Eighteen years in Alaska has not been easy on the old girl–it’s time to fess up about deferred maintenance and get out the wrecking bars and nail pullers. This is the Texas deck portside looking aft–this is the step into the pilot house where I had made temporary repairs enroute during the trip south two years ago.
Yikes! This whole coaming was installed in 1998–22 years ago.
The entire roof and siding came off the aft bunkroom (behind the chart room).
Three types of wood and repairs: 1. bottom fir 1930, 1. middle AK yellow cedar current, 3. top 1990s repairs (fir). Now window frame and pocket–the water runs into a canvas pocket and out a drain hole to he outside.
Forward coaming removed. Deck repair.
Repairs completed with hardwood. Mast step on right.
Here’s the pilot house step area repaired–like new!
Yellow cedar siding. The step is last.
Here’s the new roof over the chartroom/bunk area–AK Yellow Cedar–brand new! The pilot house was repaired in 1990 and is OK.
Did the same treatment as the galley–varnished AYC overhead–this is the bunkroom and will be deluxe when finished. 
Here’s the aft deck where the winch was—terrible!
My, oh, my–what a mess. This is where the deck winch was–the torque from towing, etc. had opened the decking and allowed leaks to penetrate–also the downspouts from the Texas deck emptied here and didn’t always make it out the scuppers–all boats have a list and water pools from side to side. This is the result.
This is the new deck beam scarfed in. Beams are spaced about every 6″ here under the winch–skookum! I’ll replace the winch which is getting rebuilt with a new brake and clutch. Gotta have a winch on a towboat.
Last year’s work on the stern–like new–this whole counter (curved section) is Port Orford Cedar which never rots. I’ve tracked down some POC and have ordered it for replacement of all beams in this aft section.
Here’s the section around the rudder post.
A new “shelf” installed out of purpleheart. Air receiver will bet another coat of paint at this stage before the decks go back in place.
New deck beams in place–all Port Orford Cedar. Hatch frame renewed. We’re decking also with POC which will hopefully last another century–like the stern counter. I’ve owned this boat now for 28 years–about as long as Foss, and will be selling her when this renovation is complete. Of course, I’ll continue to drive her about in the meantime. It comes with a permanent moorage in the boatyard where the work is done. Spread the word!