[Rhodes22-list] Rebuilding the Galley

Sun Sep 25 07:23:08 EDT 2016

I understand the lack of rational and old boats.  there is no rational for
beauty, and no way to quantify the satisfaction of such projects.  The
Mason is wonderful.  You are lucky to have a wife that laughs at your
foibles and not cry.

Chris

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 11:23 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
wrote:

> Hi Chris:
> Thanks for the vote of confidence. I have documented various special
> projects in relation to the restoration and taken pictures as I went but
> hadn't thought there would be much interest in a more detailed overview of
> the project. Also, it seems to me that the list would not be appropriate
> for such a longer document. Perhaps I could make a modest web page. As I am
> gradually coming to the end of this odyssey the idea of documenting the
> project has occurred to me if it would be of use to anyone.
>
> Meanwhile I have been distracted by my other boat restoration project.
> Actually, that project(the rebuilding of a 1960 Mason 19' mahogany
> lapstrake outboard) took 10 years of summers and was completed about 9
> years ago. However, the restoration of wooden boats never really ends. So
> now I have started a rebuilding of the mahogany deck. I have only removed
> the varnish on half of the deck so far but have decided to make 1/8" thick
> mahogany strips to cover what is currently veneered plywood.  Like
> everything else I do, it is always the first time I do it so I spend
> forever just figuring out how to do it and what materials to use. I am
> hoping to get much of this work done on the Mason during the shoulder
> season so it will not delay the completion of Agile in the spring next
> year. My wife just laughs when I make predictions like that.
>
> There is no rational justification for a major rebuild of an old boat.
> There is even less justification to rebuild two boats at the same time. It
> is really just a romantic pursuit. Both boats are beautiful old gals that I
> just can't leave to die. I have attached a picture of the Mason so you can
> see why I have to live with this compulsion.
>
>
> Graham Stewart
> Agile. R22, 1976
> Kingston Ontario Canada
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf
> Of Chris Geankoplis
> Sent: September 24, 2016 8:14 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rebuilding the Galley
>
> I hope you are organizing and documenting your incredible rebuild to post
> in the archives.  On your rebuild you have done more, better and for a
> longer time than anyone I can recall.  No get the hell out on the water!
>
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
> wrote:
>
> > Chris:
> >
> > Nice work and great documentation. I'm impressed.
> >
> > Graham Stewart
> > Agile. R22, 1976
> > Kingston Ontario Canada
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> > Behalf Of Chris Geankoplis
> > Sent: September 23, 2016 9:50 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rebuilding the Galley
> >
> > Hey Graham,
> >                    Here is a link to an icebox project I did a couple
> > of years ago.  Since then I have used the icebox for many months at a
> time.
> > It has worked well, the only change I might suggest would be to seal
> > the edges of the poly faced foam insulation.  So click on the link and
> > you should get some ideas.
> >
> > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6TNygHUITxNTHl3b0lrbkRDdGs/
> > view?usp=sharing
> >
> > Chris Geankoplis
> > Enosis I
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Graham,
> > >
> > > I’m curious what your plans are for an ice box in your rebuilt
> interior.
> > > The one provided by General Boats really isn’t adequate for the
> > > longer cruises I hope to be doing someday. I’m toying with a design
> > > for a built-in ice box that’s accessible from the top rather than
> > > the front (through the galley counter-top) and with more insulation.
> > >
> > > Peter Nyberg
> > > Coventry, CT
> > > s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
> > >
> > > > On Sep 20, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks to all for their quick responses.
> > > >
> > > > If I understand correctly the board fits up onto the area behind
> > > > the
> > > seat. Apparently some boats have a ridge in the floor that keeps it
> > > in place. My boat doesn't have a ridge but I have, nonetheless,
> > > stored my boards there. They stay in place even without the ridge
> > > and are certainly out of the way, but putting them in place and
> > > retrieving them is not entirely convenient- especially when you have
> > > storage bins under the seat that need to be moved.
> > > >
> > > > I might well go back to that option but thought that while I am
> > > rebuilding the interior anyway, it would be a good time to
> > > incorporate changes if there were ideas out there that I hadn't
> thought of.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Graham Stewart
> > > > Agile. R22, 1976
> > > > Kingston Ontario Canada
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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