Here are some photos of My san Juan 21 Sail Boat. I purchased the boat in June 2004 from my Uncle Mark Schmidter in Orlando Fla. The boat needed the following repairs: Upper deck work, painting, removal of cracks, and holes and replacement of rigging that was missing and damaged. The hull needed to be stripped, sealed and painted.

What a project, but I am excited about the potential to "EVENTUALLY" have a great sail boat!

Here she is as I am Chemically stripping the first coat of paint.

The power washer was great in taking off the loose paint. Just be careful because it can shoot straight through the hull.

Bow of the Boat as I discovered the 4 coats of paint.

The noise of the washer, the force of the spray.............. Real man work. Ug Ug

Four hours of work, most of the top side and hull above the water line.

View of the deck from the cock pit.

Fore Deck, as you can see the rigging made many holes and cracks. The core in some of these areas have delaminated, and I will have to fix this at a later date.

Aft section of the deck. The mast step plate area is cracked and in need of attention.

The forward hatch opening. The boat was missing both the rear and forward hatch covers. I ordered these and recieved them in good order from Gene Adams in Washington State. Those are my daughter Emily's painted toes.

These cracks are on the deck (port and starboard) where the winches were located. Neither of these areas are structurally sound and need to have the fiberglass repaired and the section undeneath them re-cored. Note that the color of the wood in the holes is black or rotted).

Close up of holes and cracks where the winches were mounted.

Port side of the boat.

 I have decided to take the boat off of the trailer and flip it upside down. This will let me work on the hull below the water line and repair the delaminated areas in the overhead. This is a major decision since there is some risk in flipping the boat over, saftey issues, dropping my boat issues ect...

Also after talking with others I have decided to keep the swing keel in the boat during this operation. The keel was overhauled re pinned with a new bushing, and has new seals.

August 6 2004 (Flippin' The Boat)

As of today I have flipped the boat over and placed it on Jackstands and Saw horses. I wanted to take pictures of this operation but there were not enough hands to man the boat an camera at the same time.

Flipping over the boat proceeded thus:

We slid the boat on the floor of the carport which I had padded with a tarp and some rolls of cardboard. This was not so hard, but next we flipped the boat by rolling it on it's side and then over with 3 to 4 men on the other side to catch the boat. I used garden hoses to cushion the side of the boat as it was rolled, to provent the side from being damaged by the concrete.

I have in the past 3 weeks finshed stripping the paint from the boat. Sail # 922. There were 3 to 4 coats of paint in areas, especially on the bottom. One previous owner even painted over the dirt that had accumulated while the boat was kept in the water! The boat was originally blue then yellow then 2 to 3 more coats of blue.

Of not is that as you sand you will find old damage that was semi "repaired". Some of these areas had wet epoxy filler present so I knew that they were probably what I call "Half Assed". I have sanded out these areas and plan to repair them correctly with fiberglass patches as needed and not just covering them over with filler............

You will also see the Keel Seal and how it no longer closes on it's own. The Seal or gasket is supposed to lay over lapping the opening and it has since dried in the open position since the Keel was resting on top of it as it sat on the trailer over the past 5 years. I plan to repalce it since this should be a much easier job while the boat is upside down. This Seal / gasket was new 5 years ago, but needs to be replaced.

Keel Seal Looking forward

Another picture of Keel Seal

Whole boat On Jack Stands and Blocks

Bow of boat on Jack Stands

Picture of Hole / Cack on Starboard Bow

Closeup of Crack

Crack on Port Side below warter line about 8 Inches long. I call this the on the rocks crack because it is obvious that someone put the boat on the rocks here

This is a picture of the whole boat. Note that the "Water line" was originally set into the gelcoat.

Another one

Finnaly here are the pictures of the Cushions I bought from Tim Lynch out in Washington State.