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O'Day Daysailer restoration

by Example Logs · boatbuildlog.com

An example restoration log. Shows how a restoration diverges from a new build: survey and teardown first, and a scope that grows once you open things up.

This is an example log, not a real project. It exists to show what a useful build log looks like — dated entries, tagged to a step, with hours recorded and mistakes written down. The technique in it is illustrative; don’t follow it as instruction, and check anything structural against your designer’s drawings. Its hours are excluded from the site’s median figures.
5
Entries
48
Hours
168
Days elapsed
5
Photos
Apr 2025
Started
All steps Survey & Assessment Teardown Hull & Plank Repair Deck & Cabin Gelcoat & Glass Repair
Oldest first
Deck & Cabin 15 h

Deck recore — scope grew

Cut the top skin, dug out wet balsa, dried the cavity, rebedded new core.

The wet area was roughly twice what the meter suggested. That is normal and worth budgeting for: assume the damage is bigger than the survey.

Illustration — example log, not a photograph.
Illustration — example log, not a photograph.