I got this sailboat as a freebie, and have been working on restoring it to livable and sailable condition. It's a Bayliner Buccaneer 240 (24 feet long), which we named Pagoo after a children's book I liked when I was younger. I've taught myself to sail and am continuing to learn new tricks and to fix up and improve the boat. So far my trips have been confined to Southeast Alaska's inside passages, as the hull isn't designed for open seas or heavy weather.  Exterior photos: deck work, rigging, and mast raising Interior photos: Before, During, and After refurbishing.

    
Some shots on the way out and back to Elfin Cove, and the Pagoo 
next to Dad's commercial troller, the Imperial.

  
A little later in the summer, Megan and I were out in light winds off
the entrance to Funter Bay. A 30kt gust came out of nowhere and 
snapped the upper starboard shroud off at the deck chainplate! After 
dropping the sails and rigging the halyards as backups we managed 
to avoid serious damage.

      
Prior to leaving I anchored close to the house to transfer water into my tank. The trip out saw lots of whales
and nice weather, and left me tied up in the Inner Harbor at Elfin Cove. 

      
The return trip had stronger winds, especially on the 2nd day. Megan was the crew this time.
We sailed through South Inian Pass and got buzzed by Ward Air. The last photo shows Flynn 
cove where we anchored overnight. The inflatable skiff is full of the summer's loot: beachcombed
bouys and salvaged stuff. 
 
 

  
The current state of the interior, showing Ashley's piraty seat cushions. Arrr!
 
 

More Sailing around Funter Bay and Lynn Canal:
          

Launching and sailing:

            
 The final coats of paint, light tests, and naming. The cradle started to fall apart as we rolled it down the beach, but we got it far enough for the night tide to float it. I've finally done some sailing!

The interior of the boat was a real mess when I got it, lots of rot and water damage everywhere:

      
 

These photos are from after I'd removed most of the rotten wood, all the old carpeting, all the peeling vinyl "stuff" that coated all the walls, and all the old electrical wiring. Half the galley counter also went, to make room for an oil cookstove I'm planning to install (I may also include a small camp stove for times when its too hot to run the oil stove). The window seals and plexiglass were removed, and I have new stainless bolts to replace the rusted out ones that were there. I've run new wiring prior to putting up linoleum floor covering on the walls, and I've cut holes in the bulkhead for the new circuit control panel and meters. I'm not sure exactly how linoleum is going to work as a wall coating, but it was cheap so I figured I'd try it. The V-berth seat and side compartments bot new plywood covers, and the whole forward compartment will be carpeted. The table and seats were rebuilt, and the counter was taken apart and refurbished. I got a good deal on formica surfacing for both the counter and table, but I still need to find a hand pump for the sink tap.

        

Some fiberglass patch work on the hull. A large area of the bow was smashed and scraped up from extended rubbing on something, and there was a crack farther down the bow. Both these areas were sealed and built up with putty and then fiberglassed. The rub rail around the seam of the vessel (where the top and bottom molds came together) was pretty badly torn up, so I removed it all, replaced about half the screws with new stainless through-hull bolts to hold the molds together, and then caulked and fiberglassed the seam to waterproof it and add strenth. 
    
 

The interior after the first summer's work. I've really come a long way, and with the addition of the stove, some dinette cushions, and a few supplies I'll have a funny-looking houseboat! I still need to do some trim work, scrape the excess caulk off the windows, and get a latch for the forward hatch, but the cabin is waterproof and most of the important parts have been replaced or repaired. I even have working lights and a stereo, although I haven't mounted the speakers yet. 

          
 
 

I've replaced the sheets and halyards with new line, and replaced a missing winch. The starboard winch has the handle permanently corroded on. I figure if I can't beat or pry it off it's not going to get lost, but I might try some break-free just so I can grease up the winch. The mast had new nav light wiring run, a new VHF antenna installed, a new mastlight, flag halyard, spreader flag halyard, spreader support, and two new shrouds. Raising the mast was pretty easy with a block in a tree and an ATV pulling the line. 

Supplies and parts going into the project: new synthetic industrial grade carpet, linoleum, stove, assorted hardware and electrical stuff, cleaned windows and rubber seals, glue, paint, etc. I found a bucket of rusty junk in the cockpit locker, including two winches that I was able to repair (only one non-standard handle though), and some other hardware that isn't original to the boat.