For'ard cabin

The previous owner had a fire onboard. He and the boat were very lucky to survive. He had no smoke alarms and a fan in the for'ard cabin caught fire during the night when he was asleep. This caught the wood alight and in the process doing damage to the to a significant amount of the woodwork. The fire put itself out, but the woodwork looked really bad. He never bothered much with it as the for'ard cabin was not used as a cabin but as his workshop.

We have now started on the interior restoration, so I have removed the front of the locker in the for'ard cabin and will be working at replacing and upgrading. I have also started stripping the varnish off the wood to re-varnish. In the saloon the varnish is matt, whereas in the cabins it's a mixture of gloss and matt, so when I re-varnish I will make it all matt.

The Fein Multimaster is really coming into its own - not only did I use the saw blade to cut out the old panel in a way that would have been impossible with even a jig-saw, but the sanding attachment allows getting into the ridges and corners of the cabin.

It's going to be a long task doing the woodwork, so watch this space...