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GEE GEE SAVED FROM A FIRE AND SOMEONE'S CHAIN SAW!

I bought GEE GEE from her previous owners after a fire riped through three-quarters of the inside. It was for sale for two or months before I found her. The owners were considering her sale to a person who intended to cut her up and sale her as salvage. Its was a major project and many said it was not possible to do, "you'll never get that smell out," they wined. But not a trace remains of that "smell" that had prevailed after the fire was put out, if you have ever put out a campfire with water then you know the smell. I launched GEE GEE less than ten months after I bought her, and only sub-contracted the transportation, sandblasting the bottom and the machine shop engine work, all the rest of the work I did my self.

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GEE GEE burning at The Queen City Yacht Club, Seattle Washington.

The day I bought GEE GEE.

View though the windows into the black pit of burnt rubble!

View from the galley back into the main salon.

View from the main salon forward.

Another view from the main salon forward

She been cleaned up and new construction started

Some varnish, a little elbow grease, and wala. Transformation!

Three stages photo of the same view.

The master stateroom after clean, scrap and paint.

The bed on the right is now a large desk with an entertainment center behind.

(temporary bed and window coverings shown)

She never looked so good!

Some video before the glass panels in the bar and door are installed.

The bridge with new windshield and some varnish.

Up the stairs a million time, or so it I thought.

The port 440 marine engine (380 hp), rebuilt and ready to install.

The starboard motor rebuilt and ready to install.

The shake-down crusie, Fishhook State Park 20 some

miles up the Snake river from Kennewick, Wa.

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