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Originally Posted by SBD
I am so with you on the schedule concept. I am enjoying the process and have plenty of other ways/opportunities to go fishing. It'll be done when its done.
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Sean,
I've let the Seafari project take precedence over fishing, but I'm not going to let a push to the finish drive what I do or how I do it. Like you said, the process and the problem solving are half the fun. And I hope to be using this boat, and taking pride in my workmanship, a lot longer than it takes to do the work.
One good thing, though, it seems like once you’ve got the big stuff out of the way, a little effort seems to go a lot farther. I was able to do a bunch of small stuff over the holiday week that really seems to make a difference.
The easiest and least expensive accomplishment was an insert for the rub rail. I used non-photoreactive PVC tubing because I wanted to add a little color:
I also got caught up on all the detail parts that needed to be patched, primed, and painted.
Patched:
Primed:
Painted:
The parts are:
The cabin hatch:
The “flip up thingy”:
The helm extension:
And a cover for a chase where my wiring and steering cable will go. It still needs some trimming to fit properly:
I also finished up the deck. I wanted to get it out of the way because it was the last painting to be done on the hull itself. I wanted to avoid having to paint the deck after the seat boxes were installed. The fuel tanks and tank hatch have to be in place before the seat boxes can be bolted down. Painting the deck first allowed me to paint the deck with the tank hatch out of the boat. This allowed much easier access to paint the cockpit deck and the helm deck. I could stand in the engine compartment or fuel tank compartment and reach everything with a roller for the first coat, a salt shaker for the non-skid, and a spray gun for the final coats.
The next step was to prime where the paint will go (Awlgrip is way too expensive to be painting under those seat boxes):
After a final sanding and tacking of the primer, I did the layout and masking for the Classic Seacraft non-skid pattern. I’m thinking I should go ahead and buy some 3M stock before they announce earnings for this quarter:
Next step was to roll on a coat of Awlgrip, sprinkle on some 80 grit non-skid, and peel off the masking tape before spraying on the final coats over both the non-skid strips and the smooth strips in between. It’s kind of difficult to capture the non-skid pattern in pictures when your photography skills are as rudimentary as mine are, but if you look closely you can see it. I’m pleased with the finished product:
Still lots to do, but it seems like things are moving faster as I reach for the home stretch.
Dave