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!