Over budget and schedule, well and truly - blown...

Old boats. What can one say? The usual joke is " a hole in the water into which one pours money" and that is true for any boat. It is like a house or condo, leaky. Worst, it is leaky all round. Top, sides and the bit that is always wet.

This old boat is all original and in very well cared for condition, she was well loved for many a year, the proof is in the name on the brow, buffed to death. The gelcoat is thick under the original name and thin all around it, which suggests the original owner had her buffed every year.

A bit of a whack build here, the window frames were screwed into the cabin walls. Water penetrating the window frames was seeping through the screws inside the cabin. The worst effected areas were the aft corners in each frame, where the water was pooling in the slope of the design which intended water to run off aft.

Accessing the areas affected meant removing the aluminum trim on the interior side, which trimmed off the wallpaper. Trying to carefully remove the screws without having to replace the wallpaper was futile in the end.

more to come...