Saturday, August 31, 2013

We recieved the "keys" to our new to us 44 year old boat on August 16th 2013, a Coronado 25 hull #1521. This boats hull and deck are sound with only 2 spots that sound hollow "core rot" they are less than 4" in diameter. The interior is just a dirty mess that will require lots of elbow grease and cleaner. We have been scrubbing dowm the interior and have the liner as clean as it can get, the wood on the other hand has years of oil and cigar smoke build-up on and in it. I will have to strip off the years of neglect and refinish the wood from scratch. We "mostly my daughter" have cleaned the vinyl cushions, also dirty as heck. She scrubbed with 409 and a nylon bristle brush to get off the residue, now they are as clean as can be, they actually look good. My wife made curtains and pillows, right now she is sewing a blanket for the boat.
 
We are going down to the boat today to remove some of the trim pieces to start the wood refinishing project.