Current Projects

November 24, 2011; 11:00 am – 4:00 pm; day 24. Today I feathered out the fiberglass edges and seams with WEST’s 410 fairing filler.

November 23, 2011. The last couple of days I’ve worked 8 1/2 hours combined. I have filled all the inside seams with epoxy wood flour and then fiberglassed them. This is always a suck job!!!! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there!

November 19, 2011; Day 22. I worked for just 2 1/2 hours today because my neighbor needed more help hauling gravel. I spent the the short time in the shop grinding the inside seams, prepping them for the fiberglass taping. I shot a quick photo of this morning’s Fall, foggy sunrise. I love this time…

November 18, 2011; day 20. I only worked a couple of hours on the boat today. I removed the cradle and set the boat at her waterline. Then, I went and helped a neighbor haul some gravel.

November 17, 2011; 8:00 am – 2:00 pm, day 20. Today, I built a couple of 1×6 cradles around the boat connecting one to the forward bulkhead and the other to the mid cockpit bulkhead. These were made using scrap plywood and lumber. After these were built and attached, I turned her over using 4…

November 12, 2011. After dinner I worked for an hour and a half masking off and sanding the green hull paint with 220 grit sand paper and an orbital sander. This was a very light and quick sanding. Then I added a 3rd cost of Jade green. The next step will be righting the hull…

November 12, 2011; 9:30 am – noon; day 19. Today I applied the bottom paint. After dinner I will sand the Jade green hull with 220 grit and add another coat.

November 11, 2011; 8:00 am – noon; day 18. Happy Veterans Day! Today, I finished longboard sanding with 120 grit, masked her off and painted the hull. Taking time sanding and filling and repeating this process is kind of pain in the elbows but will give you a fine paint job. Tomorrow I will paint…

November 10, 2011; 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. Today is day 17. I cut and fixed, glued and screwed 1 1/2″x 1/4″ UHMW to the bottom of the keel shoe and bilge keels. Then longboarded the hull again with 120 grit and added another coat of filler to the low spots.

November 9, 2011; 9:15 am – 11:30 am. Today is day 16, and I prepped the hull for painting by sanding, dusting and masking. Then, I applied the first coat of Jade Green hull paint. This is just one of three to four coats. I have to longboard sand and fill between each coat.