Another 25 Seafari goes under the knife

[SBD]

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.

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by DonV

No doubt you ARE a glutton.......

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

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by SBD

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.

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

[SBD]

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.

[DonV]

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/

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by DonV

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

[Blue_Heron]

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.





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







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

Dave

[77SceptreOB]

Real purdy! Great surface prep = Great finish.

[Blue_Heron]

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:





Non-skid applied and painted:




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

Dave

[floorboy]

Nice.