sunny side up

Here’s hoping she spends most of her time this way up.

turning point

Time to turn the boat back over - with the help of Mr Joe Muscle…

Photo by the six year old cabin boy, Jesse.

And these by Able Seaman Joseph (10).

We had to make some modifications to the jig, as the boat has grown a keel while it was upside down. We're a bit worried about how hard the paint is, (ten days since the top coat) but hopefully it won't stick.

gloss

Painting the hull is finally finished! 4-6 Undercoats
3 Topcoats - Altex Isotal Enamel

white out

After applying four to six layers of Altex undercoat - more on the edges - we're back to the sanding gig. The garage and surrounding countryside has been covered in a fine white dust; you can probably find us on Google Earth ;o) .

After the first coats we found a pile of marks and holes that we hadn’t seen before. We filled them with one part filler and then ended up sanding a lot of paint off around them and re-coating. One sheet of plywood didn’t seem up to the claimed BS1080 marine standard, and we’ve really regretted using it. But looking at the finished product, hopefully you’ll never know.