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

Friday, November 5, 2010

Under the dinnett needs replacing.and painting the bilge

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saphira

saphira
our new project boat

New 12volt panel

New 12volt panel
All new lighting(LED) and new wiring for nav lights and poer outlet, bilge pump

Battery switch and 110 GFI socket

Battery switch and 110 GFI socket

110 dc panel with 10amp charger breaker

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

Zantrex 10amp charger
Zantex charger will do a fast charge and maintance charge on its own .

New handles to hold on to

New handles to hold on to
These were install to aid in rough weather.

bulkhead all glued in

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

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

Starboard panel installed

Starboard panel installed

Port side panel

Port side panel

Port side finished

Port side finished
Added touch was this custom wooden welcome plaque

New dinette floor

New dinette floor
The floor was replaced and painted

new thru hull valve

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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our saphira

our saphira
sunken boat

inside after water is emptied out

inside after water is emptied out
v-berth area

inside before work starts

inside before work starts
lots of work to do

port deck core removed

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

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

handrail cracked

handrail cracked
Staring repairs to the coachroof and deck

Mast support rot removed

Mast support rot removed

rudder paint removed

rudder paint removed
Rudder ready to fill and fair

rudder filled

rudder filled

keel filled

keel filled

starboardside ready

starboardside ready

sanding port side

sanding port side

windows removed

windows removed
Finally have the windows removed

deck sealed with gel

deck sealed with gel

starboard sanding

starboard sanding
Nice to have a warm place to work

side view primer

side view primer

primer coat

primer coat

Finally ready for primer on the hull

Finally ready for primer on the hull

front primer

front primer
HIGH BUILD PRIMER

inner liner resecured

inner liner resecured

inside saphira

inside saphira
most of the water is pumped out

liftin out

liftin out

closet

closet
first coat of paint in the closet

floor of galley

floor of galley
all water removed from under flooring

quarter berth

quarter berth
first coat of paint on quarter berth

delaminated floor

delaminated floor

steering wheel removed

steering wheel removed
opened up the cockpit

cockpit

cockpit
steerwheel to be removed

outside view

outside view
needs lots of work

outside shot

outside shot
lots of outside work to do and windows

closet shelf

closet shelf
closet shelf before painting

closet area

closet area
closet before painting

quarter berth before restoring starts

quarter berth before restoring starts
quarter berth before painting

the head

the head
toilet was removed in order to clean and paint

cabin sealed with gel

cabin sealed with gel

maststep gelled

maststep gelled
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