At Schooner Creek before haul out. De-rigging mast.
At Schooner Creek dock
At Schooner Creek dock.
Boom has been removed
No boom
Still no boom
Inside Schooner Creek after haul out. Mast is off and most deck hardware has been removed.
Another view of the naked deck.
Door for anchor locker is off.
Looking aft.
Inside Schooner Creek
Another view inside Schooner Creek.
A view from upstairs at Schooner Creek
Another view from upstairs
The mast. This view is from the base.
The mast again.
Mikey working on the mast.
Top of the mast.
Close up of the top of the mast. Mikey's going to add a tri-color light.
The other side of the top of the mast.
Another view of the top of the mast.
Base of the mast again. There's some corrosion but not as much as we expected.
Base again
Here's what she looks like as of March 1, 2008
Everythings off!
No name!
Bottom looks good! (Thank God!)
Hull number is somewhere here...???
Starboard side
Nothing remains on the deck.
Stern
Damn she looks ugly right now! She'll have new teak and a new headliner.
Mikey talks to Peter.
No one can figure out what the #@!( the prior owner did here! This is where the starboard shroud attaches to the deck.
It was dusty and smelly up there!
Another view of the nasty spot.
Mikey
Starboard side from the second floor.
View from second floor.
Port side from second floor.
This is going to be a long process!
Here's the color she will be...blue hull with gold lettering and cove stripe! (A Rage wanna be...)
Finally in the paint booth...getting prepped for paint.
Masking for the boot stripe (which will be gold)
More masking...
Hatches
Primer
More primer...
Looks like a ghost boat!
PAINT!!!! (not on the bottom yet)
It's Aristo Blue
She's gonna look GOOD! Stay tuned...they're movin fast now!
Sides are covered while they paint the deck
Gold stripes are on.
Decks are painted
Looks very slippery!
Template for the name and hailing port
Stern where the name and hailing port will be located.
New instrument pod. It'll be above the companionway.
Instrument pod up close. It'll have boat speed, water depth and wind direction indicator.
Back side of the instrument pod
The mast being preped for paint. It took 2 full days to complete the prep! Ugh!!!
Masking for the non-skid.
More masking for the non-skid.
V-virth water tank plumbing. Gotta relocate the pipe to accomodate a larger holding tank.
The bow tank (water tank) without it's top. We sleep above this....
More masking with the small grab rail and cam cleats in place (not attached yet, though).
Same on the starboard side.
More placement of parts....
The long grab rail is in place here (port side).
Plastic is removed.
Damn she's shiney! Should have asked them to paint the Vette, too!
Love the Islander 36 emblem!
Hatches -- painted and non-skid is on.
Bow hatch.
Non-skid is on.
More non-skid
And more non-skid. She's coming out of the paint booth now and ready for rebedding of deck hardware.
The name and hailing port are on the stern. Me likes!!!!
Caulking the screw holes on the starboard toe rail.
Mikey's G10 (what ever the hell that means) backing plate for the stantions. He's proud of these! Let someone try to mess with 'em now!!!!
More stantion backing.
Yet more stantion backing... Guess who took these pics..???
Yep...more...
And more....
How many of these are on the boat anyway????
The new instrument pod! It'll be nice having the instruments more visible!
One little issue....the hatch won't close all the way. I can hear Mikey cussing now! (He doesn't remember to duck!)
We'll be able to see the instruments from the Nav station!
Starboard stantions and the toe rail have been bedded.
Port stantions and toe rail are bedded. But you see the ladder the most (Mikey took this pic!)
Here she is as of Aug 30, 2008
It was supposed to be my day off. Mikey wanted me to go work ont he boat :(
A view of the starboard side. They start work on the bottom next week.
The life lines, bow pulpit and stern rails are on.
View from the 2nd floor at Schooner Creek. The winches, traveler, teak rails, cam cleats and most other deck hardware is on. Still needs the cleats.
The mast is painted. Next step is to rig it.
Not sure what this is...Looks important though!
Something electrical...
Maybe it's the old instruments.
?
I believe this was the cover over the bow water tank.
The top is covered while they work on the bottom.
Grinding it down.
There are hundreds of pin size blisters.
The keel is being ground down, too.
Down to the lead.
Blister repairs.
That stuff looks nasty.
Looks like she has chicken pox!
They look like sores!
This must be some really nasty stuff. They have to wear bunny suits and respirators!
Yikes! I count 4 people. This will be a spendy day!
Looks really bad right now!
Yuk!
I think this is fiberglass.
Definitely a spendy day....
Here's the nasty stuff.
Bottom after work was done (not painted yet)
Bottom before paint
Another angle of the bottom
Not sure why Mike to this pic....
Bottom is done!
Pic from the stern
Isn't she purdy!
New windows
I believe this is the area below the V berth
Area under the V berth showing how the holding tank pipe will be routed.
Measuring the mast. It's shiny now!
She's finally going in the water! (11/14/08) The travel lift is getting into position.
Positioning the straps for the lift.
The travel lift barely fits through the building's doorway.
Still getting ready to lift.
Waiting for Mike to get off!
She's starting to go up and they're removing the supports.
Hanging in the travel lift.
Coming out of the building.
Her first view of daylight in many months!
Can't imagine driving the lift!
It was the perfect day -- blue sky and short/tshirt temps!
Shiny paint. She still is very dirty (dusty, little pieces of blue tape here and there). We'll give her a bath when Mike's done and she's back home at RCYC.
The keel looks like it's dragging but it's not. It's a few inches off the pavement.
Positioning the travel lift to go on the tracks over the water.
You can only see the keel hanging down.
Going out over the water.
Coming down. They lower the boat VERY slowly.
It's amazing that those two straps can hold 14,000 pounds of boat. Actually, they can hold alot more!
Touching water!
She's floating!
They're going to walk the boat over to the small boat house. That'll be her home for one more month as Mikey finishes up. Mikey doesn't have the transmission hooked up yet so he couldn't drive it over.
She's on her way. Guys are positioned to grab lines as she moves toward the end of the first boat house.
Here's Rage. This is the boat we saw at the boat show and decided we wanted ours the same colors.
Passing between the boat houses. Notice Vick carefully walking on the edge of the pink boat house. It's expensive if one of the guys falls in the water...they have to buy a couple cases of beer!
Coming into the boat house.
Positioning her.
Mr Beaver lives in the boat house. They keep catching him and taking him up river but he keeps coming back. I think they've given up. He better not decide he wants to decorate his damn with our teak!
All settled for the next month. The mast is almost done; just needs 2 winches installed. That'll probably be the last piece to go on before she goes home.
Getting ready to take her home.
Engine was a little tough to start. I guess I'd be reluctant to get going if I'd been sittin' around for over a year!
Here she is...finished (at least as "finished" as any boat ever is).
Still at Schooner Creek dock (where this all started).
Engine is finally running.
Getting ready to leave.
Mike revving the engine.
Under way on the Columbia River.
Railroad bridge is in the background.
I got to drive for awhile. Note the barge trying to catch us!
Our greeting party at home at Rose City Yacht Club.
More of the gang.
