Starting with a rough boat.

This is how the boat looked when we brought her home on 4/4/15

From the transom looking forward.

 

 Another view of the cockpit. Ashley is standing on one of the hatches for the utility space/ stern anchor locker. There is another hatch in the same place on the starboard side.

Aft berth.

Electrical panel. It has been removed and there are some loose wires behind there.

This is where the old radio was. You can see some water damage to the teak veneer from leaking windows.

The bottom of the companionway steps. Years of dirt and leaves have collected here. It appears that there were teak strips on the floor here, but they have all but disintegrated.

Cracked companionway hatch. Also, you can't see it, but one of the previous owners modified the hatch so there was a skylight with a solar panel underneath. I'm pretty sure that has been leaking too.

Looking forward from the cockpit to the bow. The tabernacle is bent and needs to be replaced, as well as the vent fan behind it, which is broken and leaking water into the cabin.

The display for the Signet depth finder is cracked and I'm guessing the whole unit is damaged by water. I could replace it with a cheaper unit, but it has a unique mounting size and a nicely flush mounted transducer on the bottom of the hull, so I'll probably spend the extra money and replace it with another Signet. Next to it is probably where the old ignition switch was mounted. The opening had wasp nests and leaves in there. Not sure what I'm going to do to repair this yet.

No compass. That's probably the easiest fix on the boat!

In the stern of the boat between the transom and the aft berth, underneath the cockpit is this sort of utility room where the batteries were, the fuel tanks is, and part of the steering mechanism. You can see some sort of battery isolator and what I believe is either a power inverter or something to do with the shore power system. I haven't actually been down there yet to inspect it. It's also where the stern anchor is stored.

Transom. It appears that there was a plate here between the old outboard and the hull. The bottom two holes are above the water line, but pass through the hull into the utility room.

Looking down the companion way into the cabin. Lots of dirt from years of not cleaning it or being used.

 

Looking down into the utility room / stern anchor locker. You can see the fuel tank below my feet.

We certainly have our work cut out for us, but a lot of what it needs is pretty minor. I got a new Honda 9.9 outboard which I will be installing. The hardest part is going to be the mast and figuring out the rigging for it. I've never seen another Lancer, and there are aren't a lot of pictures online to help me figure it out. The tabernacle is bent up and needs to be replaced. The bottom of the mast has been cut at a 45 degree angle on the front edge, probably to facilitate stepping the mast by laying it forward. I want to fold aft though so that I can use the trailer winch and a gin pole to step the mast singlehandedly. I think I am going to replace the tabernacle with a hinge plate, but I'm not sure how I'm going to attach the mast to the plate since it's already been cut and modified.