More pix from last week

Just a few action shots from last week. The first coat of paint went on today but I do not have pix up yet.

Here are some pix of the primer experience. Joe the gnome was there as usual, as was my friend jon .......The boat transformed today as my patchwork repairs and years of weather were covered over and made to look uniform. I took a lot of pix but only will post a few. It looks like a whole new boat and the pix do not do it justice. jon sprayed the boat; saving me a lot of work and making it look better than a brush would have done. If the rest of the painting process goes this smooth it will come out looking beautiful. after we were done it tried to rain. Only a few drops fell on the boat which did not seem to affect it at this point of the drying. Thanx for the help guys

almost paint time.........

Finally close to paint time. Hoping to prime it next week then paint it the following week. This also shows her completely up on the stands.

Just a few more pix

These are just a few pix of us getting the boat onto the stands. I need to take a pic of it on the stands. I am hoping to pain it soon and will post pics as that goes along.

Sanding off the Bottom

Few pix of the bottom being sanded off by the rare Gnome-Smurf....you do not see these often!!!

Rodgers Logo

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Just thought I might need to reproduce this so I took a pic. This is by far one of the coolest sailing logos as the "R" for Rodgers (The maker), is also a sailboat. Cool huh!!

Hull to Deck Seal Prep Work

So the deck is mostly ready and I decided it was time to start the hull to deck seal. This is where they meet as they are manufactured as two separate pieces and popped out of a mold. I hado to scrape teh seal to break the initial seal, punch through with a thin narrow metal putty knife, try to use a 6 in one tool that I ground down to fit between the hull and the deck till I parted it. Then I would shim it slowle as to not crack the fiberglass and then I would thouroughly scrape the old sealant off the pieces. Then I used a drill with a small flap, sanding wheel (80 grit) and vacumed all of teh old seal.