Beginning my 1987 Fisherman 20 Restoration

[Myfathersson]

Work is still progressing. With the drop in temps it's going to slow down quite a bit. But I got the welding on the trailer done, had a friend help me flip it over since my overhead welding skills are...lacking...



Then my neighbor helped me flip it back over. Carpeted up the new bunks and installed them:



Started stripping the rust off the two rims that need new tires by electrolysis:





And cut down the winch stand so that it can get extended to the proper height once I put the hull back on the trailer:



And once the new coat of paint was dryed I put the step treads back on the wheel wells:



And started tackling the sanding of the hull.











I wish I had one of these when I was a kid sanding down the bottom of dads boat every year to apply new antifouling paint:



And if all the hull sanding hadn't been enough I trimmed up the tank hatch opening excess glass from recoring the sole, and cleaned off the back of the gunnel strips and the tank hatch so they can be recored this winter:





A resupply shipment of epoxy is arriving tomorrow, I was down to only slow hardener which with the cessation of 90 degree temps made for a dead stop in any patching progress. I've got a few spots on the keel that I want to build up - it's obvious the previous owners beached her quite often, and fair out the gouges and scratches across the hull. Then I want to seal up the glass everywhere the gelcoat wore thru with a coat of epoxy before I prime and paint.

Given the new trend in temps it's looking like, barring an extended warm front, I'll put the two halves back together for the winter and pull them back apart, foam and paint in the spring. I decided that the gel coat on the gunnels is too thin so the whole shabang is going to get painted.

Next weekend I'll get the two new tires on and slip the hull back on the trailer, flip the cap, and pray that it all goes together the way it's supposed to.

My to-do list keeps growing but at least the BIG tasks have been completed.