Saphira our grampian boat project

Saphira our grampian boat project

26 grampian, it had sunk in a marina and was put up for auction. We hope to fix it up and have it ready for the 2011 sailing season. If all goes well we might keep it and sail the coast one day

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Admiral and the Captian

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Gizmo the new swab

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Got the sails up

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

There she floats

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In The travel lift

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coming out of shop

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

LOOKING GOOD IN GOLD

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saphira

saphira

our new project boat

New 12volt panel

All new lighting(LED) and new wiring for nav lights and poer outlet, bilge pump

Battery switch and 110 GFI socket

110 dc panel with 10amp charger breaker

This has a 30amp breaker for the GFI socket and a 10amp breaker for the zantrex charger

Zantrex 10amp charger

Zantex charger will do a fast charge and maintance charge on its own .

New handles to hold on to

These were install to aid in rough weather.

bulkhead all glued in

The rear bulkheah had holes from the old instriments so by putting a new skin on all is good and matches the other bulkheads

Refinished bulkhead

All the interior wood has been stained to have a uniform look.

Starboard panel installed

Port side panel

Port side finished

Added touch was this custom wooden welcome plaque

New dinette floor

The floor was replaced and painted

new thru hull valve

this caused the sinking the old one has a galvanized fitting that rotted out because of electrolisis

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    - The Admiral and the Captian
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Laura and Al: both Al and I are in our early 50's and hope to one day sail the coast, if all works well and we like the size of the grampian this will be the boat we do it in.

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our saphira

sunken boat

inside after water is emptied out

v-berth area

inside before work starts

lots of work to do

port deck core removed

this is where the bow rail was mounted on the deck . both side were not embeded properly causing the core to rot

bad core mast step

mast step had a crack by the wood support causing moisture to leak in

handrail cracked

Staring repairs to the coachroof and deck

Mast support rot removed

rudder paint removed

Rudder ready to fill and fair

rudder filled

keel filled

starboardside ready

sanding port side

windows removed

Finally have the windows removed

deck sealed with gel

starboard sanding

Nice to have a warm place to work

side view primer

primer coat

Finally ready for primer on the hull

front primer

HIGH BUILD PRIMER

inner liner resecured

inside saphira

most of the water is pumped out

liftin out

closet

first coat of paint in the closet

floor of galley

all water removed from under flooring

quarter berth

first coat of paint on quarter berth

delaminated floor

steering wheel removed

opened up the cockpit

cockpit

steerwheel to be removed

outside view

needs lots of work

outside shot

lots of outside work to do and windows

closet shelf

closet shelf before painting

closet area

closet before painting

quarter berth before restoring starts

quarter berth before painting

the head

toilet was removed in order to clean and paint

cabin sealed with gel

maststep gelled

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