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Interior Painting
Prior to taking a short vacation to visit family in California, I spent some time prepping the settees and storage lockers for paint, and then painting. I had also applied paint to the locker...
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Finishing Up Froonie's Ceiling
For Friday, January 29th, I decided to finish up with the ceiling. The aft, port quarterberth was the only section left uncompleted - for the ceiling that is. In previous weeks, I had sanded...
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Priming Day
Saturday, February 12th, I spent the day sanding and painting. Finally, I ended the obnoxious blue cabinets above the ice box and sink. No longer will these blue monsters stare me down as I move...
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First Phase of Hatch Build
Sunday, February 13th, I found myself back in the delightful surroundings of The Pine Cottage - a place of endless possibilities: requiring one to introduce hand to material, tap into imagination,...
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Second Phase of Hatch Build
On Sunday, February 27th, I took the opportunity to layout the hatch frame and begin the glue up process. This was a pretty straight forward part of the hatch construction, taking just a short...
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Third Phase of Hatch Build
On Monday evening, the day after I had glued up the frame components, Glenn and I worked the edges of the hatch frame. First thing to do was unclamp the frame rails and inspect the results. All...
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Fourth Phase of Hatch Build
Wednesday, March 2nd, I took some available time to continue the hatch construction. It was again time for some epoxy work - gluing in slats and assembling the hatch frame rails. The picture...
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Fifth Phase of Hatch Build
Over the course of a couple days in late March (27th and 28th), Glenn and I created a jig at the shop - see The Pine Cottage - and cut channels in the corners to accept essentially what are...
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Third Coat of Topsides
The evening of April 9th, I went over Froonie's topsides 2nd coat with 220 grit paper in preparation for her third coat of Interlux Brightsides custom blend - pretty in pink. I will no doubt have...
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Final Topsides Coat
Sunday, April 17th, I applied the final coat of Froonie's topside paint - a custom blend of Interlux Brightsides one-part polyurethane topside finish. After several swatches and various ratios of...
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First Coat Deck Paint
Long last, it was time to put the first coat of finish paint on the deck - on the smooth deck, the non non-skid portion of Froonie's deck. On a very windy 16th day of April, I prepped the deck...
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Portlights Installation
With the third coat of finish paint on the coach roof, it was time to begin the installation of the new portlights. Froonie's original non-opening portlights had simply fallen into a state of...
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Portlights Installation continued...
Sunday, May 22, I continued working on the installation of the non-opening cabin portlights. Since these ports were not original to the Sea Sprite, and since they are built for a cored or just...
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Applying The Non-skid
On Saturday, May 21st, I decided to move forward with application of the non-skid. With the smooth portions of the deck having received their third coat of finish paint, it was time to provide...
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Hardware Installation
Sunday, May 29th, would be a day to attend to a few hardware installations. I began with the forward finish pieces for the coaming boards - a fiberglass return block, and a teak cap block. I bed...
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Coaming Boards In!
Saturday, June 25th, the coaming boards made their way back onto Froonie - where they look much better. This was certainly a milestone...to see those boards coming back home, what a site. If you...
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Finally! - Bottom Paint!!
Over the coarse of three days in late June stretching into July, I prepared for and applied Froonie's bottom paint: Interlux Micron CSC. I had plans, after consulting with my daughter on numerous...
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Companionway Trim Installation
On Monday, July 4th, I spent a few hours installing the companionway trim. On Saturday, the 2nd of July, I spent a few hours combing through the fasteners isle at a local marine chandlery - Pier...
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Cutting Scarf Joints for Toe Rail and Rub Rails
On Sunday, July 3rd, I took the opportunity to cut the scarf joints in the toe rail and the rub rail material. I headed back over to The Pine Cottage, visited with my buddy Glen a bit, and then...
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Boot Stripe & Cove
Over the course of the first two weeks of July, I tackled Froonie's boot stripe and cove accent. The application was straightforward, with the most labor intensive portion being the lay out of...
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