[Alberg30] Rookie questions

[Mary & Bill Mahony]

As I mentioned earlier this week, we just acquired hull #276.  She's currently on blocks down at Solomon's getting some survey-identified work done prior to launching.  I took my wife down to see her for the first time today (did I mention we bought her sight-unseen via the net?).  As we went through the boat, a couple areas caught our attention that I wanted to ask your thoughts on:

1.  We removed some carpeting lining the hull from the interior under the hanging cabinets in the salon and behind the settees....the removal left some foam backing and glue residue on the interior hull.  I'm thinking the right answer is just to sand the foam and glue remnants down (there's also some deteriorated finish on the interior glass) and repaint.  Any advice concerning how to sand and what to use to repaint?  Was this finish done in plain interior white in the boats as they came off the line?

2.  The boat has no compass...is there a recommendation for a compass?   Is the little compartment just aft of the companionway the preferred location?

3.  The cockpit seat locker panels are deteriorated...any info on what kind of wood these were originally?  Also, the cockpit access hatch to the ice box is deteriorated.  I noticed a Styrofoam backing, also looking pretty sad--any suggestions for upgrades?

4.  Previous owners had wedged a microwave into the aft starboard salon overhead cabinet.  We don't want/need the appliance, and since the cabinet space is already cut away, I'm thinking of crafting a cabinet ala Carina Vela as a Nav station in this space--any pros or cons?

Apologies for the litany of questions...maybe a precursor of more to come!  ;-)
Thanks, Bill

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