the fun stuff (sort of)

Ryan and I really wanted to redo the entire interior of the boat from scratch. So this post is basically rando pictures of the demolition. We didn't leave much behind.  Paneling got ripped off the walls, carpet got ripped out (that sucked real bad), cabinets were torn off, walls were knocked down, you get the picture.

Amazingly, Ryan and his friend ripped out everything in like, 2 days. I showed up and was all, "alrighty guys, i'm here to help, thank me later" Except it was mostly done. So. That was pretty shweet.

This is a picture of the helm. The boxes hanging from wires are the radio and some other instruments like the depth finder. They were unscrewed from the ceiling to make ripping off the paneling and painting easier. Also, they are pretty grimy. I'm pretty sure that 100 packs of cigarettes were smoked a day inside this boat prior to us buying it. There's a nice orangey, brown film on everything.

Ryan taking down the light fixtures and capping the exposed wires. The original lights were like super hot spotlights that always managed to shine directly into your eyes no matter where you were standing. We are going to hopefully put in recessed lighting, and some other types of indirect lighting to warm up the inside

Blurry shots of tearing down the kitchen.




The down stairs gettin worked over.



Paneling coming down.
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Below are some totally AWESOME action shots of me ripping up carpet tacks.

Pulling out carpet tacks and tack strips is living hell. Especially since the person who put in the tacks on our boat, apparently used some sort of tack-machine-gun, where by they stepped onto the boat and rambo style, shot tacks haphazardly into EVERY SURFACE of the interior (while screaming, most likely). If I never see another tack, It will be to soon.

Also, it may look like I have a gut in these pictures, but its actually my rippling abs distorting the shirt.

Chris took on the removal of the wall tacks while I handled the floor tacks. Both were equally terrible.

Even though the process has been new and mostly awesome, I can't wait to kick back on our finished boat and enjoy the scenery.






And the baby ducks.

Video of the baby ducks. If you listen closely, you can hear them peeping/quacking. Also, Its unfortunate that the video ended right before Ryan shouted at me "Are you filming ducks?! Do you think maybe you could come in and help?"

(After you watch the video, you might have to refresh the page to view the gif below correctly. It sometimes freezes after the video is played)

And to get our Star Wars fix ...

PEACE,
Kristina