The Restoration Handbook

Foreword

Preface

1. Jobs to be done: In search of a new youth

2. On dry land: High and dry, stripped out and inventory

3. Stripping out interiors: The good news and the bad

4. Osmosis: An inevitable problem

5. Electrical installation (1 of 3) : Planning the new installation

6. Repairing the deck (1 of 3): Preparing the ground

7. Repairing the deck (2 of 3): Filling holes

8. Electrical installation (2 of 3): Fitting

9. Replacing Perspex side-windows: A breath of fresh air

10. Anchor locker (1 of 2): A support for the windlass

11. Repairing the deck (3 of 3): Hatches and thru-hulls

12. Mast (1 of 3): Turning the old into new

13. Cleaning the winches: Pulling power

14. Painting the interiors: A touch of colour

15. Engine (1 of 2): Time for a change

16. Bow pulpit: A touch of haute couture

17. Refi tting the head: A complete rethink

18. Bottom: A new epoxy skin

19. Painting topsides: Beauty treatment

20. Painting the deck: The icing on the cake

21. Deck hardware (1 of 4): Putting her back together

22. Interior carpentry (1 of 7): Design and planning

23. Deck hardware (2 of 4): Winches, deck organisers and rope clutches

24. Interior carpentry (2 of 7): The value of experience

25. Interior carpentry (3 of 7): Setting the scene

26. Installing the electronics: Here's to modernity

27. Renewing upholstery and foam fi llings: A question of comfort

28. Installing the refrigerator: On-board cold

29. Plumbing (1 of 2): Pressurised freshwater system

30. Plumbing (2 of 2): Bilge systems

31. Deck hardware (3 of 4): Advancing on various fronts

32. Mast (2 of 3): Ready to raise the mast

33. Mast (3 of 3): Installing a furler

34. Interior carpentry (4 of 7): Soles, table and sides

35. Engine (2 of 2): Engine replacement

36. Lining ceilings and walls: Plenty of craftsmanship

37. Anchor locker (2 of 2): Readying the bow

38. Deck hardware (4 of 4): Objective