September 13-14 Another trip to RP to put on two gloss coats of Cetol. While I was there on Tuesday, Paul, with assistance from James, painted the transom. After some digging, I finally learned that our hull is Awlgrip majestic blue. Only hulls 1-3 were painted with Awlgrip. Then Tartan changed to PPG DCC Concept, an acrylic urethane. Awlgrip is a polyurethane.
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| Paul and James in a blue cloud as they spray the transom. |
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| The cockpit was well protected from the spray. |
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| The finished job looks good as new! |
Paul referred me to Sandra of Creative DeSIGNS of Virginia to redo the hailing port for the transom.
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| Sandra sent me this photo...we haven't seen the finished product yet. |
I managed to get my two coats of gloss cetol on Tuesday and Wednesday. It was not a great job with some blistering in places of the second coat. I also managed to step on one of the handrails a few hours after the last coat and scrape off the soft finish. I should be able to do a better job the next time I do this when I'm not commuting 3 hours.
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| Although not a great job, the finished teak looks much better than what it was before. |
The day after I left, they stepped the mast. Launch is scheduled for next week.
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| Looks like a sailboat again! |
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