Biscuit's refit included fabricating all new brightwork, from the cockpit trim and coaming boards to the interior and deck trim, from washboards to toe and rub rails. The choice of wood is to be mahogany, varnished. The annual freshening up of the exterior brightwork will serve to preserve the gloss and integrity of the wood, and keep her owner messing about on boats - highly recommended, by the way!

The calculations of the board feet needed, always adding waste and some percentage of sap wood, was roughly ~850. The rough cut boards were drop-shipped from a supplier in South Florida, and set to storage in the shop upon arrival. Today was the day to begin processing the rough-cut boards. I sorted through the various boards and assigned them to coaming boards (port and starboard), the taff rail, washboards (3x), cockpit seat trim, etc., and then began reducing length as needed. I left the rub rail and toe rail board at full length, ~10 feet.

With boards cut to the appropriate length, I began running them over the jointer to achieve a straight edge. When I achieved this straight edge, I then ran the board over the table saw to achieve maximum width for my planer (~12.5"), as well as edges parallel to one another. The next step was to run the boards through the planer to achieve a smooth surface on the board, top and bottom. I repeated these steps through all ~850 board feet of gorgeous mahogany and then called it a night....well, after cleaning up the shop and what was nearly 3" of mahogany shavings on the ground. Fabricating individual pieces of the suite of brightwork is next to come.

Total Hrs: 5.25