Gearing up for a haul-out

Oh boy.  The words no boater wants to hear.  Haul out. On the hard.  In the yard.  It's a boat, after all, and should be floating happily in the water.  Except when it needs a bottom job.  Ugh.  So, Hope will be hauled out the first of June and put up on the hard for a month (hopefully less).  She's in need of some extensive and expensive maintenance.  The items on our list are no surprise, we knew they would need replacement and repair at some point.  The time has come.  We will be doing most of the labor ourselves.  I'd better find a good pair of coveralls and a NIOSH approved mask.

Here's the list:

• bottom cleaning, grinding, then painting with multiple coats
• upper decks sanding and painting with multiple coats of AWLGRIP
• upper decks traction areas repainted with textured Awlgrip
• replace all thru hull fittings 
• replace all seacock valves
• replace the packing glands
• replace the...I always forget the name of the thing that allows the shaft to spin
• replace all sea strainers (the ones on the engines are HUGE and cost $1500 each)
• install 2 new air conditioning units
• replace all air conditioning water cooling system hoses
• replace all head waste directional valves

Needless to say, I took out a substantial loan today.  I'd rather be taking a vacation, but this list has to be completed.  It's not optional work.

Pics of Hope...the before

So I found some of the "before" pictures of Hope.  Some things haven't been changed much, while others (watch for the mustard yellow formica in the 3 heads) have changed greatly.

Forward Head BEFORE

Forward Head AFTER

Forward Head AFTER

Owners' stateroom looking aft BEFORE

Owners' stateroom looking starboard AFTER

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Owners' stateroom looking aft AFTER

Owners' stateroom looking forward AFTER

Owners stateroom port side BEFORE

Done...except for the trim

It looks beautiful. 

Galley headliner project

Project: rip out old headliner, install insulation, move wiring, install new light fixtures, then install new marine grade bright white vinyl

Here are some before and during pics

New lighting in the salon

Ouch!

No smoking sign didn't want to come off the wall... Good news is I won. I think. 

Improving, one room at a time

Or one hallway at a time. I'm working on the engine room hall which is centered aft of the galley. The "smoking permitted above decks" sign is almost off. It's coming off in small chunks. I think it's been there for a while. I've primed the starboard side of the hall and will be sanding and priming the rest in a few minutes. It appears that the wood was pickled quite a while ago. The current color is sort of a mottled orange in places and beige in others. I'm going high gloss interior/exterior white just like I did in the owners' stateroom. Should be a a nice result and resemble fiberglass with a gel coat thereby updating the wood. I love wood, but a narrow hallway needs light. This solves that issue. The floor has been covered with an old tablecloth...that is not my flooring. :)