Completing the Refit of Calypso
As of September 18th, 2017, Calypso was on the hard.
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| Port Side |
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| Starboard Side |
Repairing and Refinishing the Hull
As of the 20th, the rudder has been removed. While I was on a trip I received these pictures of the work on Calypso.
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| Port Side |
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| Starboard Side |
You can see from these pictures that the boat is really a fixer-upper project. Jerry, the technician opened each crack and has started to repair it using a epoxy and fiberglass. Notice also, that the rudder is missing.
On October 3rd I went to check on Calypso. What I found would have made many a sailor and insurance adjustor turn green as shown in the following pictures. Honestly, it looks like many abandon hulls that I've seen.
However, to me it looked like real progress.
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| The First Look |
Like I said, Calypso looks more like an abandon hulk than a performance cruiser. The following pictures show more detail of the work.
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| Starboard Side |
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| Port Side |
Like I said, Calypso looks like a hulk. Jerry at Milford Boat Works (MBW) has sanded down the finish on the topsides and the bottom has been walnut shell blasted. So the preparation for refinishing is well along. Notice that in the "port side" picture the swim platform has been removed from the transom.
The Rudder
Here is a picture of the rudder that was removed. While it doesn't look bad on this side, as pictures demonstrated in previous posts, the other side was not good at all.
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| The Old Rudder |
Now MBW is getting ready to install the new rudder as shown in the following pictures.
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| The Transom from the Side |
The Transom from Underneath
Problems
As with all projects, be they a bathroom renovation or a boat refit, the farther you get into it, the more problems you find and the more you learn about how the product or system is constructed. This is true for Calypso's refit as well.
The Swim Platform
First, there is the swim platform. The hinges on the swim platform were held in place by aluminum straps inside the platform. Over the years, saltwater found these and they corroded and expanded, splitting the platform along a seam. The MBW team had to cut the swim platform open to repair the problem.
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| Jerry with the swim platform |
From the picture above you can see the work that needed to be done to complete the repair of the bottom edge of the swim platform.
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| The top edge of the Swim Platform |
There were also cracks where the external handle of the platform attached to the platform that the team repaired. Shortly it will be ready for repainting with Awlgrip.
Cracks in the Bottom
Of more concern were the hairline cracks in the bottom of Calypso that showed up only after the bottom paint had been removed. These cracks are mostly extensions of the cracks in the topsides of the boat as shown in the picture below.
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| The Crack Extension below the Water Line |
There are a fair number of them and that is unexpected as well. The good news is that none of the cracks are weeping, meaning that no water got into the hull. Instead, apparently, the spider cracks were filled by the barrier coat and paint. They only showed up when the paint was removed. More on this soon.
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