After she was hauled in Rockland, she was quickly brought in the booth and the prep started. It was now September, and we were racing to get the boat back to our yard for the winterizing and storage. Most of these pictures are just like so many others, so I will just let them talk.
However the one of the things that we took the longest to figure out was how to update the hull a bit. We wanted to make the cove stripe thinner to give her a bit of a more modern look, however the stripe is actually moulded in on our hull, slightly higher than the surrounding hull. We finally decided to just highlight the bottom of it so you wouldn't notice the shadow that would occur if the light was just right. We painted her with Awlgrip in flag blue with a cloud white cove and boot stripe. In hindsight however, I have wondered if we should have gone with a "repairable" paint system. Either way, she looked so good when it was all done.
Here is a later shot so everyone can see how the cove and boot stripe worked out.
The other thing we tackled at the same time as the paint, was the anchor locker. I had seen many different conversions on this site, and knew that pan had to go. So while the pan had already been removed during the investigation of damage, it was the obvious time to make some changes. We paid the yard to put a new one piece water tight bulkhead in, and they cut the pan up to cover the veebirth ceiling, as can be seen in the right of the picture below. Now we have a watertight anchor locker, that can swallow a ton of rhode and chain and even some anchors. I am trying to figure out even now how to keep an anchor in there in a way that it won't damage the hull from the inside, so it still sits on the roller underway, but at least now we have the option.
They also added an extra water drain at the bottom, but we left the stem drain in case a lot of water enters. Still trying to figure out how to get a windlass to work with the bow geometry, so for now it is still a manual process, but we should have the height to drop if needed later. The green tape is from the first yard that tried to seal the hatch from the weather with a ton of painters tape while the pan was out, that was a nightmare to get off since the tape was not meant for long term outside exposure.
Many people have asked us if we thought we were lucky to have been hit to get an all new paint job. The amount of stress dealing with the insurance, and having the first full year of our ownership having been in two different boatyards, with no real use of the boat, I would say it was an alternate path. But I wouldn't say it was better or worse, just different. She was good just the way she was, new paint or old, the sails still work the same way, and she goes just as fast.
However the one of the things that we took the longest to figure out was how to update the hull a bit. We wanted to make the cove stripe thinner to give her a bit of a more modern look, however the stripe is actually moulded in on our hull, slightly higher than the surrounding hull. We finally decided to just highlight the bottom of it so you wouldn't notice the shadow that would occur if the light was just right. We painted her with Awlgrip in flag blue with a cloud white cove and boot stripe. In hindsight however, I have wondered if we should have gone with a "repairable" paint system. Either way, she looked so good when it was all done.
Here is a later shot so everyone can see how the cove and boot stripe worked out.
The other thing we tackled at the same time as the paint, was the anchor locker. I had seen many different conversions on this site, and knew that pan had to go. So while the pan had already been removed during the investigation of damage, it was the obvious time to make some changes. We paid the yard to put a new one piece water tight bulkhead in, and they cut the pan up to cover the veebirth ceiling, as can be seen in the right of the picture below. Now we have a watertight anchor locker, that can swallow a ton of rhode and chain and even some anchors. I am trying to figure out even now how to keep an anchor in there in a way that it won't damage the hull from the inside, so it still sits on the roller underway, but at least now we have the option.
They also added an extra water drain at the bottom, but we left the stem drain in case a lot of water enters. Still trying to figure out how to get a windlass to work with the bow geometry, so for now it is still a manual process, but we should have the height to drop if needed later. The green tape is from the first yard that tried to seal the hatch from the weather with a ton of painters tape while the pan was out, that was a nightmare to get off since the tape was not meant for long term outside exposure.
Many people have asked us if we thought we were lucky to have been hit to get an all new paint job. The amount of stress dealing with the insurance, and having the first full year of our ownership having been in two different boatyards, with no real use of the boat, I would say it was an alternate path. But I wouldn't say it was better or worse, just different. She was good just the way she was, new paint or old, the sails still work the same way, and she goes just as fast.
