Dry rot repair

 The dry rot over the stove inside the cabinets and the rot under the sink are about to get worked on. Owen is going to start on that job this week. In preparation we removed the cabinet doors and cleaned out the cabinets. They do need a good painting and some varnish. We will no doubt paint the hull and at a later date varnish and line the hull with possibly hull line or insulation. For now though a repair and then a good cleanup and paint will be what the cabinet gets before we move on board.

 The area looks pretty bad right now. Remember the boat is under construction and the repower is in its there’d month or so.

Debbie covered the whole are on the counter tops and edge of the cabinet opening with brown paper to protect it from tools and such. This is Owens first job on our boat and we do not know what to expect. Even so we would have cover the are just for accident sake. You know for the dropped screw driver or spilled epoxy etc. At least that’s how I work, spilling and dropping stuff no matter how careful I am. It goes along the lines of putting the top back on the container as soon as you use it.

 You can see some silicone above in the cabinet. We did this to make dams so we could find the cap rail leaks. We got a lot of them fixed by caulking the cap rail. There are still a few left and we think with a re-caulking we can fix them. We may have a stanchion leak or two and that will get addressed this summer. Once we are living aboard this type of repair will be much easier as we do not have to dedicate a Saturday to it. It can be done a bit of a time after work or the times.