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S/V Bodacious Liberty came out of the water for a bottom painting. Here is a link to our video: https://youtu.be/rwts3WqgKBs[video]https://youtu.be/rwts3WqgKBs[/video]

Hi all,

I started a Facebook group called Pearson Commander Sailboat Owners. If you do a search you should be able to find it quickly and join.

Marc
Commander 89 - Boadcious Liberty

Here's what I've done so far

Finally got started on this project

From precision

Does anyone know the original colors of the commanders? Mine is a hull 89 and it appears the deck was a yellowish color. The hull has been painted and I don't know what the original hull color was.

Thanks

Marc Anderson

Great work on the bottom and rudder!  I’ve been doing a lot of fiberglass work -  filling holes etc.

What did your bottom job entail? It looks like it was a major project.

Your bow stanchion looks new

I modernized some of my hardware. A single Spinlock XAS and Lewmar 7 on each side. The Spinlock were from my local marine consignment store and the Lewmars were from eBay. The original halyard setup on the Commander had terrible angles.

Thanks Phil. I've spent time looking at your restoration to try to absorb some of your expertise. Inspiring work by you and a bunch of others on here

Need some advice on how to cut into the deck to repair the core

What tool do I use to cut the top layer of deck off so I can replace rotted core?

 How do I make the cut so I don’t cut the core below, but just the fiberglass skin?

My Commander 89 does not have breaks.

I decided to start with the cockpit trim. Have already done some re rigging. A lot of manky junk on the boat

Work to be done

I was trying to get an idea of what was going on up the mast rigging-wise.