May 2018 | MONTH IN REVIEW

Here's a quick summary of what we were up to this month. So end of last month, Alex hired a guy to spray the deck with gelcoat. We normally try to do everything ourselves, as labour cost is expensive and we normally do a better job than hired help (of course, by "we", I mean he). But since we don't own a spray gun ourselves, we didn't have much choice... check out the post to see the outcome of the job! Alex also worked on the locker lids. And yes, it's not top priority on the boat projects list, but since we had a bit of gelcoat left.....

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Boat Locker Lids

Our boat locker lids. Probably the least of our worries, but since we had a bit of gelcoat left. Alex decided to fix em' up! We have 4 large and 2 small ones on the front deck, 3 in the cockpit and another 2 on the lazarettes. Larger ones on the deck. Before - this one actually doesn't look too bad Removing the foam strip - leaves a very stubborn sticky residue After cleaning the sticky stuff off After sanding The two smaller deck locker lids Fiberglass cut out Polyester resin applied (Alex hates using polyester resin normally,...

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Spray Painting Our Deck

Finally getting the smooth sections of our deck (those without non-skid on them) spray painted with gelcoat. The gelcoat on the entire boat is still the original from when the boat as built 20 years ago, and we had a lot of sections on the deck where the gelcoat had worn off so badly that the fiberglass was exposed. With all the repairs that Alex completed such as the jib sail track, the steps, the bow and the forestay chain plate area in the last few months, it made sense to finally get the deck spray painted with a fresh coat of gelcoat. We'd...

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