Cleaned out

[madhatter1]

Cleaned out the entire boat today. All belongings off. I mean EVERYTHING! Every drawer and cabinet. Pulled cabinet hardware, mattresses, window dressings.

Going to have entire wood interior refinished in semi gloss with trim done in gloss. No color change, staying dark. Exterior wood to be brought down to new and then also high gloss spar finish.

Then icing on the cake is real teak and holly in salon, galley, guest berth, and guest head. Once done all cabinets get thorough cleaning and Old English or maybe something better. Heads are fiberglass so clean and wax. Then we "move" back into clean new interior.

We all spend so much on maintenance and repairs so it feels good to spend a couple bucks and effort on improvement.

 

[johnjen50]

Good for you! You will love the teak and holly flooring. We have it in the salon and down in the galley and it is one of the nicest aspects of the boat. Really takes a “boat” to a yacht standard.

 

[madhatter1]

Could use some ideas for outlet and switch plate covers on the bright work. Factory stuff looks a bit country. But don’t want to end up with something that corrodes. Staying dark in color to blend in with wood.

 

[oscarvan]

https://www.woodwallplates.com/

Meanwhile.... isn't it incredible how much stuff one can hide on a boat? Every time I've sold one I've been amazed.....

 

[madhatter1]

How do the dang door handles come off? They look like pressed in pins.

Figure someone here has to know.

 

[jmooney]

Small diameter punch.

 

[bigbill]

on my 1972 58yf the handles thread on to the shaft then there is a set screw to stop it from unscrewing when opening and closing the door

 

[JD5652]

on my 1972 58yf the handles thread on to the shaft then there is a set screw to stop it from unscrewing when opening and closing the door

Same on my 1976 58 LRC....

 

[kingsley_oasis]

Mine had small tapered pins holding handles on. They were a pain to get out, used heat gun and small pin punches.

 

[madhatter1]

So I just pulled the screws off the cover plates so they float and can move around. Guy doing the work is very much working with me on stuff like that as he is amazed a bit at how much I dismantled everything and cleaned out the boat so he can do his work. I guess many say it will be cleaned out and then he has to work around everything.

Same with the guy doing the teak and holly. Older, semi retired, and very selective about projects he takes on. Everything is wide open for him. The other thing that got him to sign on and take the project is how level all the floors and hatches are by Hatteras. This thing was built in the highest quality years and it shows in many different areas. Still big bucks but very little in getting everything level.

When we are done it will look the same but different. Biggest impact will be teak and holly sole. Keeping everything old school "yacht" type look. Not a fan at all of these new open plan odd materials new boats that make the "Clorox bottle" type boats look really good in comparison. I am adding one new modern cool feature. Putting in a SideBar Dispensor on the wetbar. When the day is done I can't bend down to get a bottle, I need to push a button.

Proud to own a Hatteras and take my duty to maintain it very seriously. Preserve it or start over.

 

[SEVEN]

Stop teasing us and send some before then during and after photos. Thanks for restoring these beautiful yachts.

 

[madhatter1]

HA! This is not a restoration. Maintenance on the brightwork and a change in the sole materials. Still an upgrade I guess but not a restoration. Beautiful boat when I purchased.

My 34 was a restoration. Brought back from the dead. Found it as a widows boat with mud bee hives throughout. Cleaned it up and rebuilt a 440 Chrysler. Did that wrong but another story. Repowered with ne mercruisers. Then full interior/exterior refit. The repower to Diesel. Then redo interior after use/abuse/neglect. And another paint job in 08. Now needs TLC and a new enclosure (last one ripped off from tornado gust).

Yep, the 34 is the one I kept alive. Also can't let it go. As good as it is it won't bring any real money and my kids grew up on it. So it owes me nothing. Working on transitioning it to the boys (20 and 18) and getting them up on maintaining it.

The 46 was gold when I bought it from Capt Dave. I'm just polishing it and hope I'm doing it right.

 

[madhatter1]

First coats

 

[ageless]

Well done sir

 

[madhatter1]

Not my work. Even though I'm in FL I am a New Yorker. So "I got a guy for that"!

 

[madhatter1]

Things are actually going well. Salon, galley, guest berth are done. Guest head and master head are 50% done. Master is all sanded and ready for finish.

Teak and holly sole a bit behind due to humidity and weather. We only need salon done for our next trip so should hit that mark. New window tint is tomorrow. Very excited.

Very classic redo of interior with upgrade to teak and holly sole. Fitting tribute to the classic Hatteras line in my opinion!

Now if I could only hook up with a good long term mechanic. Going to do everything I did last spring like oil, filters, etc. But need to get a lot more done on this go around before I can put any more real hours on her.

Dave, If you want I would love to show you how it came out if you are interested. Doing the best I can with a piece of history, both boat wise and local lore.

 

[dottieshusband]

First coats

Be sure they finish the edges as well.

 

[madhatter1]

The way he does this is completly finish all sheets at his shop. Then lays them all out to figure best way to match up and line up. After all are cut and prefit they go back to shop for edge finish and another top coat. Then floor goes in 100% complete and sealed.

One challange we have found is that the main hatch sits higher than everything else as it was originally designed with carpet. So that needs to be cut down to a new layer of subfloor we are going to add to make the diference minmal.

Interior nearly complete. Today I re-install all the valances around the windows I removed and refinished myself. Also got the cutting board on the stove looking like a piece of glass. SideBar install went flawless. It was like all the space I had to work with was created just for this.

 

[jim rosenthal]

For my exterior wood, I used the new AwlGrip varnish- it is holding up REALLY well and I found that you can hot coat it even though they tell you not to.... it isn't cheap, but boy does it look nice.

 

[madhatter1]

Boat is done except the teak and holly sole, new carpet, and the newly recovered L shape lounge to go back in. Will have to wait on lower area teak and holly, not enough time to get her ready for trip to St Pete Grand Prix we have coming up soon. Sure looking sweet though. We found a carpet with wavy lines that will be in V berth. Lines will go fore and aft to match up with teak and holly. Due to layout there was much waste involved on carpet especially since we bought enough for a replacement. So we decided that since we need some type of runner we will use that to make them. Will end up with 2 runners and 6-8 mats where you first step in salon matching carpet below. Will last many years and have some disposable welcome mats.