Monday, March 5, 2018

5 March 2018


Look what we've done to our boat ma
Look what we've done to our boat
Well it's the only thing
That we wanted done half right
And it's turning out all wrong ma
Look what we've done to our boat!



Reggie, The Sandman, is bringing the dream to life.  

(still haven't figured out how to keep the pictures from rotating when importing to the blog)

Prepping the hull has been a major job, but we are almost ready to start painting.  The prep and paint will take at least 14 complete passes over the hull.  All of the prep work has fallen to Reggie. Barbara piddles along with little jobs and tries not to interfere with his work. Never happens. He always has to lend a hand.

Thankfully the rub rail removal was relatively painless. We were concerned about removing the machine screws and their nuts thanks to layers of paint on the nuts and tight spots, etc., but had little difficulty.  After prying the old teak off in sections, old sealant/adhesive scraped off fairly easily.  About 70 holes were first countersunk to give a larger clean contact area and then filled with thickened epoxy.  The decision has been made to not replace the rub rail.
 
Occasional sundowners and visits from friends keep us from becoming jaded.  Anyone is welcome to come distract us for a while!

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