Merva is out for a 3 week cruise. First stop is the ‘out station’ in Narrows Inlet.
Dressed Up
Final preparations for 3 weeks out. Looks all dressed up!
Internal: Varnish
While the wood finish on the exterior is varnish – the interior is a mix of oil and varnish. I am slowly moving the interior to 100% varnish. I did a bit of this in the wheel house today.
Louver Panels, Fuel
I decided to fetch the louver panels from the mezzanine in the boathouse and install them. It would appear that they have not been installed in a long time as I had to install supporting bits first. Tossed 4 cans of fuel into the port side. Seems to have leveled out across starboard so no…
Forward Cabin, Hull Label, Wheel
Forward Cabin Two passes with white semi-gloss on the ceiling and starboard side of the forward cabin. Looks *much* better – fresh! Hull Label Stopped in at Sechelt Sign. Worked on a new hull label. The old label will be removed when the hull is painted so an opportunity to improve on things – or…
Banner, Fenders, Flower Boxes
Banner I took Merva out today knowing that the bright sunshine will show the dust I would have to attack with windex and paper towel. I tried gluing and then stitching the gold braid onto the canvas but not happy about either method. During this I noticed that the gold braid loves to attach itself…
Forward Hatches, Tender
Re-installed forward hatches. The rain let up so I took Merva out of the boathouse so I could put the tender back up on the roof.
Forward Hatches
The plan was to give the two forward hatches a quick sand a apply a coat of varnish. Unlike the rest of the boat these hatches were last done with the ‘Spar’ brand of varnish and were a lighter colour. The varnish was falling off – totally expired after just two years. I removed the…
Paint and Varnish
Spring is here and it is now warm enough to continue with some fresh paint and varnish. I will take Merva to Lund on the 15th to have it hauled out. This will result in fresh bottom paint and probably the brightside as well. In the meantime; I have been refreshing varnish and paint in…
Paint, Clean, Water Pump, Hull Paint
Paint Spring weather is here and its warm enough to paint. I cleaned the inside of the boat, painted the other half of the kitchen (half was painted last year). It takes a minimum of two coats of the fresh white to cover up the yellowed white from 13+ years ago. I then cleaned some…