Month: March 2010
Potatoes for dinner and a gift from the free table.
Posted by – March 25, 2010
That’s a paint roller extension. Should help for the next coat.
Getting the rudder ready
Posted by – March 25, 2010
I ground out all of the bad spots in the fiberglass. Doesn’t look like any of the delamination was structural. I’ll lay a layer or two of fiberglass over the seams to be safe.
I also drilled out the existing bolt holes. I’ll fill them with thickened epoxy and re-drill them the proper size. Hopefully that’ll make the rudder waterproof.
We have to get this done so we have time for the epoxy, barrier coat, and paint to dry before we go in the water. A bit of rain is on the way so that complicates things.
First coat of bottom paint is on!
Posted by – March 25, 2010
We’ll get another coat on in a few hours.
Last day before we go in the lift.
Posted by – March 25, 2010
Getting barrier coat on the spots where the straps will go. Need to get paint on this afternoon. Weather isn’t looking good for curing epoxy and paint.
4 days left update
Posted by – March 22, 2010
Woke up this morning to a rudder full of water. That’s bad! Hooked up the Shop Vac all day to help dry it out. Grinded the last two spots on the hull. Will fiberglass and epoxy tomorrow. Still cool at night but the Mosquitos are out already.
Another big rain storm. The boat is a wreck with drying laundry, soaked towels and wind blown items.
Posted by – March 21, 2010
The rain today really messed up our flow. We were going to acetone the hull and put a layer of bottom paint on. We only have 5 days until we go in the slings (the travel lift that brings us to the water) and the work list is semi intense. We need all the good weather we can get. This whole year, so far, has been mostly bad weather. Either too cold or rainy to get much outdoor work done. Not to mention the emotional hit the bad weather brings. We’re much more sensitive on the boat. We really have to bust ass the next few days because more rain is coming later in the week. The major things left to do are the bottom paint, grinding 2 spots on the hull and laying down some fiberglass for extra hull strength, installing the cutlass bearing and stuffing box and adding the rudder hardware that should come any day now. Despite the rain today, we did wash down the hull and listed some items for sale on Amazon. Oh, and we stowed our MRE’s!
