More refit

Finally got around to working on the boat again over the last few days. Got
all the 3/4 inch oak cabinet grade plywood 3 sheets and a 4x4 Douglas fir cut to
69 1/2".

Bought a 2 ton floor jack and a 2 ton bottle jack along with 2x4s to jack up
the mast.

Got the ceiling braced and 3 for the 44 bulkheads removed. Got them cut out
and ready to sand and stain with red mahogany. 3 of the 4 bulkheads were water
rotten up to about 18" from the bottom. Got the 4x4 stained and epoxied. Well
the epoxy is not setting up very fast. Been 2 days and still tacky. My mistake
doing something in the mixing. I do have pumps to measure.

Today I loosened the upper and lower shrouds. 1 upper port and starboard and 2
lower on port and starboard. Loosened the halyard on the roller furling to
release any pressure and loosened the back stay.

Slowly jacking one then the other. Checked the shrouds all tight so I loosened
them some more. The original post and salon bulkhead have no pressure on them. I
set the new post up against the old one after I cut the new post at 69". 68 half
didn't remove the low spot on the deck. 69 half seem to put to much pressure on
the deck. I'm happy now.


I am going on a delivery Saturday helping a friend move his Tartan 41 to a
different marina up by Galveston. Should be back working on the compression post
Tuesday.

Plan is to epoxy all the edges on the plywood where there might be water
intrusion. I can guarantee we wont be showering in there. Deck, cockpit and
marinas for us. I'll spray 3 or 4 coats of varnish so this will be a slow
process with both sides getting varnish.

I'll post photos next week. Forgot the camera. Oldtimers does set in at time.