If time travel were possible, I would book myself a round trip ticket to January, where I would then tell Kayleen and myself that the quick sanding job of the bottom that we were about to embark on was merely Pandora's box of hidden headaches and frustrations, camouflaged by green paint. With countless hours and weekends worth of sanding paint, laying fiberglass, resining (resin fumes - truly a good time), and sanding once again to smooth out the surface, the bottom sanding job has FINALLY come to a close.
With the structural and cosmetic work of the bottom complete, paint was our next task. After much debate and deliberation, we both decided on a rather patriotic color scheme: royal blue hull, white boot stripe, and a red bottom (or as Kayleen calls it, the "Tommy" Hilfiger look).
If I ever see a sander again, it will be too soon |
Fiberglassed and leveled, ready for paint |
Lisa, our co-worker and the wife of the boat's previous owner came to watch us paint |
RED! It is difficult to tell from this picture angle, but the fiberglass fibers are nonexistent, and the paint leveled out nicely |
Notice our super human strength as Kayleen and I literally flip the boat with one hand |