[Rhodes22-list] Rebuilding the Galley

[Michael Weisner]

Graham,

I think that many of us on the list have restored our boats.  I spent several years working on my '81 Rhodes 22 Shanghai'd Summer before "rescuing" my current '91 Rhodes 22, Wind Lass.  Maybe we should create a separate section as part of www.rhodes22.org to showcase the process and the results.

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY

-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Graham Stewart
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2016 11:24 PM
To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rebuilding the Galley

Hi Chris:
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I have documented various special projects in relation to the restoration and taken pictures as I went but hadn't thought there would be much interest in a more detailed overview of the project. Also, it seems to me that the list would not be appropriate for such a longer document. Perhaps I could make a modest web page. As I am gradually coming to the end of this odyssey the idea of documenting the project has occurred to me if it would be of use to anyone.

Meanwhile I have been distracted by my other boat restoration project. Actually, that project(the rebuilding of a 1960 Mason 19' mahogany lapstrake outboard) took 10 years of summers and was completed about 9 years ago. However, the restoration of wooden boats never really ends. So now I have started a rebuilding of the mahogany deck. I have only removed the varnish on half of the deck so far but have decided to make 1/8" thick mahogany strips to cover what is currently veneered plywood.  Like everything else I do, it is always the first time I do it so I spend forever just figuring out how to do it and what materials to use. I am hoping to get much of this work done on the Mason during the shoulder season so it will not delay the completion of Agile in the spring next year. My wife just laughs when I make predictions like that.

There is no rational justification for a major rebuild of an old boat. There is even less justification to rebuild two boats at the same time. It is really just a romantic pursuit. Both boats are beautiful old gals that I just can't leave to die. I have attached a picture of the Mason so you can see why I have to live with this compulsion.


Graham Stewart
Agile. R22, 1976
Kingston Ontario Canada

A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Mason July 2009 b.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 192567 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20160924/aff5fc60/attachment.jpg>
__________________________________________________
To subscribe/unsubscribe go to http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list

For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go to http://www.rhodes22.org/list __________________________________________________


---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus