March 5, 2018
Not able to get to Joule over the weekend due to a scheduled trip that took me to the northeast, I was eager to get back at the last of the "punch list" items. Today was the day for the drain holes to be cut into the toe rails. These drain holes would allow water egress. I began by finding the low spot on the deck, and then fine-tuned my decision based upon where the toe rail fasteners were located, as well as the potential of the jib track fasteners yet to be installed. Once I was happy with the location of the toe rail/deck drain, I applied some tape to protect the surface of the toe rail from clamps. The clamps were used to hold a scrap piece of wood on the backside of the rail to prevent tear-out when drilling through the rail. The width the drain hole is just shy of one inch.
I removed the tape and began to remove the material between the two holes with a chisel.
I would come back later in this session to oil the interior surfaces of the toe rail/deck drain; I also repeated these tasks for the port rail - locating the drain at the same point, just aft of the winch base.
I then turned my attention to oiling the teak. With the drain holes cut and the bungs trimmed, it was time to reapply oil to the brightwork - especially the toe rails since I was needing to install the jib tracks in the coming days.
I applied several coats of the oil to the brightwork. I do have three bungs to trim on the starboard coaming block (just installed the bungs this evening), as well as the aft cockpit trim board. These areas will get teak oil applications as the balance of the brightwork received today.
I applied another coat of interior paint, and was generally satisfied with the coverage at this point. There may yet be another application of interior paint prior to Joule leaving the yard, but this is also a great owner project and will likely be one of their annual maintenance items.
To finish the evening's work, I sanded the hatches and reapplied the Interlux Perfection topcoat - bringing the cockpit hatches to 3 coats. The plan is to get one more in before all is said and done.
Total Time Today: 3 hrs