Exposed Core

At Reuwer Boat Works, Winsome's damaged fiberglass deck and balsa core are in the process of being removed.  As we expected, the damage is pretty severe.  The photo at left shows that much of the rear deck above the lazarette had rotten core which had to be removed.  At this point, Reuwer has removed damaged areas of the side decks just aft of midship.  Now that Winsome is completely under cover for the winter, we've removed the lazarette hatch, the forward hatch, and the main sliding hatch.  The main hatch was brought home so the old teak plywood inlay can be replaced with new.
















Our machinist friend is busy working on fabricating a new aluminum instrument panel that will accommodate a new VDO tachometer, oil pressure, and water temperature gauges based on my layout at right.  The proposed layout includes a vertical cluster of navigation light switches and autopilot harness.  The lower horizontal cluster consists of blower motor, choke, and ignition moving from left to right. 


Once all the fiberglass repairs have been completed (hopefully in February or March), arrangements have been made for Winsome to be hauled to Sailing Associates in Fredericktown, MD where she'll be refit and recommissioned.  Sailing Associates was chosen because that location is quite a bit closer to home and there's a marine hardware store within walking distance.  Once Winsome is back in the water and re-rigged the plan is to sail her to Raritan Bay via the C&D canal, Delaware Bay, Cape May, and then up the coast of New Jersey.  We chose this location because it's very close to our home and puts us within easy sailing distance of Long Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod.