June's Project

I thought you might be wondering what took up all our spare time in June.   This is the boat my DH bought last summer.  It really needed alot of work, but we used it a few times and put it away for the winter.  DH was determined to get it renovated before this summer, but there hasn't been much spare time with calving season and planting.  The upholstery on the seats was cracked and showing foam rubber.  The carpet on the floor was worn and covering a worn and rotting deck.

The seats on the front were both in bad shape and not safe for use.

 It didn't take long for DH to tear things apart and find that the damage was much worse than he initially thought.  When you buy a 20 year old boat and don't know how it was stored you might get a surprise.   Many times things are worse than they look on the surface.

 A new floor and support structure were badly needed.  Michelle came home 2 days and assisted in the hardest part of crawling around getting the foundation work done.

The steering column was suspended from a cable, so no wiring needed to be redone.  As you can see this mess has taken over the deck for the duration.  The deck is the right height to save a lot of climbing up and down.  I'm still encouraging DH to have a clean up day.  I've picked up and put away everything I can.

We had some of the seats reupholstered and have ordered a couple new ones. The new floor is complete and sound.  We painted it with a rubberized, textured coating that will keep the floor dry and protect the wood.  We replaced the sides and doors with new wood and coatings.

 DH decided not to replace the seats in the front of the boat at this time--maybe later.

We are so glad to have this project almost completed.  The newly ordered seats won't be here until August 5th.  We are hoping to enjoy a test drive this week-end.  Actually I'm so sick of this boat I don't care if I ride on it.  lol  And I'm hoping the deck mess gets cleaned up before the summer is over.  

My external hard drive was delivered today.  Thanks so much to everyone that gave me this advice.   I'm looking forward to taking many more pictures to share with you all.  I'm also looking forward to getting back to sewing--one of these days.!