The gelcoat on the boat had badly oxidized, most notably in the red details, which had faded to a dull brownish pink

About two days with a buffer, a bottle of nu-finish, and a lot of arm pain to bring the gelcoat back to life. The color was nicely restored and the boat looked as good as new. (well...pretty good anyway).

The teak on the door to the cuddy was badly worn.

Removed all the teak, repaired it where necesary then thoroughly cleaned and oiled it.

The engine cowling, jump seats and sun cushion were badly worn from years of neglect. The boat looked like it had been left out in the weather, uncovered, for a very long time

We recovered the sun cushion in white marine vinyl, scrubbed the engine cowling as well as we could, and replaced the rear jump seats with new white jump seats. We also added cup holders to the engine cowling.

We don't have a good before picture of this, but We replaced the captain's chair with a new white Captain's chair from Wise. We also reupholstered the side panels with white marine vinyl.

Not only was the side upholstery trashed, but the wood backing that actually made up the panels was completely rotted away. We cut new side panels with pressure treated lumber using what was left of the old ones as a template.

We got a quote for the upholstery locally, for about $600. This was significantly out of our budget, so We thought we'd try to do it ourselves. It would only cost about $50 worth of white marine vinyl to try it and see how it looked.

I think it actually came out pretty nicely. There is an upholstery stage of our boat flooring / new gunwale project, which will feature much more thorough pictures.

This is a view of the port side upholstery, with a new speaker in place. You can also see the new jump seat and cupholders more clearly here.

Finally, We added a new Wise white vinyl lounge seat to the boat. This boat has very little storage outside of the cuddy, and the lounge seat provides a good bit underneath for life jackets and whatnot.