Then, now and under sail

She was abandoned in Florida when we found her. These are the same spaces below deck, then and now. Tap any photo to see it full size.

1. Overhead and cabinetry

   The cabin overhead as we found her in Florida, and the same corner after the refit: new white planked overhead, varnished bead-board, polished bronze port and warm strip lighting.

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2. Hull side and ports

   A hull side that had been coated in crumbling, mold-covered liner with loose wiring, now finished in varnished bead-board with two opening ports and a tidy outlet.

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1. April 2018

   As we found her

   On jack stands in a Florida yard. Below deck, soot coated almost every surface and some of the woodwork was scorched through.

   • On the hard in Florida
   • Foredeck
   • Cockpit under the bimini
   • Soot through the cabin
   • A scorched locker door
   • Port light ringed in soot
   • Nav station
   • Overhead
   • Main cabin
   • The head
   • Engine compartment
   • Deck hatch

2. April to August 2018

   Clean-up and first season

   Scrubbed, aired out and made livable, then back in the water.

   • Galley, scrubbed
   • Salon with new chairs
   • V-berth with new lighting
   • Aft cabin made up
   • Lighthouse off the bow
   • Crew dog on watch
   • At anchor
   • Evening at anchor

3. October to November 2018

   Deck, rig and hardware

   New running rigging, a trip up the mast, and a close look at every fitting on deck.

   • New line on the winch
   • From the masthead
   • Hatch hinge
   • Deck fitting
   • Aloft
   • Back on the mooring

4. January 2020

   Brass lamps

   The cabin lamps came off, were polished and rewired on the bench, and went back on teak backing plates.

   • Polished and rewired
   • The set on the bench

5. January to March 2020

   Stripping the cabin

   Down to bare fiberglass: berth tops, old trim and the original headliner all came out.

   • Berth tops coming up
   • Old surface lifted
   • Port light surround
   • Forward cabin, bare
   • V-berth stripped
   • Under the old headliner
   • Overhead residue

6. March 2020

   A new overhead

   White planked overhead, held up with wooden props while the adhesive set, then finished with LED lights.

   • Props in place
   • Planks going up
   • Around the hatch
   • Lights in
   • Finished overhead

7. March to May 2020

   Bead-board and ports

   Warm wood bead-board on the bulkheads and hull sides, then new bronze port lights and strip lighting.

   • First panels
   • Hull side
   • Berth face
   • Forward cabin paneled
   • Taking shape
   • New port light
   • Strip lighting
   • The finished side