As usual... Ben and I spent the week working on the boat. Today Ben is going to putty and bondo the last few repair spots on the main deck then sand them smooth and I think, I hope... that we will be finished with ALL the sanding. YEAH! I am SOOOOO tired of EVERYTHING being covered with sawdust! By the time we finished last night we both looked like we were covered with flour from head to toe. LOL. After he finishes sanding those spots then I get to start the job to cleaning up the mess.
I can't take a hose to the wood as it will bring up the grain and I will just have to sand all over again.... So I am going to start at the top and work my way down with a damp rag and clean as I go. That's gonna be a job, it's a BIG boat to wipe down by hand. Ben will take a hose to the boat house to try to knock down some of the dust on the walls before we start putting the teak oil on the wooden rails and windows. We did get the non-skid on the upper decks and it looks really good. I love the color.
Once the dust is all cleaned up we will tear the head-liner out of the bedroom, clean the dust outta there... then put in the NEW head-liner and new carpet! YAH, I am so tired of working on the DANG boat!
Today we put down the primer for the non-skid decking. FINALLY, progress! The primer is a 2 part epoxy that seals the surface and preps the area for the "Gorilla Grip" non-skid. It was easy to put down and only took a few hours to tape the deck and paint it on. Now we wait 24 hrs and then put down the 1st coat of non-skid... Then wait another 24 hrs and put down the final coat and the fly bridge and Aft deck will be done.
The coating is like a rubber, kinda cool. The non-skid will be a little darker blue, I can't wait to see it. Finally we are starting to see some results from all our hard work. Ben is sealing the rubber non-skid to the edge of the wood that surrounds the aft deck, hopefully that will help seal the deck from anymore water damage. Boy that blue primer sure brightened things up... WOW
Today was Dustin and Lani's anniversary so they decided to spend the day on their boat and invited us to tag along. The sun was shining, we had a gallon of Margarita mix, a dozen doughnuts and a cooler full of beer... Life is Good! It was nice to take a break from working on our boat and finally go boating for a change. So the plan was to meet them in Kingston at noon. They keep their 26 footer moored in Everett and Dustin figured it would take an hour to get to Kingston..... Wrong. Ben and I got to Kingston around 11:30 and waited. and waited, and waited..... Apparently it takes about 2 1/2 hrs to go from Everett marina to Kingston. Who knew? So FINALLY around 2:30 they showed up and we spent the rest of the day just wandering around the bay, picking up driftwood (Is that illegal???) and just lounging and having a great time.
We saw several harbor seals and about 7 cruise ships heading out to open water. Holland America, Norwegian, Princess Cruise Lines. I tried to get Dustin to cruise close enough for me to throw a gaff hook so I could stow-away but he wouldn't do it. It was kinda weird seeing them all lined up one after the other all heading out.... Without me. Ben ended up taking a nap, Dustin refused sun screen and got BURNED like a boiled lobster, I drank so much Margarita I ended up with a touch of alcohol induced sun sickness.... Lani did just fine. Bitch! We got home around 8pm. Tired and sun burned. What a great day.
As usual... Ben and I spent the week working on the boat. Today Ben is going to putty and bondo the last few repair spots on the main deck then sand them smooth and I think, I hope... that we will be finished with ALL the sanding. YEAH! I am SOOOOO tired of EVERYTHING being covered with sawdust! By the time we finished last night we both looked like we were covered with flour from head to toe. LOL. After he finishes sanding those spots then I get to start the job to cleaning up the mess.
I can't take a hose to the wood as it will bring up the grain and I will just have to sand all over again.... So I am going to start at the top and work my way down with a damp rag and clean as I go. That's gonna be a job, it's a BIG boat to wipe down by hand. Ben will take a hose to the boat house to try to knock down some of the dust on the walls before we start putting the teak oil on the wooden rails and windows. We did get the non-skid on the upper decks and it looks really good. I love the color.
Once the dust is all cleaned up we will tear the head-liner out of the bedroom, clean the dust outta there... then put in the NEW head-liner and new carpet! YAH, I am so tired of working on the DANG boat!
