We had some screens made for the pilot house doors and the small portholes in the pilot house and galley -- to keep the cat in and get a bit of a breeze on those warm days.
Covers on the portholes in the pilot house.
Again - to keep the cat from going out those windows. While traveling and on warm days we can leave those windows open. She was a real pain with those windows and last summer we had them partially open and secured with little bungee cords - and she still got out once!
We are very pleased with the new screens. On a warm day as we are traveling - we can open the top door and then with the screens down there is no worry the cat will launch herself out the open door into the ocean! She is so persistent.
This year - for a big project we decided to remove the 15 year old carpet and refinish the original teak floors in the salon and pilot house. We left the carpet in the staterooms.
This turned out to be a much bigger job than first expected -- of course!
The carpet underlay was fully glued to the salon floor!! This required scraping off with a small putty knife.
Once the underlay was removed the sanding began to remove the old finish on the teak. Jim had the shop vac attached to the sander to suck up the dust. That worked really well and kept the dust down to a bare minimum.
Fourtunately the hatch covers didn't have the underlay glued down. Once the floor was all sanded and then vacuumed and dust free he applied a total of 5 coats of Poloplaz Supreme Satin. A product recommended by the fellow that we used for our hardwood floors at home -- Steve Bella. He is great by the way if anyone needs hardwood floors done in their house. He doesn't do boats.
Not a great photo - but here's Jim showing off his hard work!
They look great!!
Next --- solar panels!! We are hoping to head out sometime around the 24th of May --- lots to do!!
