I've finally got some updates for the Periwinkle II here. Terry has been extremely busy on the boat and it's hard to tell from a quick glance, but quite a few items have now been completed and it's not long now until the new engine can finally go in. According to Terry though, it looks like he won't be going sailing this year, just too many things to finish up.

First up is the obligatory shot of Terry hard at work:

That's after a night of fiberglass grinding all over the place. The boat was a mess, here are a few pics to show that..

An immense amount of fiberglass dust but it's all cleaned up and the aft end of the boat is looking pretty sharp. A lot of work was done back there to smooth things out and get rid of shoddy workmanship back there from either previous owners or original builders. Terry is very meticulous and doesn't like to see anything out of place or under his standards. In other words, the boat should be completely rebuilt by the time he's finished with it!

Moving on to another item he needed to get on with, there's a problem with the current wiring in place. The electrical lines that come in happen to cross to the starboard side from port for no real apparent reason other than to supply electricity to one light. From there, the electrical then goes back across to the port side to supply juice to the rest of the boat. Strange setup for sure and the wire is just in the way:

Of course, Terry can't leave a rat's nest like this hanging around:

So that all got removed and the holes that you can see here:

have been filled in and the whole area is now ready for a good coating of fiberglass. That's nicely cleaned up compared to what it used to look like:

Last but not least in this particular update is the new supports for the new fuel tank. The current (now removed) tank was a small tank in the lazarette. It leaked too I think.. anyways, completely inadequate and Terry is going to have a custom one made up to accommodate his heavy usage of the motor that he's going to put in once he finally gets this boat on the water and ready to go. Just for fun I'm sure he'll zip around at full throttle just because he can!

Anyways, the supports are custom made fiberglass pieces, here is one in a test fit:

It's just a matter of time now before he gets all that fiberglassing done back there, a coat of paint, tank supports, engine supports, plumbing and ... I think that's about it and then he can get the engine in. Not long now!

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