Making our boat feel clean and new inside was important to us because overnighting out on her was always in the plans.

We built new cushions. Foam from www.KnoxFoam.com, fabric from JoAnn's Fabrics.

Built a little galley cabinet on my hands and knees on the garage floor with a skillsaw. (Over the top way of saying no woodshop or even a table saw.) We've since upgraded the little sink pump to an electric pump. It's a cheap one from a auto parts site, but it's worked great for three seasons now.

New carpet in V berth.

Enlarge storage door under V berth. Moved battery forward. Store 6 gallon fresh water tank up there also that hooks to the electric sink pump.

Curtain between fore and aft cabin eliminates the full monty to everyone else in the boat when coming out of the head.

Curtain rod is just a little oval rod that bends easily to follow contour of hull.

I like a separate mattress, instead of covering the entire back aft with cushions. Cheap futon from a discount store works great. Maybe sleeps better than foam cushions too. Maybe.

Futon folds out of the way for room when sailing through the day.

Futon mattress makes up nice. Not just a mess of sleeping bags or covers over foam cushions.

Carpet over storage in the aft floor.

This is usually where our cooler lives during the day: bungeed to the ladder.

Storage under the starboard settee. The plastic bins sit up tight against the top, but are easily removable. To access the bilge.

Another shot of new cushions we built.

New 4stroke Nissan 9.9hp

New custom sails. Old sails were worn and stretched. Got a full batten main slightly larger than the original and a 150 furling genoa.

Full batten main with loose foot sails great, I'm very happy with it. Added bonus is how nice it flakes on the boom.

New main with slightly larger roach, so I raised both ends of the backstay -- see next photo.

Raised backstay at both ends -- extra headroom in the cockpit is a plus.

Nice view of new sheets up against a sunset.

2008 - new bottom paint. Took all the old ablative off and got her down to white gelcoat. Big job.

Looks like an episode of Dirtiest Jobs, yeah?

Took me over a week of evenings: sanding and sanding and more sanding.

Hang the boat in my granfather's barn to finish up sanding and painting.

Angled it in, so I put each of four points hanging from a different truss. Then a leg under each truss for security. I kept some other safety straps loose during much of the work.

A little fiberglass resin here and there in old scratches and nicks in the gelcoat.

After I did it, I was glad I dropped the swing keel out, it resulted in a better paint job on the hull, keel, and keel trunk.

I tried disc sanders, an orbital 1/4 sheet sander, hand sanding, 3M stripping pads on drills and grinders -- you name it I tried it to see if anything would make the job any easier.

Three coats of Pettit Vivid epoxy primter to add a barrier coat. Final coat of epoxy has to chemically tie to first coat of paint so timing is crucial between those two coats.

Ready to apply Pettit Vivid paint.

Final paint. Tried to mix black Vivid into the Red to come up with a Burgundy color. Not completely happy with the color and it's going lighter after being in the water. Next time, in a year or two, I think I'll go with black Vivid over this coating.

Purchased all my paint and supplies on the net from from Jamestown Distributors.

Built boards that make the cockpit into a bed. The bed is in three pieces so it will go through the Laz door for storage. Rebuilt the cockpit cushions with new foam from www.knoxfoam.com.

I wanted to keep my new sails as light as possible, so I didn't have a cover sewn into the furling jib. That means we had to build a sock to protect the sail from UV. We sewed the main sail cover and also lifeline bumpers.