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:
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- We started the day off with wearing down sandpaper and rough edges of the boat finish. We decided not to add any more filling, despite the surface texture being rough here and there. The reasonable argument is that the boat cured for a few months and we could be sure that the paint adhesion is maximum. The second, a more laid back argument is that we would not be bothered by some roughness. It is a signature. Still, we took the EPO stalagmites off.
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- After washing the boat with water (poured buckets over it), we had some time to play around with out sails. This is the 6,5 m mast with our arched luff genoa. Still missing a boom, but working on getting one.
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- The jib took flght! Originally an Albin sail.
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- Cue Mark Snow music! The men in white will stir up all your alien DNA.
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- We put on our gas masks, paint suits, gloves and started painting. Did not smell bad or strong at all – that is until we got a sniff of the occasional breeze that penetrated between the mask insulation. Wow! Strong stuff. Would definitely have reached Nirvana if we painted without the masks.
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- Looking from aft to fore. The water-ballast holes in the keel are much more visible now.
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- And! Whadda’ya know. It took 2,5 hours and 4*0,75 L paint to get this finish.
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- Looking good!
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- Even better!
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- A good thing to have, the 3M mask. It has a bivalve system, good seal and well adjustable strapping. The main bonus is that the filters can be changed according to the need. Before we had fine dust filters on, this time hard chemical filters.
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- This is the first coat of epoxy primer.
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- Looking aft. We definitely should have put the windows on last. But, we were ver anxious back “then” and… allright. If the day comes, we will change them.
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:
