We tried our best to not paint the hull. It was in good shape but for a number of reasons decided to paint it. The paint had a year or 2 left in it but what made the most sense in the long run was to paint the hull while the boat was here all …
We decided to cut off the old covering boards and put new ones on. The current ones were really thin for heavy tackle. If we were fishing lighter line I would have gone with what we had. We had under a 1/2 inch of boards left so here are a shots of the old boards …
We are at the end of week 3 in these pictures. The painting is going well. Lots of sanding and dust. Here you see the parts we are working on and the hard top being painted with primer. The light boxes are on in the middle shot ready for primer. I was building and priming …
Bob McGowan hunted with me on an overnight hunt to Delico Ranch. We met at 12:00 in the afternoon and got set up at the house there at the ranch. We were able to get our goat late in the evening when the goats came up the cliff side to graze on the big bluff …
Week 3 Tracy and I started on the interior. I built and Tracy filled and helped me install everything. We moved some things around and with the new windows in we were able to work on the interior. We had to fill all of the holes that were drilled all over the cabin to put …
Tracy and dad Steve got the varnish all done in week 2. They got 6 good coats on everything so we are all sealed up. We are ready for the painters to start priming. I got the post mixed up here a little but the priming can start now the the varnish is done. We …
Roberto Martinez of Akazawa painting sprays the primer here after the windows were put in. Mike Akazawa and Roberto got the molded front pieces in and I got the trims put back on so the primer could be sprayed. We are going to prime the trims twice to be sure we get a good seal …
Rob Ellyn got the old gen set out and got the new one measured and ready to make the pan that was on the old one fit on ready. It clears the engine room by a 1/4 inch at the top. We went from a 6 kw to a 10 kw to help keep up …
We have had a great first week. Everything has gone well so far. The planning is a process we are still going through at this point trying to keep going forward and still figure out what really needs to get done now and what can wait until later. Rob Ellyn and I have come up …
The covering boards are so thin that we decided to go with new ones. We found the wood here in Kona at Hardwoods. The reason we decided to go ne was that they were so thin that the 130 tackle would most likely crack these. It was missing over a 1/4 of an inch of …
We decided to keep the old windscreen off the boat. It was made out of plexiglass as well as the windows and just isn’t going to hold up to the Kona sun. The screen was put in very well and very hard to get out. I had to take it off when I was in …
Tracy Epstein has been doing varnish with his dad Steve and I for years now and is going to be doing a bunch of the varnish work on this job. He has gotten very good with the prep and the brushing. We all will be helping but for the majority of this job but he …
Mike Akazawa and Roberto of Akazawa painting are on the job again this year and are working on the front windows. They are curved around the port and starboard corners of the house. They are plexiglass and need to be replaced. The cost of real glass was going to be very high so we decided …
The windows on Gamefisherman boats are plexi glass and after 10 years or so need to be replaced. These were ready. The rest of the boat is in great shape. We have to cut the window trim out using a special tool and get the trims out with out breaking them. Epoxy the frames and …
The Redding family came out with us today looking for some small game and a day on the water. The bait was hard to find today but eventually we found a good school of bait to work. We caught a bunch of oi oi that Tracy saved for bait for later. We trolled a bit …