Flybridge Removal!!!

We removed the flybridge! Shawn had prepared the flybridge for removal by screwing a board across the seats of the flybridge to stabilize the bridge wings and ease the removal.  Charlie came with the travel lift (with beam attached) and easily lifted off the flybridge and placed it in front of the Yellow Bird.  (Shawn and Charlie did stellar job of finding the “balance spot” for the beam and the flybridge).

We removed the swim platform and brackets in order to (1) brace the swim platform by placing backing plates on the inside of the hull (we found all the underwater screws were deteriorated and need to be replaced) and (2) sand and clean the teak. 

We began polishing (which is going to require LOTS of elbow grease--sadly they don’t sell that at Jett’s Marine where we purchased our supplies!).  We continued to remove stripes, a frustrating and tedious task…not my favorite part of this refurbishment!

We wet-sanded the painted stripes to prepare for repainting. Removing the tape stripes is by far the most frustrating task . Because they are taped (3 layers) and painted over the tape, it is coming off in tiny sections in many areas. I am using a razor scraper and sometimes I can get a good run of tape coming off,  For some of the tougher spots, I tried spraying an adhesive remover on the tape first, but I am not sure it is making it any easier. We thought this part would be a quick “between bigger tasks” but it is becoming a big task in and of itself.