Monday, June 13, 2011

Reunited


It has been a long time since Me Voy's cushions were last out, and despite their current ragged condition,  everyone is happy to see them. The cushions arrival signaled the beginning of the long awaited clean -up.  On this day all the tools get put away, materials get taken off the boat, and we begin to wrap up the galley build with several fresh coats of varnish. This magical day was last Saturday, and it was even better then I imagined.

A full galley blog will have to wait,  but for now, here are a few pics from Saturday. We sanded and varnished the countertops and cabinets that Travis has been working on. I got to fully appreciate the difficulty of the job he was faced with, as I sanded the cabinets inch by inch. In true boat style, each cabinet, each molding is a unique piece of artwork, shaped and painstakingly fitted by the sculptor. In the four years of working on the boat, Travis has gone from wet behind the ears, to the "wood guy", to the professional yacht carpenter,  to a magician, making the dreams we dreamt on those very same cushions manifest right before my eyes. It all smells a bit like "The Secret", yes that... and sweat.



There is still some missing details but this is the overall design. Here's what it looked like a couple of months ago and how it looks today.





And in case you thought this was just some kind of hocus pocus job,  I wanted to show you the guts of this construction. No messin around here, all our holds have been painted and are ready to accept our bounty. Likewise all plumbing has been re-soldered, the water tank filled, and we now have running water aboard Me Voy. This is a first in our history together, and another milestone in the project. 

6 comments:

Bill K said...

Really looking good :))

Bill Kelleher

rob said...

Really great job guys!:o))

Mid-Life Cruising! said...

Beautiful job! I love the one, large sink in the galley. I hate our two little sinks!

Travis and Maggie said...

Thanks guys! We got the sink from Home Depot, after deciding that boat sinks were just too small, or the larger ones, too expensive! Plus I really didn't like the stainless bowls so much. They make so much noise, but this weird composite one is so quiet and almost soft. I didn't know if I was going to like the color, but now that we're looking at it it looks to me like it was made for this boat. We got a regular house faucet with a spray nozzle too, for those dog baths in the sink. I got to spray down Chopper in the sink already and he fits great inside that big bowl.

Laura and Hans said...

What a huge difference! I can't imagine taking on that much work.

Travis and Maggie said...

Ha ha , no when you imagine it its perfect, and it didn't take any work at all! That's the funnest part of any project I think, imagining it, doing is a different story...