Bright white!

One more coat tomorrow then we start varnish on the decks.

More paint

I put the first coat of paint on the bottom.  It's the regular bottom paint thined out by about 15 %.   The next coat will be full strength.

Paint and varnish

Ready for it.  The bottom has 3 coats of resin.  I sanded that with 60 grit paper followed by 120 grit.  Took quite a while. 

Resin

I got the deck and cockpit coated with the first coat of resin.  Looks good.

Woodwork is done!

I got the last wood on the boat, the rubrails.  I cut the holes for all the inspection ports.  Now it's on to the finish.  Two coats of resin over the entire boat.  The bottom gets white paint.  I'll varnish the decks. 

 

 

 

Inner rub rails

We're closing in on finishing the woodwork on the boat.  I got both inner and outer rub rails made.  I used cherry wood.  It's a hard wood and looks good.   I fitted the inner rails.  I'll get the outer rails done next.  I have about 20 minutes more sanding to get the outer rails fitted just right.  The inner rails provide two functions.  They cushion your legs from the sharp seat sides and they provide a hand hold for when you need to get back into the boat.

Hole in the bottom

Got a chance to move the boat outside.  Gave me a good view of the rocker.  This is going to be a fast boat.  I'm filling in all the little holes and sanding rough spots.  Also got the CB trunk opened at the bottom.