RE: [Cal_Boats] Cal 33 'Puffin' cabin sole replacement

Thanks for sharing the pictures! From: "'Harleigh Ewell' ha… [at] gmail.com [Cal_Boats]" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Date: 3/16/17 9:33 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, 'NEWMAN' <d2… [at] gmail.com> Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Cal 33 'Puffin' cabin sole replacement Looking good!HarleighCal 31 Kat’s Cradle From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 4:28 PM To: ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Cal 33 'Puffin' cabin sole replacement Work is progressing on replacing the cabin sole in Puffin, our 1986 Cal 33. We have demo'ed the sole and was able to get all but the V birth sections out in one piece so had good templates. Used my timber framing chisels to drive under the plywood and pry. The floor was glued down with some kind of white silicone. The chisel method worked very good. I made a paper template and successfully shaped a new piece for the V birth since that piece had to be partially destroyed to get it up. Here are some pictures of the work. We are now waiting for warmer weather so I can seal the plywood (top, edges and bottom). Then we will apply varnish. I still need to add some teak trim pieces, but for the most part the floor sections are fitted and we have them home awaiting sealer. I plan to reuse two of the center sections. Leslie NewmanVirginia This past Sunday. The boat yard has already painted Puffin's bottom. My wife Claire working very hard. V Birth piece ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Sure. Someone else sent me their cabin sole pics and it really helped me understand what I faced and gave me a little more confidence to tackle the job. I hope maybe seeing what's under the plywood in Puffin will help someone else. For me the most time consuming part of it has been fitting all the sections. So much fine tuning by sanding is required. But it's actually been fun. I like this sort of project. Leslie On Saturday, March 18, 2017, matthewt316 ma… [at] yahoo.com [Cal_Boats] < Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > [Attachment(s) <#m_7526794397253739200_TopText> from matthewt316 included > below] > > Thanks for sharing the pictures! > > > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "'Harleigh Ewell' ha… [at] gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ha… [at] gmail.com');> [Cal_Boats]" < > Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com');>> > Date: 3/16/17 9:33 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com');>, 'NEWMAN' < > d2… [at] gmail.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','d2… [at] gmail.com');>> > Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Cal 33 'Puffin' cabin sole replacement > > > > Looking good! > > Harleigh > > Cal 31 Kat’s Cradle > > > > *From:* Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com');> [mailto: > Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com');>] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 16, 2017 4:28 PM > *To:* ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ca… [at] yahoogroups.com');> > *Subject:* [Cal_Boats] Cal 33 'Puffin' cabin sole replacement > > > > > > Work is progressing on replacing the cabin sole in Puffin, our 1986 Cal > 33. We have demo'ed the sole and was able to get all but the V birth > sections out in one piece so had good templates. Used my timber framing > chisels to drive under the plywood and pry. The floor was glued down with > some kind of white silicone. The chisel method worked very good. I made a > paper template and successfully shaped a new piece for the V birth since > that piece had to be partially destroyed to get it up. > > > > Here are some pictures of the work. We are now waiting for warmer weather > so I can seal the plywood (top, edges and bottom). Then we will apply > varnish. > > > > I still need to add some teak trim pieces, but for the most part the floor > sections are fitted and we have them home awaiting sealer. I plan to reuse > two of the center sections. > > > > Leslie Newman > > Virginia > > > > This past Sunday. The boat yard has already painted Puffin's bottom. > > > > > > My wife Claire working very hard. > > > > > > > > > > > V Birth piece > > > ​ > ​ > ​ > ​ > ​ > ​ > > >