Productive weekend? Yes... Enough production? Ehhh, so so... This weekend was supposed to be the sanding blow out weekend on the hull. We really wanted to at least get the bottom paint on by next weekend BUT... as with all the other blogs I have seen around here... there is always one more thing. Hopes are still high and with each step of completion we get a little more motivated for the next step up :)
Saturday is still kind of blurry. Wanting to get an early start sanding on Sunday, the two older of the girls and I went down to stay the night on the boat. They took the comfy galley bed and I slept on folded up sleeping bags in the front on my favorite fiberglass bed... :( They slept well and loved it. My hips and back recovered last time so, I am hopeful they will do the same this time :) The almighty A Team arrived with a massive diesel engine/generator/air compressor thing from one of his job sites. Charlie wasn't able to get out of dodge as early as he wanted but, we went ahead and started to play sand wars ourselves. "A" was able to get most of the unfinished sanding with his DA on the side I had been working on done~ while I worked a trouble spot with the little block sander I have been using. Needless to say, Charlie was impressed and totally surprised when he got there. The men were going to knock out the other side (and got a good start) but, a few inches of rain in about an hour and a half thought otherwise. It appears stick on discs will only fly off the sander once the pads get wet. ;)
We learned we need an extra "layer of protection" by using a barrier coat... after the filling and repairs after the sanding... before the primer and before the paint. We are slowly learning the ins and outs of everything but, hopefully we can stay one step ahead of the game... The boat filling with water is not something I want to learn by trial and error. Have a great week... Enjoy the pics... See you next Tuesday :)
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