Beyond Spring Cleaning...

(April 29, 2012) Day 2 of Gutting:

With a crew of 7 (Carlos, Cristobal, Wilmer, Roberto, Oscar, Gregg and me), it was time to get down to some serious gutting.  These guys were amazing!

We worked from 8:30-1:30, and when we walked away, things had changed.  Some of the crew worked on scrubbing her (not sure how long it's been since she had a good scrubbing, but it made a huge difference):

And the rest of the team tore out the built-in furniture, ceiling, insulation, paneling, floors, etc.  She's almost a clean slate.  Here are some progress pics:

This is a wet bar.  While I like the idea of a wet bar, this one is about 10 feet from the galley...if my friends can't travel 10 feet for their next drink, we have bigger problems.  This is going...

  

Gone!

This is the built-in on the starboard side.  The cushions were brittle with decay, the wood was rotted, and they had to go. 

  

The furniture is gone, now it's time to remove the paneling...

 Now the entire shelf has to go...

 The floor was rotted , we will eventually cut the floor board out, as well.

Moving on the galley now.  We will keep the stove/oven and the refrigerator.  Here is a before pic:

And after...

We even removed the wall between the galley and the stateroom.

Where did it all go?  I have no idea who over-stuffed these dumpsters!  

 

 Now that she is gutted, it is time to clean.  Our next job is removing rotten floor boards and scrubbing away 40 years of grime, mold, mildew and stink!