Farley Mowatt’s “Boat, Who Would Not Float.”

One more part complete. It was in pretty bad shape. It got enough water in the motor that it rusted enough to dislodge one of the magnets. Innards were rebuilt at the “factory”. When I looked up the info on the maker of the windlass, I was surprised to find they were 30 minutes away from me. When I took it in I got a tour of the machine shop as well…pretty cool, and way cheaper than buying a newer inferior model.... $500

Maybe when I'm done restoring my 41' I'll trade it in on the 51'. Love these boats!

Diesel tank sprung a leak. I had planned on replacing it anyway, but what a mess!

New tank for Paradise!

Almost finished with the recore job. Maybe 2 square feet at the very peek of the bow, and a bit more in the cockpit, and I get to check that off the lest. I rolled the tarp back for the first time in a long time. It was nice to see my progress in the daylight! We had to quit and go play at the river for a while as it got to hot to do epoxy. We returned after the sun went down for a bit to epoxy on the fiberglass on the bow.

Working on rebuilding the cockpit seat and propane locker.

Teardown and beautification of the bowsprit.

Clean up after grinding the old core out...

Starting to get serious now!

Working on light placement. I think four will be plenty over the dinette table. So much brighter than the old single one, and being LEDs, half the amps!