Work In Progress

Three weeks into the project and she's starting to look like her old-self again.

The engine bay has been scrubbed in preparation for Doctor Doug to start his magic. Using a pressure sensitive micrometer Doug checked the shafts in place and found they were both slightly bent from being forced to align with the rebuilt engines.

The wear on the shafts is obvious, at the struts and the shaft log. The shafts are being sent to Dafoes to be straightened. The struts and rudders have been dropped and the props have gone to be tuned at Leading Edge Propellor in Mission. Ron the prop guy is a master, his work is far superior to the local Vancouver prop shop, well worth the courier expense to send them to Ron.

The bottom has been scraped and sanded to fresh gelcoat. All the old paint has been removed and the bottom epoxy barrier coated using Interlux 2000/2001, and bottom painted with Interlux Bottomkote, in the original red colour. There were 40 years of paint weighing close to 300 pounds removed in the process.

Captain Scotty did a good job taking her back to new. The original paint had stuck well in some areas a whilst in others was peeling like cornflakes. It was a hard grind getting the first few layers of the tough old paint off.

The waterline below is still taped for the final application of red. The stands were changed after the rest of the bottom was painted completely, the stand pads were quickly done, leaving on the two spots on the keel where the blocks are. Next time the boat is lifted for annual painting it can be blocked in different areas and the last areas can be treated.

Below are some pictures of Mauri in full swing. For a 78 year old guy, there was no stopping him. The transom and flybridge brow were both signed. And signed with the trademark seagull stylized M for Mauri.

Watching Mauri work is quite something. Once he eye-balled the curve he mad a few grease pencil marks, taped the arch with tape and sketched in simple letter forms, to get the correct spacing - all by eye. Then using his brush he paints in each letter, remembering all of the characteristics of each font, able to paint them in a few flowing brush strokes.

He then goes back and paints in the drop shadows.