Well, some of you know the story of my Cal. I found her with fresh water
below deck from rain, hauled her, and did a complete top to bottom
rework/refit. The only things that remained from the original were the hull
(removed the head, patched, resealed, repaired), keel (restored, faired),
mast (repaired), rudder (restored rather than replaced), and a few bits of
hardware. I put in legal wiring, a battery, lights, etc. It was a great
learning experience.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"DSK" wrote in message
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A general question- what is the most ambitious boat repair or improvement
project you've accomplished? What project would you like to take on?

I know of people who have rewired boats, repowered, repaired major hull
damage, and so on. I met a lot of sailors who seem reluctant to take on
big projects, and we other who are perpetually working on their boats.

At the moment I'm putting a new deck on our tugboat. But I'd rank that as
mundane, the toughest project I've tried is making a competitive racing
baby out of a 20 year old Lightning. This went through 3 phases, the first
two were moderate successes and I never got to try the final result.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King