The front cabin varnish work has been completed and everything has been put back together.
This is mid ships cabin wardrobe, mains panel and shelf that is undergoing restoration. The final leg of the re-varnishing work that must be completed for the end of this coming week. It has felt like a mammoth task going through 4 cans of stripper and varnish (stripping back to bare wood to get a perfect result) . If anyone is yawning reading about this varnishing job, believe me we have felt it to be a tedious task. But that is nearly it...job nearly finished!
Also all the base seat cushions were taken home, the foam removed and the cushion covers given a cool wash. I was not looking forward to placing the foam back within the covers as some are none uniform shapes, but surprisingly they went back into the covers with ease.
This is a small job we did at home. This is the glass fibre battery box lid where our Weber BBQ lives. It travelled with us on holiday, but we didn't have it lashed down. It is very heavy and never moved, however we felt that it could do to be made more secure whilst at sea in heavy seas or bouncing around on tidal rivers. The lid was compounded and polished, and 4 lacing eyes were rivited to it. It certainly should not go anywhere now.
As an additional project all the silicone joints in the bathroom are being dug out and resealed with Forever White Anti-fungel Sanitary Sealant. It's a small job that doesn't cost much but will smarten the area up further. There is nothing worse than unsightly looking sealant in bathrooms!
This is the transom door. We did think that when we have new cockpit upholstery made, to have the curvature of the cushion cut back a touch so the transom door would hold open on the catch... it has never been able to catch open. However after looking at the cushion and the possibility of it not looking right if cut back, a more practical solution was to remount the catch on a wooden block that has been made to fit the recess of the seat base. This block needs to be taken home to be painted white to match the white fibreglass seat bases, but this has worked perfectly. No more fighting with the gate whilst boarding.
Little approaching winter project that is sort of Moonshine related. Both dogs have identical coats for home and boat that were fastened with velcro. I was never happy with the velcro fastening as when dirty had a habit of coming detached. Therefore I purchased 2 metres of matching webbing, curved side release buckles and slide adjuster bars from www.lyndashorsewear.co.uk
I machine stitched everything to the coats with a little help from the internet regarding the slide adjusters, and finally made a belt loop to stop the whole lot sliding out of place. They now have secure winter coats for when the bad weather hits, at a fraction of the cost of having to buy 4 replacement coats already done, and as a bonus I am very happy with the result!
A new purchase for me has been this Bodum Travel Press. I love my morning coffee, but have become fed up of returning to a cold coffee cup after crewing on Moonshine. I originally wanted the stainless version, but that was more costly and I have read the taste of coffee can degrade within a stainless coffee cup. Very pleased with this and am looking forward to using it next Sunday for our early morning trip up the River Trent, to visit Burton Waters for www.marineandindustrialcovers.com to pattern Moonshine's new canopy and to discuss her new cockpit upholstery.
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