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I semi-retired last summer and this is my new hobby to keep me out of trouble.
Since putting it in a slip here in San Diego last Fall I have been working on updating the electronics and painting the interior of the pilot house.
I experimented with paint techniques and covering certain limited areas but once a new area was done the old area next to it stuck out like a sore thumb especially the 1.5" trim around the windows. I ended up repainting the whole pilot house interior minus the overhead. Awlgrip products were used start to finish, two coats of Awlgrip 545 primer, two coats of high build primer, two more coats of 545 and then finally three top coats of Morrinsville Double. There was a lot of sanding especially on the trim around the windows. I used a gravity fed HVLP spray gun and had to thin a little more than the Awlgrip recommendation to achieve good atomization. All in all it was a satisfactory result with just one mysterious horizontal defect all the way across the lower part of the instrument panel. An 18" x 2" sticker that says Seacraft Seamaster would be nice to find and use to cover up the defect.
There was a bench on the port side which was replaced with a matching Stidd chair. I found the chairs listed for sale on the Trawler Forum that were on a yacht in Washington state. We talked about shipping them but I asked if they were coming to San Diego anytime soon and as luck would have it three months later they were here and I picked them up at a harbor nearby.
Other updates include AC shore power panel, autopilot, updated 4G radar, Simrad 12 and 9" MFDs, and a 48 gallon bait tank.
A Fusion head unit was installed with four 7" speakers, a 10 sub and 1600 watt amp. I have never had a kicking stereo before and was very pleasantly surprised how well it sounds especially given that it is a boat.
A SS rocket launcher is supposed to be delivered this weekend to install on the hard top. Other plans included adding a swimstep across the transom,
Since putting it in a slip here in San Diego last Fall I have been working on updating the electronics and painting the interior of the pilot house.
I experimented with paint techniques and covering certain limited areas but once a new area was done the old area next to it stuck out like a sore thumb especially the 1.5" trim around the windows. I ended up repainting the whole pilot house interior minus the overhead. Awlgrip products were used start to finish, two coats of Awlgrip 545 primer, two coats of high build primer, two more coats of 545 and then finally three top coats of Morrinsville Double. There was a lot of sanding especially on the trim around the windows. I used a gravity fed HVLP spray gun and had to thin a little more than the Awlgrip recommendation to achieve good atomization. All in all it was a satisfactory result with just one mysterious horizontal defect all the way across the lower part of the instrument panel. An 18" x 2" sticker that says Seacraft Seamaster would be nice to find and use to cover up the defect.
There was a bench on the port side which was replaced with a matching Stidd chair. I found the chairs listed for sale on the Trawler Forum that were on a yacht in Washington state. We talked about shipping them but I asked if they were coming to San Diego anytime soon and as luck would have it three months later they were here and I picked them up at a harbor nearby.
Other updates include AC shore power panel, autopilot, updated 4G radar, Simrad 12 and 9" MFDs, and a 48 gallon bait tank.
A Fusion head unit was installed with four 7" speakers, a 10 sub and 1600 watt amp. I have never had a kicking stereo before and was very pleasantly surprised how well it sounds especially given that it is a boat.
A SS rocket launcher is supposed to be delivered this weekend to install on the hard top. Other plans included adding a swimstep across the transom,
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