Still in the taking off stage

Along with rapid progress on the keel/sternpost repair, Sjogin’s topsides have been stripped. Once they’re sanded and faired along with the bottom paint off, she’ll look fairly new.

One problem will be having most of the rivet heads right at the surface. We’ll see if we can get away with significant primer coats and avoiding aggressive scraping and sanding near them. Otherwise they’ll need to be re-set and that involves someone to head up the rivets inside the boat and someone else (me?) hold a bucking dolly on the outside; an order of magnitude increase in labor.

When I was down last Saturday I noticed the upper bolt hole through the sternpost and knee was dodgy from iron sickness and will need a dutchman or something else. Thanks again Mr. Gullberg.

Now that the hull repairs are mostly complete, Sjogin’s been moved to the south shed in her usual spot by the Bayside doors. Stop by if you’re in the neighborhood.

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Reminds me of a logo for a certain magazine. It will be great to see her when all is sanded smooth so if you squint you can’t see the new planks. Even better after a few coats of primer. No consideration will be given to keeping her bright.

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Another one of those “I’ll get to it next year” jobs has been done by Paul and Jeff. Thanks. The topsides have been stripped of decades old paint. You can still see some of the very old blue paint.

The prior owner had her painted a light blue. Whenever it was her turn to be launched the crew would say “here comes the Blue Leaker”. I guess she was known as the White Leaker during my stewardship. May that all be in the past.

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Here’s the aft port view showing the completed stem/sternpost repair.

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Another fine job by Paul Smith. He thought most of Sjogin’s leaking came through the old iron sick joint.

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And here she is back in her usual spot. I’ll add another support forward and lay her down on each side to do the bottom work. It’ll make replacing the butt blocks easier.