Some of us have no doubt been following Schaefer Marine's Cal 40 restoration project. I'm not sure following it is a good idea, since it is the final proof of the utter craziness of deciding to save a beloved yacht model gone to seed. The Cal 40 they started with had no retail value at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxHGM1B9aJc&list=PLvD5qlROxJu3r8aIu4JitzFHsqu1pxDAO
Here's the most recent episode, which gives insight into furniture and exterior teak repair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t367SirK94
The series once again makes the point, which so many of us are familiar with, that it is one thing to build a boat. But when you restore a boat, you have to first take it apart before you can build it.
Yes, the series is a public relations/education project by various participants, but I doubt anybody is making money here.
It would be entertaining to add up the cost of what the series shows: major decisions such as turning the CAl 40 upsidedown to make it easier to work on, or taking the hull off and replacing it; and minor ones such as taking every interior drawer apart, regluing and revarnishing. OH yes, and all the stainless fittings were determined in need of complete replacement.
None of us can do all that, and it is not cost effective in any conceivable way. So these guys--forget the claims that the series is "good for business"--are basically as far gone as any of us.
They just like the Cal 40, which is in fact one of the great production designs of all time.
They couldn't watch one die.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxHGM1B9aJc&list=PLvD5qlROxJu3r8aIu4JitzFHsqu1pxDAO
Here's the most recent episode, which gives insight into furniture and exterior teak repair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t367SirK94
The series once again makes the point, which so many of us are familiar with, that it is one thing to build a boat. But when you restore a boat, you have to first take it apart before you can build it.
Yes, the series is a public relations/education project by various participants, but I doubt anybody is making money here.
It would be entertaining to add up the cost of what the series shows: major decisions such as turning the CAl 40 upsidedown to make it easier to work on, or taking the hull off and replacing it; and minor ones such as taking every interior drawer apart, regluing and revarnishing. OH yes, and all the stainless fittings were determined in need of complete replacement.
None of us can do all that, and it is not cost effective in any conceivable way. So these guys--forget the claims that the series is "good for business"--are basically as far gone as any of us.
They just like the Cal 40, which is in fact one of the great production designs of all time.
They couldn't watch one die.
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