Well Moonshine is laid up for the next 2 to 3 weeks. Not in the conventional sense ie out of water, but we have no internal doors in the saloon due to the re varnishing work, and no dinette seating, and no galley appliances.
The on-going re varnish work is going well. This is the curved toilet door which has been stripped back to bare wood and varnish applied. This will probably need about 6 or 7 coats.
Once all the varnish work has been completed, Moonshine's varnish work should be good for another 16 years at least!
Finally, we have received a quotation from Chris Potts the canopy maker at Burton Waters www.marineandindustrialcovers.com. He has quoted for both a new canopy and sunroofs (the latter of which will need to be modified over the existing design), and new cockpit upholstery, all of which have come to a very competitive and favourable price. We are just waiting for his fabric samples to come through the post so we can then sign on the dotted line. His lead times are around 8 weeks once the order is placed.
So all in all Moonshine seams to be coming together pretty quickly considering we only bought her last Christmas. Our previous 2 boats took about 5 years each to get up to the standard we are accustomed to. I put a lot of this down to cost and the fact that the money we save each month by not frequenting our boat club any longer gets ploughed straight back into the boat, as we seem to have a lot more cash since we made the break. Hopefully next year we will be able to enjoy her a bit more rather than working on her for what seems like forever.
The next job on the horizon will be to upgrade the saloon and cockpit lighting to LED lighting, but that will have to wait until next month, and new cockpit carpet once the canopy is replaced. Next year we hope to replace all the star crazed Perspex glass in the portlights, new Perspex chart table and flexible bathroom mirror, all of which can be done locally, and lay a teak and holly wood floor throughout the saloon, front and mid ships cabin.
Once all this work is completed, Moonshine should look every bit as good as the more modern Seawings 355 if not better!!!!
So all in all Moonshine seams to be coming together pretty quickly considering we only bought her last Christmas. Our previous 2 boats took about 5 years each to get up to the standard we are accustomed to. I put a lot of this down to cost and the fact that the money we save each month by not frequenting our boat club any longer gets ploughed straight back into the boat, as we seem to have a lot more cash since we made the break. Hopefully next year we will be able to enjoy her a bit more rather than working on her for what seems like forever.
The next job on the horizon will be to upgrade the saloon and cockpit lighting to LED lighting, but that will have to wait until next month, and new cockpit carpet once the canopy is replaced. Next year we hope to replace all the star crazed Perspex glass in the portlights, new Perspex chart table and flexible bathroom mirror, all of which can be done locally, and lay a teak and holly wood floor throughout the saloon, front and mid ships cabin.
Once all this work is completed, Moonshine should look every bit as good as the more modern Seawings 355 if not better!!!!
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