Pinoy Boat Yard
Port Carmen, Cebu
Philippines
Living on a cruising boat the work never ends but being in a boat yard such as Pinoy with inexpensive labor other than visioined projects seem to take on as life of their own. On arrival there were to main projects, a new hard bimini and a cabinet to replace the ladder in the aft cabin. The cabinet is installed and today I started the finish of putting hinges on the doors. It has been a wait to get the hinges from "worst marine" in the States. The bimini work has not yet started, but a full re-hab of the v-berth is well underway.
The v-berth project started as just painting out, white instead of varnish, a very water damaged bulkhead to a complete re-do. The headliner material has been removed from the hull sides and replaced by wood strips. The coach roof headliner was also removed and will be replaced by new. Today I sanded the varnish and applied a second coat of new gloss, previously the entire inside of "Po" had been satin finish. Sanding 3 1/2 hours varnish another two. Then it was on to try and finish some of the cabinetry work. The 3/8" x 3/8" offset hinges of course did not fit so some custom chisel work was necessary. Two down and three to go as I write and have my daily ratiom of rum.
I am in to bachalorhood now as Kathy has returned to the States to visit with the grandbabies along with some shopping. So for now it's Blue Cat, Hazel Cat and I busy working away.
No photos today.
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