Busy Day

Ah, today was a busy day...

The mast received its first coat of varnish.

The yard is shaped and ready for epoxy. I measured the deflection after shaping (rounding the ends and easing the edges) the yard but I left that data in the shop and I'm to lazy to go get it. I post that tomorrow.

The boom needs its varnish touched up a bit (and I haven't even used it yet!) so I sanded and prepped the boom for varnishing.

The rudder received its 1st and 2nd coats of primer. I am repainting with Interlux Brightsides. The first coat was straight primer (Pre-Kote). I used a 50/50 mix of Pre-Kote and Brightsides color (a suggestion from WBF) for the second coat. I am impressed! These two coats of primer look better than the porch paint I used originally. I am looking forward to seeing 2 coats of straight Brightsides color.

The bottom of the hull received its first coat of primer.

For better or for worse, I've decided to return to my original color scheme of yellow hull (never in doubt ) and blue gunwales/inwales. I picked up new blue paint today.

My order of boat bits arrived from DuckWorks today. It is always fun to get new fittings.

Except for the boat bits I suspect there is more of the same on tap for tomorrow.