard, trailer, and spares of most everything. Definately the previous 2 owners 'baby'. Always lake sailed, so the Atlantic will be new to her. I learned so much about the boat just by going thru all of your restoration series. Can't wait for spring to start manicuring her and get her set for the water. VT is a fantastic place to live, now of course we're in ski season. 3-4" of snow today, and Stratton, where I teach skiing, is opening this weekend. Some of the teaching money goes into the 'boat fund'. She'll be sailing out of Portsmouth (Newport) RI.
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