Dramatics

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Seriously is this the same boat?

Interior paint is almost done. All that's left for the exterior painting is the nonskid. Goal- be ready to raise the mast by July 4th.









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Coat number two

Is looking pretty sweet. See the shine? Awesome.


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Still too hot

So much for the cool weather. We came down to put on a coat of paint but it is still about ten degrees too hot. We will be sweating into the paint. Decided on how to put doors in the vee berth and the head.

Also found a great article in good old boat about fabricating your own odor proof sewage holding tank out of PVC pipe, which will put a real head back on the list of projects for this fall.




Is anyone interestedin a six foot wooden dinghy as seen under the bow? Free to good home.

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It's Confirmed, staying dry this year

We decided to wait to launch until next spring. The Perfection came up so nicely on the hatch covers that we feel that waiting for the cooler temperatures of this fall to put the final coats on will make a tremendous difference. Even with just the primer on, the fairing Matt did was so good that it looks like a new boat. Can't wait to do the hull and the interior! This is amazing!

You can see your face in it. The paint is absolutely amazing.

Also, we ordered four toe rail mounted stanchion baes from Holland Marine in Canada about a month ago and they finally came in. The should open up our little skinny gunnels a little bit, thank goodness.  We are also plotting to sneak our own materials in to the West Marine to use their complimentary swager for the lifelines.  They said if I bought the cable there I could use that. Could I pretend I thought they meant $4.00 keychain, or perhaps, two feet of cable instead of 40?

Products

I realize now that I haven't mentioned what we are using for paint.  We're doing the decks with two part Interlux Perfection. The primer for that is a two part primer called Interlux PrimeKote. Hard as nails. Even with just two coats of primer on some parts the fiberglass feels stiffer and is amazingly glossy.  And, per Interlux, once this primer is cured you can slap epoxy on top of it and it will bond. Amazing. Chemistry is just amazing.

The interior will be one part Interlux Brightsides, which we are also using for the dinghy. I'm not sure what the primer is called for that. It's the corresponding Interlux product.

Next spring we'll be painting the hull, and will most likely use the Perfection for the hull, with the Brightsides on the bootstripe.

Also, I just ordered toe rail stanchion bases from Holland Marine, made from the Grampian mold. I think this will make a tremendous difference.