#3 Pirate Ship Playhouse - continued

HEY THAR!
This Bee's
Captain HighTide

Pirate Ship Playhouse:

2007-Demolition & 2008-Construction:

 Let the Demolition begin!

2007

The first thing I did was remove as many deck screws with my cordless drill as I could because I thought I would save the teak decking for the rebuild. After I thought I had saved enough of the decking, I decided to make some cuts with the sawzall and remove bigger sections at one time because the one screw at a time plan was going to take forever. All the screws on the boat were made out of brass and I had a few pounds of brass saved up in no time.

And then it came time to remove the 2 engines.  I had to get a fork lift to lift them out. Everything went smoothly as planned and I was able to sell them as well as a few other items from the boat. 

With the Engines out of the way, I started on the Main section, (the Cabin)

I was cutting and prying and tossing huge pieces

of boat onto the ground for about 5 weeks

Then it was time to replace the missing Planks!

I added some extra support to the top of the midsection

(Main Deck of the Pirate Ship)

What was once a boat is now an empty Hull

Whew!  I'm Tired, Lets take a break Shall we?

A friend gave me a real cool item called a Binnacle for the Pirate ship...

 Binnacles are used for navigation at night or during heavy fog,

This will come in real handy during our late night adventures. 

 

 

Starting in spring/summer of 2008

I sanded the original finish off the exterior and then added

 the  stain and clear marine finish to the bare Mahogany Planks. 

Next I placed a transition piece I made out of Oak wood for the higher front Bow design 

(I'm raising the front Bow section up 5  planks about 20" higher)

Here I've added the Plank supports

This is about the time of year I start putting everything away for winter and getting the

boat ready for the wet weather  for 2008 

I bought a large tarp to cover the boat with for the winter that year. I installed a 10 foot pole in the middle to help the rain runoff and not pool up in a pocket.

Here in the picture above, I'm checking the rail height

(I will be adding another 12" ballaster rail above this first rail)

 

Well thats it for 2007/2008

Thanks for viewing

and Please check back each day because I'm adding more post as fast as My finger tips can produce them.

This is Captain HighTide saying:

Keep your sails Dry and the seagulls

out of the crows-nest!

Syanara,and Chow..mein

AYE! and Don't Forget, part #4 of the Pirate Ship Playhouse project will be arriving into port real soon!

OH WAIT!  ITS HERE!!!
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http://pirateshipplayhouseproject.blogspot.com/2010/10/4-pirate-ship-playhouse-captains.html