Cabin Work
While trying to keep Cinnamon seaworthy so we could sail her the last month, we have been working on sprucing up the cabin a bit. The original owners had done fantastic work building the cabin and decks, but had never finished her out completely. Some of the owners since have done various projects with varying levels of craftsmanships.
The end of January we decided to start a major re-do of the cabin. We removed the cushions, bedding and extra cloths we keep at the boat to minimize the clutter while we worked.
The sole was just plywood painted pink and green. Some of the cabinet work left something to be desired.
The next phase was tearing out the old nav table, seat and shelves that the previous owner had built on the port side of the cabin. This consisted of a kludged together collection of fir 1×2 and mismatched plywood like you would buy at Home Depot. It was 2 large dock carts worth of debris that I hauled up to the dumpster. Once the tear out was done it gave us a blank canvas to work with.
I went to Crosscut Hardwoods here in Portland and purchased 3 sheets of marine grade mahogany plywood, a sheet of teak and holly
veneer plywood and some teak to use as cabinet faces and trim. My green house at home was transformed into a finishing shop. I cut all the piece and assembled them, then put 4 coats of satin polyurethane on the cabinet faces and 2 coats on the carcasses. On the teak and holly for the sole I put on 2 coats of West System Epoxy and then 4 coats satin polyurethane. We are very happy with the new look of the cabin.
April 5th, 2010 at 3:03 am
Nice work … We are interested in a Chinook 34. What is an estimated market value for a restored Chinook 34 in 2010 dollars?
Thanks, Bill and Bonnie
April 5th, 2010 at 4:01 am
Hi Bill and Bonnie
As you may know there were only 70 Chinook 34s built and then the Cascade line was born and the company moved on to more “modern” designs. Now 50 years later it seems that the classic lines of the early 1900’s wooden boats is becoming popular again. If you can get your hands on a Chinook and have the funds available to restore and maintain the boat it is a super fun boat to sail and a nice size for a couple to sail short handed. It’s hard to say what the market value of a Chinook 34 is. I try not to think about it. I’m sure we have put way more into Cinnamon then we can ever expect to recoup if we were to sell her. That is just life with a sailboat. The real value to us is the pleasure we get from using the boat.
Dan
April 6th, 2010 at 5:07 am
i agree with dan; these are super nice boats; if ya like her lines, your going to love the ride.
i picked up Hull #10 { freebird / 1959 } six years back on orcas island; for 20K, with at least that much more into her at this point, i to try not to think about the $…. for one day i know she will return all the favors when rounding cape scott; on she way home.
Hull #17 { shaman } was sitting in port townsend, wa… at the same price in 04; and may still very well be.
Erney, at Erney Baird Boats in port townsend figured at the time that shaman’s cabin & deck could be replaced for right at her asking price; the hull had just been completely redone; and nicely sooooo.
sorry, i do not know how to upload images… or would show Bill & Bonnie what a bit of time on board can do to a very cool; old boat.
best to all.