The new waterline is struck, and the first coat of pretty red paint is on the boot stripe. Perfect, no, but good enough for the people I sleep with, I hope!
So, recap. Four coats of Interlux Interprotect 2000 to keep the water out, and one coat of Micron Extra. I went with the Extra because we are heading south, and the Micron CSC needs a little boost in warm salt water. But here she is, with the new waterline. I only put 1 coat of bottom paint over the epoxy, I'll give the whole hull 2 coats in the spring. It was supposed to be this month, but I just found out yesterday that my seacocks are on back order for a month. Luckily I have enough of them to go ahead and make the plywood backing plates, and get them epoxied into the hull.
And, the first coat of red on the boot stripe. I shrunk the width to 2 3/4" from 3", but I can't tell the difference. However, it kept the red well below the transom. The line isn't as straight as I would like it, but the top ones aren't either, so now they match. Who can tell from this distance?
That's been my life for two days. The next couple I will spend in the shop. I had brought home my temporary cockpit lids to check that the fibreglass molds I built were the right size, and they were perfect, phewwwwww. So I would like to finish waxing them and get them laid up. Maybe get the upper cabinets made.
I took off one of the old staysail winches to check the new Harken 16STs. Perfect, they fit absolutely perfect. So now all I need to do is cut new backing plates, drill new holes, fill 4 of the 5 old holes, refinish the wood and install. Sweet.
Work to do, cheers.
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