Updating the V-Berth

 Updating the V-Berth

The V-Berth in our boat was the original materiel.  As you can see it's was very dark and stained.  This is after I streamed cleaned it last summer.

First step was to remove all the old material on the bulkheads and deck-head.  This was very easy to pull off.  I cleaned all syrfaces with paint thinner and lightly sanded it to remove any extra junk that was stuck to the surfaces.

Clean water tank and compartments as well.

Stbd side showing water pump.

 

 

 

 

 

I purchased new material from the "Yacht Shop" here in Halifax.  I laid out the old material over the new material and used them as template to cut out the new pieces.

Back of port and starboard sides.

3M spray on glue.  Worked great!

First two pieces.

No job on a boat is done right without some blood offerings to the gods.  Gun tape is great for everything.

Refinished all the wood in the V-Berth as well.

Almost finished.

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Finished V-Berth

Refinished deck.

As any job this job took a lot longer then I thought it would.  But I guess that was because I decided to refinish the wood inside of the v-berth as well.  Plus it is winter and I had to warm up the cabin each time before I could work in there.  I brought the trim, doors and floor boards home to refinish.  The total cost was around $200.00 in materials.  But I think it was worth the time and money.  It's like we have a brand new cabin in the front of our boat now.