This update includes work over the previous three days, beginning with an ~hour on Friday afternoon that included priming the "engine pan" (the space where the seacocks are located). I used a TotalBoat product for this application, and with a foam roller and traditional brush made fairly quick work of the areas needing their first coats.

On Saturday, after meetings on the shop property to address some adjacent projects, I got to work on, again, painting (primer) the interior overhead of the coachroof. After completing the priming, I lightly sanded the boom and applied the second coat of TotalBoat's Wet Edge topcoat paint. The paint build was progressing nicely on the boom, with the possibility of a total of four coats followed by installation of the fittings.

Sunday afternoon resulted in more of the same: this time priming the forward overhead and v-berth platform. Again, a foam roller applied TotalBoat's primer product and laid down nicely on the sanded gelcoat-finished liner. After completing the interior priming for the day, I moved into the shop to start work on the brightwork fabrication. The tired teak had been removed from Biscuit and fresh mahogany purchased to brighten up her presentation. A few weeks back, I had surfaced all four sides of the rough sawn mahogany. I decided to begin with the coaming boards, so I worked to remove the coaming return blocks on the forward end of each board. These blocks bridge the coaming boards with the sides of the cabin. They had been filled with a thickened resin instead of bunged, so the first task was to grind out the epoxy. Removing the epoxy bungs was done with an air powered die grinder, and screw heads cleaned up with a razor and pick. I carefully removed the screws, labeled the blocks and boards, and set the old coaming boards onto their future incarnations. More to come!

Total Hrs: 6.25