1987 SR 230 Cubby Cabin Restoration and Pulpit

[Old Blue]

Well just thought I would share some of the pictures I just took after a years work on my boat. I just finished installing my pulpit which has a 700 pro fish windless with 125 ft. rode and 10ft chain 18 lb danforth anchor (will power spray anchor later not sure what color yet). Most of the teak I replaced and sanded and refinished. On the teak I used natural Cetol (product of Sikkens) as I applied 3 coates natural and 4 coates high gloss, went 4 and 4 on the pulpit. Had the side pannels re-upholstered and I used a hard board 1/2 which I trimmed in teak. I still have quite a way to go still as I am working on my cabin doors, as I am going to refinish the teak and give her a paint job (not sure what paint to get). One thing about teak I found out is that if you sand it down good you cant tell the difference between the new and the old, just have to make sure you get all the oils out of the old teak. I want to thank everyone for giving me some good tips on helping me through this process. Now its time to catch some steelhead.
Thanks again.

 

[Old Blue]

OOPS! Did not snap down my carpet that is why you see wrinkles in it.

 

[Crave1957]

one question. How do you know when all the teak oil has been removed?
Thx Mike

 

[Old Blue]

What I did was wipe the old teak with a good teak oil remover soaked the teak with a rag let is sit for a min.and used a soft wire brush and and scrubbed it while rinsing it with water as you can see the oil coming out of the wood. You just have to keep applying the remover until the rinse water is fairly clear. About 3 pases it usually took me. If your teak is old and you have not treated it, it does not take much. Final touch is 220 sand paper.

 

[moparlvr4406]

very nice job...be proud :thumbsup:

 

[Big Island Lifer]

Beautiful rig!

I have pulpit / windlass envy!

 

[Al Childress]

Very nice Sea Ray! I have the exact match, same year, length, color scheme, layout, even the trailer. I was wondering if you could post the dimensions of the pulpit you made for your windless setup? If you id not make the pulpit, where did you purchase? That is the best set-up I've seen yet for our style vessel. Al Childress

 

[Coastal Confessions]

What did you do with the laminated wood to revive it? Some say sand it and oil it, some say oil it, some say get rid of it and start over.

 

[Old Blue]

Al I built the pulpit myself I used 1 1/4 teak as it is the same thickness as my deck around the anchor locker. It is 4' long and 18.5 wide (with of the anchor locker). I built an aluminum 1/2 angle frame around the anchor locker to strengthen the windless. I used the FS 2 roller housing from butler marine http://www.butlermarine.com/accessories.shtml . One thing is important I did not think that I would have enough room for my rode to go into my anchor locker so I cut out the floor of the locker and built a aluminum chute which I gained 16 inches, so I can handle 135 of rode including chain. The rode drops right down nice and smooth. I used 8 plait rope it is much more flexible than 3. I am using a 20 lb danforth anchor and it holds good on the river. I will post some pictures of what I did. If they don't attach here I will post them on another post. Hope this helps.

 

[Old Blue]

I used a teak oil cleaner with a soft wire brush and kept rinsing the teak, and then after it dried I used 180 to 220 sand paper to get it as smooth as glass. I applied 3 coats of Cetol (product of Sikkens) natural color and 3 to 4 coats of high gloss for the finish. I would not advise you to oil your teak, as that is what I did the first time and 4 weeks later it looked terrible. It looked like it was on my boat for years and had the weather look. So I spent a month removing all the teak and stripping it all down again and that was a BIG PAIN. Cetol is the way to go I should not have to touch the teak for a year or two. I am happy with the results.