Time for the weekly update on Lady J. The Port side of the hull is paint free the old fashioned way, heat gun and scraper followed by long-boarding with 220 grit.
With her in the shop, it's impossible to get a side shot.
90% of the seams below the waterline are reefed and clean.
I did find freshly cracked ribs from the transport.
The other bilges are full of broken but sistered ribs. I haven't decided whether to fix these or leave them as they are. It's up to the customer.
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Now that the engine is out, I can see a couple in there too. Two have a strange fix already. Somebody took a SS band, bent it to fit on the broken rib and bolted/screwed it in place. The only issue I have with that is that they mixed SS and Bronze in the same piece and the floor bolt only a few inches away is galvanized.
My wife Fredia came by to help this week. She was on the mast.
The rest of the motley crew was on the hull.
I think this needs replacing...
And this needs something other than Bondo in it.
Plenty of work still to do. More next week.
With her in the shop, it's impossible to get a side shot.
90% of the seams below the waterline are reefed and clean.
I did find freshly cracked ribs from the transport.
The other bilges are full of broken but sistered ribs. I haven't decided whether to fix these or leave them as they are. It's up to the customer.
and
Now that the engine is out, I can see a couple in there too. Two have a strange fix already. Somebody took a SS band, bent it to fit on the broken rib and bolted/screwed it in place. The only issue I have with that is that they mixed SS and Bronze in the same piece and the floor bolt only a few inches away is galvanized.
My wife Fredia came by to help this week. She was on the mast.
The rest of the motley crew was on the hull.
I think this needs replacing...
And this needs something other than Bondo in it.
Plenty of work still to do. More next week.
