8-26-16 Cleaning part 1

So I ended up having some time on my hands this afternoon - with the help of my father-in-law - Jeff, we mounted a hitch to the bucket of my tractor to allow me to move the boat and trailer out of the shop as necessary.   So we gave it a try and sure enough my old John Deere could pull the trailer right out of the shop and onto the gravel so we could start pressure washing the grime off the boat.

During this process I discovered a couple of things -

1.  On the trip home I lost the teak sliding roof hatch cover.  I thought it was secure when we left, but should have made more of an effort to verify.  This goes on the list of item to fabricate.

2.  The wood trim on my boat is indeed teak - which is what I had hoped for.  It is great boat wood, but sure does come at a premium price.  I will need to decide how far I will take this on the restoration.

3. Buying a cheap ($8.00) in line pump that hooks to your drill motor to "suction" out the water from the bilge is waste of money.  After burning the contraption up, I ended up resorting to a bucket and scoop to get 90% of the water out of the bilge.  The rest will need to be done with a shop vac.  Oh yeah - bilge water is not very nice stuff, I have no idea how long it has been in the boat, but it is great to have most of it gone.

Pressure washing the deck and hull.  Pulled boat out of ship with a hitch mounted to my tractor bucket

Existing condition of interior trim & cabinets - not much worth salvaging other than the teak

Bilge hatch covers - all will need to be replaced/rebuilt