First coat of paint!

Hello!

Today, we surpassed a milestone – gave the boat its first coat of epoxy primer, gray expoxy primer. So it very well looks like a paintjob. All the ulcer, bruise and whatnot type color defects vanished and a bliss settled. Tomorrow morning we will go paint the second layer, then on monday the third, to top it up with a glossy white. As our friend put it, a boat can be any color as long as it is white. Furthermore – we now have a mast. Originally meant for a iceyacht, but it’ll do. It is a meter longer than what we need. We’ll wait with cutting it shorter. Furhtermore, we have a genoa and a jib. The luff edge of the genoa is arched, but it fit the mast well. We do not yet know what to think of that. Should we cut it straight or not. As we have a week or so to finish the project then we’d like to do as little extra work as possible. Take that! Or take the pictures:

Rigging details still need to be figured out, we will deal with the planning part tomorrow. Meanwhile, here is a recollection from the past, when we flipped the boat for the second time:

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