Thursday, July 15, 2010

"As found" condition

I've been clearing away piles and piles of the previous liveaboard owners stuff, and getting down to a level where I can see what's ahead of me. When I first saw her, she looked like this...


Buried under piles of junk, and with a "cover" made of old truck tarps over a frame of plastic irrigation piping, she was looking pretty sad. At this point the most usefull piece of equipment was the four wheel pull cart sitting next to her, which made many runs up to the dumpsters - She sits, of course, on the very last berth of the slip.

After the covers were off, the deck junk cleared away, and several years accumulation of "seagull exhaust" steam-cleaned off the deck, It was possible to see what the old lady might one day look like.










The interior was mostly in good condition, except that the pilothouse interior was unfinished. It was, however, full of 'stuff'.


2 comments:

  1. Richard, I am curious. Why would you sell it before sailing it?

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  2. To restore/finish her and then sell her was always the plan.

    I am a Marine Surveyor by profession myself, and business has picked up a lot in the last few months, leaving me little time to finish her off. So she's sitting, eating up dock fees, and not getting done. I decided it was time.

    Richard

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