Yesterday was a 12 hour work day for Pulsar and Pablo. We put down 1 coat of West Sytem epoxy and 4 coats of West System 422 barrier coat. The results are great! The botttom is beautiful 🤩.![]()
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We are so grateful for the help of our friends who lightened the work load (💝Saltymatey), more friends who baked cinnamon rolls (looking at you Sailing Totem), and teenagers who wrangled munchkins all day. 💪💗⛵️ ![]()
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Next up: more repairs, washing, sanding, and more barrier coat for the hull.
Mini update: finally have all the blue paint dust speckles left over from sandblasting removed from the hull. Our sides are again a lovely white with two blue stripes. We are inching towards being able to barrier coat the bottom and keel. ![]()
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One a side note, a lovely male hummingbird crashed into our neighbor’s boat and fell to the gravel. We were astonished as it lay in the gravel stunned. So stunned that I was able to pick it up with a 2 inch stick and it sat there. And of course, no picture before it was able to fly away to its mate. Pretty sure it was an Anna’s Hummingbird.
Update on the keel joint fairing: Graham did an amazing job fairing and feathering the red 407 epoxy to the lead. Now we have added hopefully the final layer of GFlex right on the joint and a few repairs to places we exposed the lead flexible sanding. We are so close to being ready to barrier coat the entire bottom.
The fairing and sanding doesn’t seems like it is going to end. Another tomorrow. Meanwhile, Cabrales Boatyard Puerto Peñasco has a new yard/guard dog named Bonita. She likes our dinghy and sings with the sirens 🚨.
Yesterday we completed removal of the stern tube. Now to clean up the hole and then insert the new one.