Project Log: Thursday, September 9 2010
With an unexpected delay at work, I found myself with
much of a day available to work on the Fisher. I
continued with some of the parts removal and demolition,
beginning with the propeller and shaft.
I removed the propeller with a prop puller with no undue
effort. The brass (or bronze) key in the stainless
shaft was well stuck in place, though, and took a while
to free so that I could pull the shaft out of the boat
through the engine room; the coupling was still
attached.
The shaft featured a non-standard taper, and was in only
fair condition with some scoring and crevice corrosion,
and I'd never anticipated reusing it. I set it and
the propeller aside. |
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Up in the boat, I removed the remainder of the steering
gear, including the heavy cable, brackets, and the
entire helm console, which I intended to rebuild along
with the remainder of the pilothouse. With some
difficulty I removed the teak wheel, which I hoped to
reuse. I set aside the various pieces of the helm
console to use as guidelines for reconstruction later.
I also removed a manual bilge pump from the lazarette,
plus its related through hull fitting (which unscrewed
with only hand pressure). |
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I removed the "dashboard"--the wide, flat countertop
across the front of the pilothouse, which was badly
damaged and required replacement; plus it was likely
that I'd slightly reconfigure this area, including the
companionway. The dashboard was secured with
little nails at the aft end, and glassed to the bulkhead
at the forward end; I had to cut the tabbing to remove
the shelf. I knew I'd regret removing this shelf,
as it formed a handy place to store tools and such, but
I couldn't stand it any longer. |
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In the cabin, I removed a miscellany of some of the
remaining little screwed-in fittings from the bulkheads
before it was time to quit for the day.
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Total Time Today: 4 hours
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