[strick]

Thanks Dave. The shop makes things so easy.

Moving along on the project. There were some areas that needed more paint. I did not bring the white up high enough when I originally painted the bottom.



The underside of the gunnel's



hatches were prepped for paint. They were primed and all pin holes filled with quick fair




I got one of my rod holders in so I was able to cut some holes for those. There will be 6 total on the cap.



I needed to tie off the seams around the fuel hatch. Back in the summer I tried doing this with some 1 inch cloth but it kicked too fast due to the heat and looked like junk so I sanded it all down and started over again. I had some stitched mat that my buddy gave me and I cut it into strips and epoxied it in place.



Sanded down, quick faired, sanded again and primed.



painted the hatches



The bigger hatches will get non skid so only the perimeter gets paint.



Scuppers




Drain tubes and Garboard drains installed



I takes hours to tape off for the nonskid. I taped around each piece of hardware.



Sanding everything down



Finished non skid. It's Awl grip off white mixed with griptex. I decided to use off white which is the same color as the inside of the boat. The floor will be a contrast color.



Prepping the walking surfaces for non skid. Lots of taping and the floor had to be sanded again to clean it up.




Theres my nephew Gary. He runs a Linex dealership. This is the kinda kid you want working for you. He runs the whole show.



A small piece of 1/4 inch tape with a wire in it is layed down next to the tape I have applied. Then they tape over that with some 1 inch tape and then they have to mask off the entire boat. So in essence they go over everything three times with tape. The floor is sanded lightly with 80 grit cleaned and then the Linex is applied.




Finished Linex




Thanks Gary for taking the time to do it right

Strick