Restoring Hull # 2690

1946 16' Comet Class Sailboat

This is a photographic chronicle of my restoration of this 16' wooden sailboat.
Most of the work shown took place during June - August 2002.

E-mail me: w.landahl@att.net

Click on side and bottom menu items for Before, During and After photos

 

Before
1946 16' Comet Class Sailboat
Another view of 16' Comet
Looking Aft
Looking Forward
Centerboard Trunk
Rotted Section of Trunk


During
Removing the Fiberglass
PortView
Starboard View

Moving into the Boat Shed
Stripped Hull
Singlehanded Rolling of Boat
Steaming the ribs (inside pipe)
Bending 5 Hot Ribs
Cockpit awaiting restoration
Cockpit with new c/b trunk
Finished Cockpit
Using dowels to rebuild c/b trunk
New C/B Trunk
Hull ready for Fiberglass
Freshly Glassed Hull
Deck Ready for Teakening
Some New Teak on Deck
First Coat of Epoxy on Deck
Shiny Boat
Starting the Trimwork
Matte Finish on Deck
Affixing the Trim

After

Final Trimwork Team at work
Hull Painting Day - Boat's Back on the Trailer!
The Painting Party - My Happy Friends
The Painting Party - Proud Boat Lovers Rejoice
Princess Lisa Christens Anastasis (The Resurrection) into a new life
New Cockpit Forward
New Cockpit Aft
Re-Launch Day- Starboard view of Ana sitting nicely on her waterlines
Re-Launch Day- Port view of Ana sitting nicely on her waterlines


Read the description of work in the Ship's Log

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