I dug into my new hunter 25.5 today. I previously had managed to unscrew and break free the pop top only to find that the mechanism which holds it up is gone!
So if anyone has a spare around somewhere...
Pics will come soon
Anyway, Today i dissambled the dinette and benches and took out the floorboards. oh my god what a bunch of gunk was under there.
Its a good thing i got the pop top unglued cuz i had to shift it forward to get the main floor board out.
I threw the boards and the cushions in the dinghy and into shore i went.
after dropping them off I went back out and spent the rest of the day bleaching every surface forward of the companionway. It takes a lot of time to get in all those nooks and crannies but i live aboard and the last thing i want is to breather mildew and black mold so it was time well spent.
There were considerable stains so alot of time was spent with scotchbrite getting those out.
I finished the forward vberth just as the sun was setting. Some body had painted the boards an ugly peach/tan so tomorrow they are going to go light gray after some much needed sanding. I am also going to paint the bilges light gray. In between coats of paint Im going to Mr, clean the interior next for that oh so fresh smell and work on some more of the stains with soft scrub. plus finish up the bleach job in the aft berth.
The bulkhead is rotted at the bottom and where the chainplate attaches so ill prolly replace that in a week or so as well as the bulkhead in the aft berth area.
Oh the joys of boat ownership!
So if anyone has a spare around somewhere...
Pics will come soon
Anyway, Today i dissambled the dinette and benches and took out the floorboards. oh my god what a bunch of gunk was under there.
Its a good thing i got the pop top unglued cuz i had to shift it forward to get the main floor board out.
I threw the boards and the cushions in the dinghy and into shore i went.
after dropping them off I went back out and spent the rest of the day bleaching every surface forward of the companionway. It takes a lot of time to get in all those nooks and crannies but i live aboard and the last thing i want is to breather mildew and black mold so it was time well spent.
There were considerable stains so alot of time was spent with scotchbrite getting those out.
I finished the forward vberth just as the sun was setting. Some body had painted the boards an ugly peach/tan so tomorrow they are going to go light gray after some much needed sanding. I am also going to paint the bilges light gray. In between coats of paint Im going to Mr, clean the interior next for that oh so fresh smell and work on some more of the stains with soft scrub. plus finish up the bleach job in the aft berth.
The bulkhead is rotted at the bottom and where the chainplate attaches so ill prolly replace that in a week or so as well as the bulkhead in the aft berth area.
Oh the joys of boat ownership!
