This is the good, bad and the ugly in reverse of the normal progression of work - the bottom shows the liftout, then what is not shown is hours and hours of sanding the bottom, after cleaning strange and horrible critters off the bottom. Then more sanding, then painting with stuff that costs the same as a small city in Montana per gallon, then taping, more sanding, and smoothing with foul smelling putties, washing, and more sanding....good fun. At the end of each day we are so sore from stretching, painting, climbing the scaffolds, the ladder, the lower stands, that we reach for the ibuprofen and fall into bed. We will be fit at the end of this week. Sort of - although we have discovered new aches and pains that we didn't know were possible in the human body. Aching toenails? Right. The new green stripe at the gunwhales is to cover up a lot of bumps from water getting under the fairing - a great guy, Jeff, came down from the mountains and spent three days grinding and sanding, driving two hours each way, just to help out. He smoothed the bumps. We couldn't have done it without him! Launch is tomorrow and we will be in Monterey, vegging out for a few days. After this week : sleeping alternately at Motel 6, nice and on the water as it is, and/or sleeping in the van, eating whatever and whenever, it will be luxury to just be zombies in front of a tv. But, after this week of hard work and pushing ourselves, I can safely say that old farts rule!
This is the good, bad and the ugly in reverse of the normal progression of work - the bottom shows the liftout, then what is not shown is hours and hours of sanding the bottom, after cleaning strange and horrible critters off the bottom. Then more sanding, then painting with stuff that costs the same as a small city in Montana per gallon, then taping, more sanding, and smoothing with foul smelling putties, washing, and more sanding....good fun. At the end of each day we are so sore from stretching, painting, climbing the scaffolds, the ladder, the lower stands, that we reach for the ibuprofen and fall into bed. We will be fit at the end of this week. Sort of - although we have discovered new aches and pains that we didn't know were possible in the human body. Aching toenails? Right. The new green stripe at the gunwhales is to cover up a lot of bumps from water getting under the fairing - a great guy, Jeff, came down from the mountains and spent three days grinding and sanding, driving two hours each way, just to help out. He smoothed the bumps. We couldn't have done it without him! Launch is tomorrow and we will be in Monterey, vegging out for a few days. After this week : sleeping alternately at Motel 6, nice and on the water as it is, and/or sleeping in the van, eating whatever and whenever, it will be luxury to just be zombies in front of a tv. But, after this week of hard work and pushing ourselves, I can safely say that old farts rule!
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