I spent most of Saturday taking all of the wooden trim off of Aquilon to bring home and refinish. Thanks to some new tools for Christmas (Thank you Mom) the job went a lot smoother. I cut a temporary door out of plywood and then covered the top of the boat with a tarp to keep the weather out. Aside from forgetting my cordless drill and needing to unscrew about a thousand screws by hand the job was done and we said goodbye to Aquilon for a few more weeks.
After I strip, sand, and refinish the trim pieces, and replace a few stripped screws, we will head back over to reinstall them. I also have some new glow plugs which I bought from a Kubota dealer, saving about $50 a piece since they don't say "marine" anywhere on them. As I write this, the new Bimini is being made and when it is finished I will reinstall it. I also plan to reinstall the traveler blocks with the cut outs on the starboard side so when I replaced the mainsail halyard and add lazy jacks, we can raise and lower the mainsail from inside the cockpit.
Lots of projects, but they are all coming together for what should be, a lot nicer looking and easier to sail, sailboat.
