Photos of the Acrux, taken December 2003
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What follows are the photos I took of the Acrux sailboat, in the Proffesional Marine Construction Port Orchard (Washington state) boatyard on December 31, 2003.  The work on rebuilding the boat is about 1/4 done; at this point it is pretty well stripped down and nearly ready to begin building it back up again.


1. Repairs to the floor 'joists' below the stairs into the main cabin. 


2.  Richie is looking out the port window in the main cabin--literally!!
Note the missing hatch!  It is ready to be replaced with a new one.

 

3. Richie (again).

4. Hatch in the port alama (outrigger).  Completely stripped out and
ready to be rebuilt.  The wood on the inside walls was removed because
of some rot, and it is ready to be replaced.

5.  Cotpit, looking starboard; it is pretty well stripped down.

6.  Cotpit, looking forward and starboard.

7. Aft cabin and hatch.  Dillon working dilligently while we wander around
taking photos!  Richie in the background, supervising.

 

8. Frankie and Richie in the cotpit.

9. Ditto, looking aft.

10. Main mast step, between two windows into the main cabin.

11. Roof of the main cabin.

12. Roof of the head.

13. Bow and bow hatch.  It is all nicely stripped down!

14. Aft mast step.

15. This is the crane used to pick the Acrux up.

16. The fiberglass from under the waterline was fine--so it was
not stripped off.

 

17. Port alma.  Shows where the wood was damaged/removed
and ready to be replaced.

18. This is all the junk that came off the boat.

19. The framewok for the addition to the boat--a sugar scoup.

20. Looking into the aft end of the boat.

21. Bottom details, where the fiberglass will overlap the old
glass.

22. Looking down the inside of the alma.

23. The Acrux in the shop (a tent built around the boat).

24. Ditto.


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