Mast contributed to Goblin by Mark Olson!!!

Goblin's new mast from the 29' swedish racing sloop "Flicka".  The top 3 feet of the 45' mast were of Ash and had gone punky.  After removing the hardware, we cut the mast at about 27' from base, which is solid glued up  Douglas Fir staves of about 5 inches in diameter.

Mark is helping to secure the 27' section of the mast for the trip to Rob Parish's boat shop.

Using a pull knife, you can see I've removed the first half of the bulge that held the brass sail track (not needed for the new chinese junk rig).  Before leaving on Sunday evening, I finished the second draw on the opposite side and it's ready for a plaining.

Base of the mast has dents from previous pennies placed in the mast step for traditional folklore reasons.

Beautiful hardware that remains at the mast base above the partners.

Keel shots, inside and out (or the good, the bad and the ugly)

This is the port side keel that has been ground to below the cosmetic repair from a prior owner.  The a test slash was ground to see the inner 'stuffing', mini lead gravelly ingots, see below.

      

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Faired with epoxy fairing compound, after heavy glass applied to this side of the keel, overlapping onto the hull above.

The above was sanded and applied two part epoxy paint over the faired keel to the right.





Starboard keel with soft pockets ground out is being glassed below.

Below after fairing compound and sanding, two part epoxy paint was applied. Gorgeous... eh?

Below are 4 shots in order of the cabin floor, facing the cockpit, over the last 3 weeks. (1/1/2012 pt 1/24/2012)

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Mini lead ingots, or lead gravel.

So, we decided to add two twenty-five pound lead ingots and old tire weights to fill it up and then filled it with concrete, with a total additional weight of 115 pounds to each keel.

Inside for forward section of the starboard keel.  Junk lead pieces with about 6 inches of air.

Port side keel top, with drying concrete.

Starboard keeltop with drying concrete.  The old sink drain above will be removed and plugged.

End of week 3 in pictures, first coat of paint on the hull!

A full rainbow shows during a brief break in the storm banging down on downtown Port Townsend 1/22/2012

First coat starts at the transom and continues until just past the viewing angle of this photo... as a bit of motivation.












Rob shows me how to epoxy/glass the pockets he just ground out of the starboard keel.

 New forward bulkhead viewed from the forward hatch.

 

Above, you can see the new stiffening bulkhead, connecting the aft of each keel to the sides of the hull.  This can be cut down when we're ready to re-install the berths. (next year?)

 Newly fiberglassed port side keel has just been faired.

New list for week 4,
1) the mast, cutting down a douglas fir tree next to my house and will dry it out here in the shop.
2) Mast step
3) Mast partners through the deck.
4) Mast opening
5) epoxy paint on repaired keels.

WooHoo!

End of Week 2 in Pictures, Drains, Cockpits and Bulkheads complete

New drains of heavey fiberglass and an inside diameter of 1.5 inches.  Drains locked into the new supporting bulkheads with marine plywood and fiberglass.

 Panorama view of new bulkheads for and aft.

 New bulkheads glassed and painted for the Port and Starboard berths.

Forward section of the starboard keel opened up to view the scrap metal.  Plan is to add another fifty pounds of lead to each keel and maybe top it off with concrete. These three photos are looking straight down into the tops of the keels.

 This is the winning color idea, black hull, with gold stripe, blue eye, red decks and red sail.


Below you can see Goblin is getting all the attention this afternoon.   Two prepping the hull, stripping and sanding.  Rob finished grinding the interior in prep for the new forward bulkheads, glassed in the new bulkheads below the cockpit covers, bilge paint is drying.  He tied in the new bigger glassed cockpit drains into the new bulkhead supports and epoxy/glassed in.  I'll get good before/during and after shots posted by the end of the week.

Vivacity 20, from Vancouver Island, Brittish Columbia

Sister ship 'Blue Moon' sited in Victoria, Brittish Columbia, Canada..., these two photos were shared on a local junk rig email list. The boat is a 'Vivacity 20', sister model to the 'Alactrity 19'.  The owner has created a thing of beauty, yet very practical for it's use in crab pot fishing, the little ship hoves too and stays put while collecting or dropping the pots.  The mast on Goblin will rake a bit forward and will be a bit off center to make things more convenient below decks, but Blue Moon is a real thing to aspire to.  It would be great if anyone has an email address for the owner.

The larger original photos are shown below: