Last modified 30 May 2008 by Bob Burchsted

Nautorious Repair - Week 1

October 2002

Photos are courtesy of Andrew Dickinson at Jamestown Boat Yard

Week 1

Nautorious was delivered to Jamestown Boat Yard on 19 September. It was hauled and placed into a shed on 20 September. The first week consisted of protecting the interior, exploratory grinding, and removal of the refrigeration unit.

• Preparation for removing the fridge. The stove and cabinets have been removed.

  

• Fridge removal

  

• Refrigerator aft bulkhead needed to be cut.

  

• Refrigerator bulkhead viewed from pilot berth. Although dificult to see, the cracking is visible as white cracks underneath the top 'stringer' (which is the backing for the indented cove stripe).

  

• Refrigerator bulkead as viewed from the galley. The hull cracking can be seen below the cove stripe stringer. This bulkhead will need to be cut out to allow grinding down of the fiberglass on the interior.

  

• Cracking around the aft refrigerator bulkhead.

  

• Lifting the forward part of the toe rail.

  

• The exploratory grinding around the damage. The toerail has been removed. The cracking goes up into the hull/deck joint, requiring the removal of deck planks.

  

• Closer view of cracking near hull/deck joint. The toe rail has been removed.

  

• Yet another view of the cracking around the hull/deck joint.

  

• The major impact area of the hull.

  

Scanned Photos

Photos taken by Bob and Kristin Burchsted

This shows where the fridge went, and the padding around the wood. They have scrapped off some of the brown gelcoat to better see the damage.

Another view of the interior, where the fridge used to be. You can see where the bulkhead has been cut away against the hull.

This is what greeted us when we arrived on the weekend at Jamestown - shattered pieces of our new teak deck on the ground!

The four planks removed! (Expensive) Teak splinters everywhere! (Sorry the photo is crooked). You can see where the forward part of the toe rail was lifted. The aft toe rail was removed.

A view of the boat in the 'shed'.

The forward part of the toe rail, lifted.

The damaged area, ground down to see the extent of the damaged area.

Week 2