Projects...Complete!

After a productive period of time this last summer, I am proud to say that my list of projects aboard TERN are almost entirely complete....I decided that I would just continue to teat TERN as though I'll own her forever, though she is still for sale!

Port side, showing new Lexan portlights and modified foredeck.

Stbd. bow, new portlights.

Stbd. bow showing new pulpit, dorades removed, new cabin house paint.

I customized and installed the custom stainless bow pulpit.

Port side view

New welded mounting plates.  Note internal condensation drain hole at bottom.

Removed bulky dorade ventilators on the foredeck and replaced with flush mount, opening access ports.

Customized and reinforced the cockpit coaming to accommodate for sheet-to-tiller self steering gear.

Jorgen Haarle shaping stainless brackets for self-steering attachment.

Placing for fit and fastening.  These are now primed and painted white.

Replaced old cleat-mounts with gum-wood ones and painted.  Re-intsalled sheet cleats.

New Ipea cleat mounts for job sheets

Removed the 2 wooden chocks at stern (one had broken) and replaced with stainless ones.

Removed old plexiglass portlights and replaced with bronze-tint Lexan.

New bronze Lexan matched with old portlights

Re-painted cabin house (interior and exterior) while the portlights were out.

Toe rail stripped and sanded.  Cabin house primed and painted.

Stripped to wood and re-finished the wooden cleats and toe rail with 3 coats of Interlux sealer followed by 3 coats of Interlux Perfection Plus.

I had hoped to sail the Wooden Boat Show circuit (Vancouver, Victoria, Deer Harbor, Port Townsend) in late August this summer, but was about three weeks too late in completing these projects.  Guess it'll have to wait until next season.  That's OK--I wanted to take my time and do things right;  the satisfaction of a job well-done is always worth it.