Pump out flange getting re-bedded

Beginning of June at Paradise Village Marine in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

Our pump out flange has been leaking water from the deck so we siliconed it up and stopped the leaking. We just never had time to do any more about it for years, till now. We got started on re-bedding the deck flange today.

Got the flange up. The screws were shot and had to use some vice grips on two to get them out.

 
 
 

Some clean up.



 

Upper deck hand rail- eye brow and starbord cap rail.

Beginning of June at Paradise Village Marine in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

 The got washed with Bon-Amy once the sanding was done and I was surprised to see a few spots that I missed.

So re-sanded them and re-washed them and then Debbie and I taped them up.
 
 
 

Next day we put the first and only coat of Sikkens Cetol Natural Teak on the port hand rail. Only one coat so we keep the teak light in color. Then four coats of Sikkens Cetol Natural Gloss.

 We also go the first coat of four new coats on the upper eye brow.
I was able to cut in the eye brow without using any tape. So that is great because now next year a quick roughing up and a couple quick coats and we are done and that goes for all the deck teak.

One more coat on the starboard cape rail and it is done. Port one is done also.

Finished off re-bedding the chain plates

Beginning of June at Paradise Village Marine in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

Debbie Finished re-bedding the chain plates on the port side and so let the rain begin or not. We are ready chain plate wise when the rains come.

 

 


 

 

Frostfire Mooncandles - LED candles

Beginning of June at Paradise Village Marine in Puerto Vallarta Mexico


 
 
 
We got our LED candles from Amazon. They are great from what we want them for. We put one in each area, the head, stateroom and saloon. They all will turn off and on with the remote. We also have those changing colors and flickering. They work as night lights and as small lights that give a nice ambiance to the boat. They also make the boat look bugger by lighting the whole insides but not so much as to be well light. Also they have their own batteries so no boat resources needed.
 
 
Frostfire Mooncandles - 3 Weatherproof Outdoor and Indoor Color Changing Candles with Remote Control & Timer

  • Three 4'', 5'' and 6'' weatherproof resin remote control color changing candles, weatherproof and designed to withstand light rain and not heavy rain or standing water.
  • Remote control has 20 foot range. Set the candles to flickering or light mode.
  • Ideal for outdoors with no wax to melt.
  • Safe around the home, children and pets
  • Requires 2 x AA batteries per candle
  • Went to the Plaza Galerias Vallarta Mall in Puerto Vallarta Mexico- Movies! - 2013

    End of May 2013 - Currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
    We went to the Cinemax in the Plaza Galerias Vallarta Mall and saw the new Star Trek movie. It was in English and had Spanish sub titles. While a little more expensive than some movie theaters here it was still rather inexpensive. The during the day price per person was 51 pesos (less than $5.00).

    Went to local town - Jarretaderas had some homemade ice cream (helado) etc,- 2013

    End of May 2013 - Currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)

    The other night we went to the local town nearby. It is called Jarretaderas, Mexico.
    You got to role the r's and Jarretaderas is a hard name to say for us 😬

    Upper deck hand rails

    End of May at Paradise Village Marine in Puerto Vallarta Mexico


    The first port upper deck hand rail we are trying to segway into the upper deck eye brow finishing.
    The upper deck eye brow will get four new coats of Sikkens Cetol Natural Gloss and once Debbie finishes the port chain plates (re-bedding) we can wash this hand rail with Bon Amie then tape it up and put on a coat of Sikkens Cetol Natural Teak, then start the Sikkens Cetol Natural Gloss coats on both the hand rail and eyebrow.


     
     

    Starboard cap rail is getting a coat(s) of Sikkens Cetol - 2013

    End of May 2013 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
    The port side we are doing with the boat tied up on the starboard side.

    Started on deck hand rails, striped then coats of Sikkens Cetol - 2013

    End of May 2013 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
    The hand rail has yet to get touched.

    Honda outboard motor serial numbers

    End of May 2013 at Paradise Village Marine in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

    Damn, who is that fat man? - too many tacos!
     
    Here we are flushing out the Honda outboard motor with fresh water.  Then we took these pictures of the product number and the serial number.

     
     

    Debbie working on rebedding he chain plates - 2013

    End of May 2013 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)
     Debbie is removing the silicone from the one and is prepping the two on the port side now.

    Got our big scuppers fixed

    End of May at Paradise Village Marine in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

     

     

    Our big scuppers were leaking into the boat. The rains are coming and it rains a lot of water here when it rains. We have enough to do and so we hired a fellow the Harbormaster's office recommended - Ramirez - to do the work for us. The pricing is great and the workmanship is also great. He was done in less than a day.
    First it was prepped and then he fiberglassed then gel coated then painted.

     

     
     

     

     
     

     
     
     
     
     Yay! no water in the boat because of the two large scuppers

    Topside teak getting more coats of Sikkens Cetol Natural Gloss for the summer

    Middle of May at Paradise Village Marine in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

    We first took some hardware off the cap rail then sanded with 220 grit.



    It is prepped now and ready for the first coat.

     We just got our coats of “Sikkens Cetol Natural Gloss” on the port cap rail. Doing some refresher for the summer sun.

     All done with port side.

    We are also stripping the hand rails and Cetoling them among other things. We would like to get that done before the rains.
     
    Look closely and tell me what's wrong with these pictures of Debbie working on the hand rails?
     The darn dock worker is fishing and we or I should say Debbie is working!