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The main point of today's Musical Boats session was to move a canopy out of the way (together with the boat inside), so that we could finally drag Bruce Drake's 1956 Bell Boy 21 express out into daylight...for the first time since beginning its restoration.
Bruce will tow the boat down to Puget Marine, near Olympia, on Wednesday where they'll install a new Suzuki 140 hp four-stroke...then the boat will come back to the shop for final work on the interior, wet-sanding and buffing of the hull, addition of final deck hardware and hullside trim, completion of the cabin door, installation of the pneumatic-lift engine hatch, and some final paint/varnish work on the interior.
As you can see in the preview photos below, the BB21 is in its original red-and-white color scheme. (The paint used was Sterling two-part.)
We'll post a few more shots as the boat nears completion.
- Marty
Bruce will tow the boat down to Puget Marine, near Olympia, on Wednesday where they'll install a new Suzuki 140 hp four-stroke...then the boat will come back to the shop for final work on the interior, wet-sanding and buffing of the hull, addition of final deck hardware and hullside trim, completion of the cabin door, installation of the pneumatic-lift engine hatch, and some final paint/varnish work on the interior.
As you can see in the preview photos below, the BB21 is in its original red-and-white color scheme. (The paint used was Sterling two-part.)
We'll post a few more shots as the boat nears completion.
- Marty
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