Boat Name Mocked up boat name Painted a waterline Mast Mast was sanded, cleaned and coated with 2 layers of Naylic coating for protection. ( https://www.nyalic.com ) After 48 hours started to reinstall all hardware back. Mast steps reinstalled (riveted) on the mast. Backing plates for mast winches produced from ASA plastic and winches re-installed. Bottom Keel port side last layer of bottom paint applied. Strut mount cavity closed, glassed , and first cover of bottom paint applied. Rudder,stands patches painted with bottom paint. Small things Made New aluminum deck light brackets instead of original mild steel ones. Rebuilt camera/wind instrument. Added power supervisor. Put 3m4300 blob inside the rudder mount spacer. Re-attached autopilot actuator. added 3/8->5/16 spacer to the arm hole, loctited second nut. Tight bolts on engine shaft coupler. Loctite applied. Ad...
Refitting and restoration 47years old Irwin Citation 34 sailboat. Originally Blog is made to motivate myself to continue this hard work. DIY Step by step work. Working almost single-handed. Going to make the boat seaworthy and put it in salt water. Most records are just reminders what and when was done. If you are interesting in some details, please put request to comment. I will provide more information.