October 2006 - "DONE"! All key hardware is on the deck now - look for more pictures of me sailing than working. :-)
Done is in quotes since there are, of course, more things that I want to do - spinnaker rigging, rebuild V-berth, rebuild cabin floor, etc. A boat is never really done.
Pix are here in reverse order (most recent first). Occasionally I weed out older pictures - ask for a repost if I threw away something you need to see.
In response to questions I've started adding more detailed descriptions about my work - starting with the painting and bulkhead notes. Feel free to add questions or comments to any picture (and a guestbook entry so I know to look for your comments).
Album by Rich. Photos by Andrea & Rich. 1 - 194 of 194 Total. 13709 Visits.
loved your pictures:however lost a full day of work My son and I are looking at a j24 in the atlanta area hull #123 that is for sale. just wondering if might know the boat and if so what kind of condition it may be in. Don't mind doing the work but don't want to get in over my head. Thank You Steven Case - steven case, Wed, 24 Jun 2009 7:20AM
I am about too complete a full restoration on my J24 hull #6. Its been cray and fun. I am Awl Gripping the deck and topsides this month and will post some pics when its done. Its been a long haul, I had the deck floating 2" above the hull at one point. You have done a very nice job, I understand what work and effort you have put into your boat. Cheers and happy sailing. - Steven, Mon, 9 Mar 2009 7:47AM
Beautiful job! I did one this past winter, it already had the verm job done. My boat is #1837 Grey Fox (after R.E.Lee)and is painted medium Grey with a light grey deck! I love the pictures of it on the water, the grey is incredible! I know you will enjoy the heck out of that boat, I know I do! Keep it flat!
I was in Defender in Waterford, CT today and noticed 4 Schaefer chainplate covers hanging on the wall. If they are useful to other J24 owners in your area check defender.com, call them and they'll certainly send them to you. - David Lodge | davidlodgestudios.com, Mon, 28 Jul 2008 3:17PM
This is an incredibly useful site! You have answered so many of my questions in one web visit. Thanks for putting this site together for the J24 community! I have a question about photo 126 when you have time to read it. Thanks again. - John French, Thu, 15 May 2008 2:11PM
Mars - I fixed the hatches the best I could, fashioned new slide pieces on each hatch and did new slide rails with aluminum. I think the Waterlines $2.5k kit is for conversion to the new-style sea hood companionway. - Rich - Rich, Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:21AM
We are working on a J/24 upgrade. What did you do about the companionway hatch. Waterlines wants $2500 for a new hatch kit. R - Mars, Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:57AM
Great Job. I'm helping my son restore hull # 825 (year 1978). Lots of work that creats pains where you didn't know you could get them.
Question: What did you use to replace the companion way hatch slides (the 1 inch batten type material that the hatch rides on)? Yours looks like it is new. - Doug Longhini, Wed, 16 Jan 2008 5:31AM
25 7/4 - Installing Stereo Initial marks on port closet.
26 7/4 - We have tunes! Installed stereo. Note "creative" speaker wire routing since wire is too short for proper installation...
27 7/4 - Behind the Music Ok, this needs some more work - and better connectors. Till then it is electrical taped together to make sure everything works.
28 7/4 - Chainplate Covers A friend is making his own chainplate covers - here's how they look next to the "official" brand.
29 7/2 - Toerail 2 This one installed much quicker. Here we're drilling the first hole.
30 7/2 - Toerail 2 1st bolt
31 7/2 - Cool Rich Just kidding - it's $#@!* hot in Georgia this summer.
34 6/24 - Toerail 1 Midst of drilling holes to mount stbd. mid toerail.
35 6/24 - Toerail 1 Closeup of screw and pre-drill alignment marks.
36 6/10 - Genoa Tracks Cut out holes in tape for bolts.
37 6/10 - Genoa Tracks Trim around track base.
38 6/10 - Genoa Tracks Ready for sealant & lockdown
39 6/10 - Genoa Tracks In place with sealant
40 6/10 - The Locals
41 6/2 - Toerail Cutting Using a router to roundly trim top edges of new toerail. Finish surface and edge rounding with palm sander.
42 5/29 - Genoa Track Holes Starboard side - ready for epoxy
43 5/29 - Genoa Track Layout Port side - lines on deck
44 5/29 - Genoa Track Holes Underside of deck - taped to hold epoxy.
105 degrees (F) on this day. >:-O
45 5/29 - Port Winch
46 5/29 - Starboard Winch
47 4/22 - Compass Lights Rewiring job
48 4/22 - Compass & Instrument Wiring
49 4/22 - New V-Berth Light
50 4/22 - Hairball Behind my switch panel... I'll try to get a better picture of this area.
51 4/22 - New Instrument Raymarine ST40 Bidata. It's grey - as all things on the outside of this boat should be.
52 4/9 - Inside Bow Running light wiring.
53 4/9 - Wiring Closet Routing wires to front of bulkhead. This was still "in progress" at time of photo.
54 4/9 - Wiring In v-berth, from wiring closet.
55 4/9 - V-Berth Wires Transducers, battery, anchor light wire. You can see ground wire coming out from under tabbing and going to mast step beam.
56 4/9 - New Traveler Nice!
57 4/9 - New Traveler Line end attachment.
58 3/25/2006 - Filled Sump With lifting bar and nuts reinstalled (using that shiny thing).
Almost ready to sail! "How many total pints,..." "Nice work. What's th..." "I put them on at 100 ..." "R: I did some "b..." View Comments...
59 3/25 - Sump Filling Stack Bottom used milled fiberglass as filler - switched to high density West System filler for top layers.
This is cool since you can see the layers that I poured. "Am I looking at two, ..." "More like, um, 18 pou..." View Comments...
60 3/18/2006 - Sump, More Full Almost done. Plastic blocks in the middle to create space for lifting strap shackle to go under the bar between keel bolts.
61 3/5/2006 - Sump, Partial Fill As far as I got on the 1st day.
62 3/5 - Sump, Pre-Fill View from aft. Cutting board as dam/form for epoxy.
Stuff you don't see: 1. Boat is on trailer & adjusted so that tall keel bolts are vertical. 2. Dam is angled a bit towards back of boat to leave easier access to un-filled forward sump.
63 3/5 - Sump, Pre-Fill View from forward. Note high tech dam sealant...
64 3/1/06 - Working Rich - Sticking it to the bulkhead.
65 3/1 - Bulkhead Finished glass - port side
66 3/1 - Bulkhead Finished glass - stbd. side
67 3/1 - Bulkhead Glass Under sink
68 3/1 - Bulkhead Aux. tabbing on rear side. Not my best work...
69 3/1 - Bulkhead Glass in port locker.
70 3/1 - Bulkhead Rear I decided not to glass this (for now?) since I believe that epoxy between the boards and the front-side glass are very strong... but I'm honestly guessing and trying to preserve some cosmetics.
I'll paint over this with a coat of epoxy to get a nice finish.
71 2/28/06 - Prepped Bulkhead Tape outlines the area I sanded for tabbing.
72 2/28 - Prepped Bulkhead In place - stbd. side
73 2/28 - Prepped Bulkhead Glued with epoxy & clamped. "What is that round cu..." "R: I cut that so I co..." View Comments...
74 2/28 - Glued Bulkhead Port side - filet of epoxy at bottom, clamped epoxy at top.
75 2/28 - Glued Bulkhead Stbd. side
76 2/28 - Bulkhead Clamps Top view through hatch - shower rod presses new bottom part to fit slight curve in bulkhead top.
77 2/26/06 - Bulkhead Prep Target area - from rear.
Port cover is positioned where I will cut opening for rear side tabbing attempt.
78 2/26 - Port Corner From rear, inside port locker.
79 2/26 - Under sink
80 2/26 - Starboard From front "Were you able to acce..." "I removed _some_ of t..." View Comments...
81 2/26 - Port From front
82 2/26 - Sump View to rear. Planning to put in dam between high bolts and low bolts - then fill rear area with epoxy & chopped fiberglass mixture. "The vermiculite is un..." "Moisture is undoubted..." View Comments...
83 2/26 - Boom End Results of my "fix" for old sheave problems (see 7/22/2004 picture, below)
84 2/5/2006 - Boat Visit Came by for a few small tasks. Cold and/or wet weather is blocking the next major repairs...
Brought my professional photographer along this time. :-)
85 1/15/2006 - New slip The marina moved everybody off my nice old dock to make room for houseboats... bah! Here's the new slip - next to Hunter 25.5
86 1/15 - Bow Installed chocks. Need to clean up previous hardware mounts, but that's lower priority...
87 1/15 - Starboard Chainplate With the "deluxe" $25 chainplate cover from US Watercraft. Don't lose these, ever. "They,or rather,it,loo..." "It is a direct replac..." "I'm apparently more t..." "I bought chainplate c..." "Schaefer's response w..." "I guess that leaves U..." View Comments...
88 1/15 - Traveler Hardware Pictured in place, but not bolted down. I'm looking at buying new Harken traveler hardware - which makes the chainplate cover look almost free... :-\
New bulkhead piece in background with its fitting tool. "What is the procedure..." "I'm gonna do this the..." "If you are planning o..." "I have excavated the ..." "It's my understanding..." "Well, one thing is cl..." "I may have mislead yo..." "When I got verm out o..." View Comments...
89 12/11/05 - Docked, At Last! Relaunched on 12/4.
Last day of work for 2005 to install chainplates, traveller beam and hatch door.
Tested new bulkhead bottom again - hull shape changed slightly from being on trailer without good keel support. Not big, but a few millimeters here and there.
90 12/11 - Chainplate Holes Filled with epoxy linings and ready to mount chainplates.
I'll step the mast sometime early in 2006.
Haven't found time to cleanup current hardware mountings.
91 11/25/2005 - Deck Hardware Stanchions & rails mounted. Next - chainplate holes. "Can you explain the u..." "I'm bedding deck hard..." View Comments...
92 11/19/2005 - Deck Hardware Whole boat picture.
I may paint the hatch centers to match the non-skid color. Or maybe not - since that would diminish light inside the boat.
93 11/19 - Deck Hardware Bow: Holes drilled and (where there was core) filled with epoxy - bow pulpit and bow cleat.
94 11/19 - Deck Hardware Stern area. Backstay hardware and pump have been re-mounted in cockpit.
95 11/14/2005 - Stbd. Chainplate Nicely filled... Now - how do I cut this open again flush with the bulkhead? "Ok, I'll bite :), how..." "R: Drilled up from be..." View Comments...
96 11/14 - Stbd. Chainplate Forward side of bulkhead.
Shows the big metal backing plate on my boat - seems homemade. This is different from other J/24s locally - which have very small backing plates or nothing at all. "interestingly, i have..." "R: Really?? Mine hav..." "I have #66, but it do..." "R: I've seen smaller..." "I checked, and USA#66..." View Comments...
97 11/14 - Port Chainplate View inside port locker
98 11/14 - Port Chainplate Forward side of bulkhead
99 11/9/2005 - Painted! Painting is finished - except for touch ups I'll do some other day.
100 11/9 - Painted Closer...
101 11/9 - Painted
102 11/9 - Painted
103 11/9 - Painted Closest.
104 11/9 - Painted
105 11/9 - Painted
106 11/9 - Painted
107 11/9 - Painted
108 11/9 - Painted
109 11/6/2005 - Non-Skid! w/tape left around edges for repainting hull rail + Epoxy fill on companionway slide rail holes.
110 11/6 - Non-Skid w/morning dew.
Non-skid paint is two coats of Interlux Brightside - Seattle Grey (4205). Each coat was ~1 quart of paint mixed with 6 oz. of Interlux Intergrip (2398) Non-skid.
111 11/6 - Non-skid I mixed the non-skid with the paint before painting. Pro: Allows the non-skid to soak-up/swell with paint and avoids having to overcoat afterwards. Con: Inconsistencies in non-skid texture (visible in some photos). Verdict: Good enough for me.
112 10/30/2005 - Taped ...and sanded for non-skid painting.
113 10/29/2005 - Painting Primer on whole deck. White paint on edges & hatches.
114 10/29 - Painting I painted the white first and let it spread into non-skid areas where it will be overlapped.
115 10/29 - Painting Two (2) coats of Interlux Brightside White (4359) mixed (3 paint : 1 agent) with Interlux YMA715 Flattening Agent to cut the glare a bit.
116 10/29 - Painting In retrospect I'm not sure if the flattening agent was entirely needed since the white areas aren't that large. But it helped stretch my white paint a bit. :-)
117 10/19/2005 - Primer First coat of primer - fiberglass repairs are now "gone".
Primed with 2 coats of Interlux Pre-Kote primer.
118 10/1/2005 - Travel Day Driving through Atlanta's "Spaghetti Junction" back to near Lake Lanier
119 9/25/2005 - Foredeck, sanded In addition to fairing my fiberglass repairs I also sanded away gelcoat non-skid pattern on the whole deck. "What product did you ..." "R: 6" random orb..." View Comments...
120 9/25 - Stbd Deck The gelcoat non-skid on this boat had been painted over twice - making an effective "pro-skid" surface...
121 9/25 - Stbd Aft Sanded.
So, the plan was always to sand away the gelcoat and repaint the whole deck. This plan also handles fairing after recoring "from above".
122 9/25 - Cockpit Prepped for painting
123 9/11 - Middeck Sanded, ready for spot patching
124 9/11 - Cockpit & Aft Sanded...
125 8/6/2005 - Fiberglass is Done!
126 7/17/2005 - Port Chainplate+ Skins reglued, channels ground for new fiberglass. "Beautiful work. I'm ..." "R: Thanks! I used a..." View Comments...
127 7/9/2005 - Port Chainplate+ Fully re-cored
128 7/9 - Bow Re-cored
129 7/9 - Sump All vermiculite removed - some still around edges though...
Note short front bolts and tall rear bolts - different from other J/24s? "Hull#75 has long bolt..." "Oops, sorry. My rear ..." "Yeah - mine seems to ..." "I love a good mystery..." "I just don't know... ..." View Comments...
130 7/2/2005 - Port Chainplate+ Partially re-cored.
131 7/2 - Bow Stbd. re-cored, port cleared. Cleat mounted slightly skew - which is beginning to bother me...
132 6/12/2005 - Stbd Winch/Track Done!
133 6/4/2005 - Stbd Winch/Track Area Filled.
134 6/4 - Bow Opened, initial cleaning
135 6/4 - Stbd Chainplate Done!
136 6/4 - Port Chainplate+ Open, cleaned, some patching "I'm not following the..." "R: I think by "..." View Comments...
137 6/4 - Port Deck Under paint we find... earlier repairs.
138 3/25/2005 - Stbd Chainplate Ready for final fiberglass
139 3/6/2005 - Port Deck Sanded paint deck discovery...
140 3/6 - Port Chainplate+ Low angle view
141 3/6 - Stbd Chainplate Low angle view
142 3/6 - Port Chainplate+ Open, basic cleaning
143 3/6 - Port Winch Old skins reglued
144 3/6 - Port Pushpit Footing Re-cored
145 3/6 - Port Stern Deck Re-cored
146 3/6 - Stbd Stern Deck Skin reglued
147 3/6 - Stbd Pushpit Footing Skin reglued
148 2/19/2005 - Port Winch Area re-cored
149 2/19 - Port Stern Areas re-cored
150 2/19 - Stbd Pushpit Footing re-cored
151 2/19 - Stbd Winch/Track Cleaned - ready for core
152 2/19 - Stbd Chainplate re-cored
153 2/19 - Port Chainplate+ pre-surgery
154 1/1/2005 - Port Winch Area Original winch location w/plywood - very rotten now...
155 1/1 - Stbd. Deck Surgery Original stbd. winch location and genoa track
156 1/1 - Stbd. aft deck Original plywood core wasn't bonded to deck (outer) skin. Unsupported skin was cracked.
If I had known this wasn't waterlogged (like other areas) I would have just injected epoxy to fill the gap... "Do you think a couple..." "R: Hmmm... yeah, th..." View Comments...
159 12/27 - Stbd Chainplate Angle View - note moisture and delamination from balsa... "I have damage in the ..." "R: I didn't always c..." View Comments...
160 12/27 - Stbd Chainplate chainplate slot in center
161 12/27 - Stbd. Chainplate Deck - after initial opening
164 Stbd. - Cuts "Some of the cuts look..." "R: Yeah - I think I ..." View Comments...
165 Stbd. - Surgery Prep cuts marked in pencil
166 9/1/2004 - Port Stanchion Delamination area marked
167 9/1 - Stbd Stanchion Delamination area marked
168 9/1 - Port Stern (obvious) Delamination area marked
169 9/1 - Stbd Stern Delamination area marked
170 9/1 - Port Winch Delamination area marked
171 9/1 - Stbd Winch/Track Delamination area marked
172 9/1 - Stbd Chainplate Delamination area marked
173 9/1 - Port Chainplate+ Delamination area marked "This series you creat..." "R: I just found deck..." View Comments...
174 9/1 - Port Bow Delamination area marked
175 9/1 - Stbd Bow
176 8/15 - Andrea My lovely boat repair assistant!
177 8/8/2004 - Sealing deck/hull 3M 5200 - yum!
178 7/22/2004 - Boom Note bent sheave bracket
179 7/22 - Boom Sheave & Bracket Nicely bent from outhaul stress... "Seems to be an awfull..." "Yes - I can show you ..." View Comments...
180 7/5/2004 - Cleaning Rail Winner - BFSC Photo Contest! "I too am removing old..." "ok, i see the acetone..." "R: Absolutely no leak..." View Comments...
181 7/5 - Cleaning Rail Cleaning and taping holes after removing toerails
182 6/26/2004 - Rich in bow Photo taken through deck hatch.
183 6/26 - Port Deck Rigging
184 6/25 - Andrea & Rich Self portrait with Rich working in bow.
185 6/26 - Interior Work Using drill with wire wheel to strip painted bolts in bow.
186 6/26 - Toerail Closeup Weathered teak with non-functional filet of silicone.
187 6/26 - Port Stern Damage Cracks have let water into plywood coring...
189 6/26 - Deck/Hull Joint Interior - paint scraped from bolts before resealing
190 6/6 - Sump Initial excavation
191 6/6 - Port From bow, looking through where bulkhead was at fiberglass interior. "Are you going to use ..." "Current (i.e. top) bu..." "I think you're being ..." "Ok, you had a point....." View Comments...
192 6/6 - Stbd View "through" bulkhead into area under sink.
11/15/05 - Lower bulkhead will be replaced with 3/4" marine plywood since that's what I bought... According to local J/24 measurer the "correct" thickness is 1/2". This isn't specified since many J/24's have 5/8" or 3/4" bulkhead material.
193 6/6 - Mast Beam Closeup of filled sump
194 6/6/2004 - Sump, Initial State Before digging in.
