Looking good, my boat is also wearing the same plastic skirt. I too will be doing the deck last. Looking forward to seeing yours painted.

Guilty as charged. But once I get the Seafari in the water, I think I'll be trying to get some hours on it before I head back to the shop to work on the Hewes. And I'm pretty sure SWMBO will be ready to spring a fair sized Honey Do list on me by the time I get the 25 wet. So I'll probably take a year off before getting started on it.

I wish there was a Classic Hewes site that's as good as this one. Mine is a '74 and I want to put it back together pretty close to original configuration, but I'll be playing around a little with materials. I'm going to have to find someone with an early '70s Bonefisher that will let me take some measurements.
Dave

Sean,
It's been a while since I checked out your blog. Looking good,man. Think you'll be able to finish it up this year before it gets too cold to work on it?

Dave

My issues with the cuddy were a major setback, but its done. I am going hard and should beat the cold. The topside will be ready for gelcoat in about a week.

You looked at this one?? I don't think they are into the detail of rebuilds like us CSC guys are. You may be able to find someone close to you on this site for references.

http://www.mbcforum.com/

Yep. I found my hull there on the Vintage Hewes forum. But like you say, they don't get into as much detail as we do here. When the time comes, I should be able to find someone who'll let me take some measurements.

This one is sweet:

http://www.mbcforum.com/showtopic.php?tid/30291/tp/1/

Dave

I spent about nine hours today wet sanding the final prime coat by hand. Have I mentioned how much I enjoy sanding? First, I went over every inch of the cap and patched all the pinholes and nicks with glazing compound. Then I sprayed on a guide coat.

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/IMG_3942.jpg

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/IMG_3941.jpg

Nine hours later, it looks almost exactly like it did before I started, except it’s now almost ready for the Awlgrip top coat.

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/IMG_3943.jpg

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/IMG_3944.jpg

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/IMG_3945.jpg

I only have a couple more things to do and I’ll be ready to shoot the top coat.

Dave

Real purdy! Great surface prep = Great finish.

One of the things I wanted to do before I shoot the cap is try out some non-skid on a smaller part so I could get a feel for it and develop a strategy for how I want to do the non-skid on the gunwales and the forward deck. I did the lids to the helm deck cooler and battery box.


Masked:

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/IMG_3946.jpg



Non-skid applied and painted:

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/IMG_3949.jpg


Next, I have to think about layout of deck hardware that will affect where non-skid goes and where it doesn't.

Dave

Nice.