How long has this project taken? Six weekends? Maybe eight? We hesitate to count. Bringing the interior of our old boat up to date was more of a project than we thought it would be and, like many of our boat projects, most visitors won't ever notice what we've done. It just looks nice, and isn't that what visitors expect?
On Saturday, we pulled off all the masking tape that protected our trim and reversed the process. That enabled us to complete painting the walls.
It was interesting to really dig down deep into all the corners and little trim pieces. There were some trim areas that we never knew existed but now that we know they are there, we'll be more careful to hit every little corner when we vacuum.
Anyway, both the guest berth and our v-berth look great. The mahogany trim glows and the walls (after three coats in some places) are now a new, brighter color with all of the old holes plugged, sanded and now invisible.
As you can see from the photo above, Frances joined us on Sunday afternoon to help and to do something that in the video, she calls "Torquing."
What she means it that we wanted to tighten the four new portholes that we installed earlier in the winter. There are 12 bolts holding each porthole in and we needed someone to hold a wrench on the inside nut while someone else (Bill) went up the ladder and tightened the bolts. It went perfectly and we now have tight portholes. We are "torqued!"
We have three weekends left before we are supposed to launch. We have no idea if that will happen according to schedule but in the meantime, we have lots to do.
This weekend's video follows.
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