Photo gallery of ariel #74 restoration

Awl Right! Looking GOOD!
Most of that amber candy is recognizable....
What's that trim piece with the bip in its side?

Shaw-wing!!
It's looking like a great start.
I'll second Ebb's question:confused:

I think the piece you are looking screws to to top hatch board. or the other one you might be looking at is the companionway bottom board. which is the one with the most damage of any of them and probably the hardest to recreate.

you are off to a great start! A-74 is in good hands.

i am curious where this piece fits in the puzzle? is it a fancy border for the interior of the companionway??

yeah...
that's the one with the bip
tho some people call it a bop...

I'll put five on it attaches to the aft end of the sliding hatch. Decorative and utilitarian at the same time. May even get dressed up with the enamel and bronze mfg. plaque.

We have been getting an awful lot of snow lately. The most in 40 years. So I did a little bargain hunting. And I bought a polish wheel. and put up the last of the wood that I have cut. And yes the trim piece goes on to the top hatch board.

here is the unfinished bulkhead and unfinished winch bases. I have a guy that says he can put a clear coat on the the bronze pieces for me. I think it is some sort of ceramic coating. I will get more info soon. this might be of great intrest to alot of people. I think that I will put the gimballed lamp ont the side of the hanging locker to save space.

mmmmmmm... very shiny! where will the sink land?

Whoa! Think I just fell in love...again. There is something to be said about winter, it's just that what I have to say shouldn't be printed here.;)

A double basin on an Ariel? Opulence? I guess if one actually uses the v-berth for sleeping why not. You just can't go wrong as long as it fits your needs afloat.

And the shiney is shiney indeed. And those cabin heaters just seem to strike a chord in me. Something viceral that feels right, feels homey. Never have been around one but they seem second nature. Sometimes I wish I lived somewhere cold so I could have one...

Keep up the excellent work! It's a pleasure to see that you fully comprehend the photo aspect of boat work/ownership.

AWL RIGHT! huge improvement in the look of the furniture and bulkhead!

What is it? Could be REDWOOD?
Or maybe IPE or MASSARANDUBA?

The wood that I am using is all reclaimed mohagany decking that came in 1by6by10 boards. I think the color difference is from bleaching of exposed areas. I cut the boards into 1.75" widths then cut those in half. to make them both 1/2" thick. So half of the wood has sun and the other half, well you know where it was.
As far as the galley goes. I would like rebuild the icebox out of plywood and fiberglass. Using the ice box to integrate stairs offset to the starboard side. I know that no one likes their icebox but I still want one.
By crowding the stairs I can put the sink with it's edge at about the centerline of the boat. I had expected to use a single sink and single gimballed stove. But I found the sink at a used chandlery for 20 dollars and had to get it. If it wont fit I can just cut int in half. Next to the sink on the port side I will mount the two burner stove aligned with the boat so that I can build a gimballed mount to keep everything where it should be.
I went shopping for a stove. And there it was. Not a stove, but a Coleman full size coffee maker. Powered not by electricity, It sits on top a propane burner! Whew! Man do I love coffee. This baby is so sweet. This is going to take a huge load off my electrical system. Now I will only need power for the navigation lights, electric bilge pump, and vhf radio. I know I could use a press but this seems so perfect. So if I am going to keep a coffee pot one of the burners I should have a two burner stove. And that is what I bought. I will post some more pics of the galley gear and a layout drawing.
With my current set up I will be losing some seating area on the port side but only about 1 foot. But wait, there's more! the stove area will have an insert so that it can double as a totally sweet chart/laptop table.

So my sweet stainless steel sink that I planned on putting in the ariel looked a lot bigger once the snow melted off of the tarp and I was able to get inside. It would fit, But It would kill any counter space which is worse than having a little sink. Oh well I think I can cut that baby on my table saw if I can get an abrasive blade off of my cut-off saw to fit.:eek:
It might work. Anyway I got a little side tracked from my wood cutting and started looking closer at the through hull fittings. I assumed they were bronze. But when I looked close I could see white spots where the antifouling was gone. Maybe someone put marelon through hulls in? Nope! The flanges where breaking off and what I was seeing was the bedding compound. The next priorty is to replace the three through hulls for the cockpit and side deck scuppers and install my new bronze cockpit scuppers. before it rains to much more! If that is possible? Sometimes oregon can be a real downer. More pics to come.

Much has been going on this last year. As everyone here knows. It takes a lot more time and money than one usually expects. It has been very nice having the boat at my house. It makes it very easy to work on the boat whenever there is free time. Of course, with a 4yr old there is not much free time for boat work.

Here are some pictures of the progress. These are of the unfinished cabin. The galley is made from 3/4 oak plywood. It is not marine grade and have soaked it with thinned varnish to help protect it. This being the first version I don't think it will last long enough to rot. I might change to a full galley like most boats of our size designed for extended weekend living. Looking below you can see that I have started painting the plywood with white glidden polyeurathane. 20$ a gallon and as bulletproof as any. The oak simply looked out of place with the teak and mohagany. You can see the handrails bolted through the cabin. The fixed portlights are not finished but close. They are made from 1/2" plexiglass. They required considerable fairing on the inside of the cabin. Which is still not finished. Getting closer though. If you are wondering what is on the windows. It is mold release to keep epoxy from bonding to the plexi. It is not suppose to bond to it anyway, but I wasn't going to chance it. I still have to take a paint brush and get all of the corners, nooks and cranny's of the cabin. I have been using the extra paint each time I add a coat on the deck. There is also a new unfinished Icebox. No pics yet, but soon.

I have been fortunate enough to have a friend with a big heart and a big shop who has allowed me to put my boat in his shop to finish the recore fairing process. and paint the boat during the coldest months of our season. This is going to put me on track for a spring launch. Of this year! whoo hoo! The new color is Interlux sea green.