Thank goodness all the sanding is over... Well, the worst part of it anyway. We... well, the A-Team went in Sunday and finished sanding down the remaining bottom paint from the past 30-40 years. I am so pleased the "blisters" were all minimal... a tad digging out with the scraper, a fill with some "filler" (which is being done right now as I type), and all is well. We will be ready for the "barrier coat" this weekend. We are only barrier coating anything below the water line. The rest of the voting parties said this would be sufficient but, from the general tone of the yard, the whole boat should be barrier coated. I don't really know enough about it myself to have a say in the matter but, some googling might be in order.
The past few Sunday's have been rough trying to get the work done before the rain moves in. These storms are blowing up out of no where and causing some slight flooding which is stopping any work in its tracks. This week we endured our first "lightening" storm on the boat. It was really freaky to look up at all the masts in the sky so close together through it. I know there is a grounding cable but, I am not sure how/if it works... or maybe if it only works in water... or maybe we all get fried in the process of the energy moving down the mast and out the back of the boat... some more googling might be in order. The good thing is we have been through two very bad storms and aren't getting any moisture inside the cabin. We have been worried about what the past 3-4 years on the land have done to the seals.
Charlie went to the upholstery shop with the A-Team to check out something for A's boat... When he came out he had a newly designed top cover all planned out... I still don't understand it but, he was very excited.
That's all for now... See you all soon... and keep your fingers crossed... it looks like we will be in the water in less than a month :)
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