Red WTF???

88 keeps changing colors! In the last three days, the boat has been green, gray, blue, red, and then (half) blue again! The green and gray were old paint, the blue is gelcoat and the red is a surfacing putty to cover up pinholes in the gelcoat.

Here are Niki and Dave enjoying the (briefly) blue boat. Note out first attempt at attaching the bow chock. Niki came out this morning and buffed the mast. It's amazing what a little elbow grease will do! While nothings going to make our old (possibly 40 yr old) mast look great, at least it's clean and shiny now.

Here's the bow repair as we left it. I spent a couple hours sanding fair the glass we laid yesterday. It took a while but turned out very nice. I'm confident that this repair is strong and will be aesthetically pleasing. After the sanding our helpful friend Mick applied the 407 fairing compound. I was going to put it on, but Mick is very very good at this kind of work and his first try is probably better than my 1st-4th try! A mans got to know his limitations, eh Clint Eastwood? This will cure up, and next week I'll sand it fair and spot fill.

Here's where we left the boat: half red, half blue-purple. For the second half of today Dave and I sanded more, I did the port side hull and Dave did the deck.

On track for getting into the paint room on time and spraying 545 primer. The last three days have been great for getting back on (ahead of in fact) schedule. Dave was a huge help, and while I know we're both bushed now, it was a very satisfying round of boatwork.

Hours:
Dave 8
Niki 2
Kristian 8.5