Once The Teak Was All Removed And Deck Cleaned Up, The Top Layer Of Fiberglass Is Cut Off And Rotten

Progress is slow, but still progress

Two steps forward, one step back! Had to cut a new hole in the deck to make repairs below. Just too tight of a squeeze to fit my butt in the anchor locker and reach around the Sampson posts... Also, refinished the dragons for the boat!

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Blue Marlin the ship that is carrying ships, that carry ships.

Just a bit of corrosion in there. Time to rebuild or replace the starter.

Clean up after grinding the old core out...

Our "secret" spot on the river. A nice private little spot with natural barriers to keep the doggies from wandering off, or others wandering in.

I hated to get rid of the teak deck, but at the same time, I'm glad I won't have have to maintain all that teak. Either way, it had to come up. The core of the deck had rotted and made some squishy spots. It was a very messy job as after all the teak was removed the whole thing needed to have a layer of epoxy ground off, that I'm sure was there from from a previous repair. The issue of the rotten core is infamous in these boats, and why they are often referred to as Leaky Teakies. The problem is that all that teak is screwed through fiberglass into the core. If the teak deck is not meticulously maintained, every one of those million screw holes eventually leaks into the core.

Since the boat is on the hard, this is what I use for my land based adventuring. If I could just fit the motorcycle in the boat...

WOW! That looks awesome!

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