Further Progress

Over the last week I have been fitting the guard rails and the pushpit,  put the last bit with the boarding ladder on this morning just I seem to have mislaid one of the stanchion bases so not quite complete yet. The pulpit is yet to be fitted I was going to do it today but got fed up working out in the rain I need to put a couple of draw wires through the tube, before installation, so that I can pull in the new cables that feed the navigation lights.

The rain did show up a couple of small leaks round the toe rail bolts easily cured with a grommet under the nut and washer.

The next job is to make up the cockpit drain plumbing so that I can dry out the engine space in order to get it painted and then start on reinstalling the engine. I stripped the raw water pump in the workshop over the weekend the impeller is shot so while its out I will replace the seal as well.

Couple of pictures of the repaired port forward toe rail section which I forgot last time, turned out quite well not totally invisible but saved the expense and effort of having to make a new section.

Toe rails

Got the last two lengths of the to rails back on today this was an area where Moody did not excel they had been installed with mild steel bolts which had become heavily corroded and some damage had been caused in removing them.
Apart from gluing and filling splits one section had a piece broken away which I built up with some odd bits of teak from my other boat, I had replaced the cockpit bench gratings with Dek King synthetic teak

Toe rail with built up end

After shaping

The port side bow section had had the old mild steel bolt heads cut off leaving some irregular cut outs which I cleaned up and glued some small blocks in before reshaping the top of the rail sorry no pictures I forgot to take them this afternoon.

The port and starboard bow sections were the worst to fit because of the recessed well in the foredeck it meant laying in the cable locker trying to fit the nuts the fact that the gap between the well and the side of the boat was narrower on the port side didnt help however the the job was completed without too many expletives.

All that is required is the bolt holes plugging and the whole lot sanded and varnished it will require some 80 plugs I have purchased a set of plug cutters from tool station they were quite cheap so will see how they get on. 

The section across the top of the transom was glued up from a number of pieces in three layers to accommodate the curve in two planes after 40 years the glue had given up so I stripped it down into its component parts cleaned it all up and re glued it I took a chance and did it at home in the workshop but it fitted more or less perfectly relief all round.

Transom toe rail

I am slowly getting to grips with the rainwater most of the boat is beginning to dry out. 

Introduction

New Morning is a Moody 33 centre cockpit yacht dating from 1975 hull number 17 I purchased her in early January this year as a project stripped out ready for a complete refit. Moved from Gillingham to Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey which is only ten minutes from home. The plan is to post as work progresses and possibly not on a regular weekly basis but as things happen that I feel are worth posting.
So far I have been replacing the deck fittings to keep the rain water out so that the internal refit can begin this has been a matter of finding the parts which fit the available holes and re bedding and securing if Ikea did boats I guess they would probably come like this.