December 20, 2011
We’re still sanding! Maybe end of day today….but could be another day. The goal is to have the new non skid rolled on by end of day Friday.
December
December 19, 2011
Alright everyone……..Back to work! Let the sanding begin! That sounds very familiar doesn’t it 🙂 90% of this job really is sanding isn’t it. Hopefully today or tomorrow we’ll be finished the sanding and be will be rolling on the new non skid on Thursday
Diane
December 16, 2011
Happy Friday!
The crew have the day off today, but yesterday was a busy day of diggging out all of the loose gel and then grinding with the dremel. Then we filled all of the voids on deck to get ready to roll on new non skid around the entire deck and cockpit. We also discovered that some of the stanchion bases were significantly cracked, and upon further “digging” found that the raised bases that are part of the build process of the deck are actually mostly gel and that there were voids within them. Soooooooo, the cracked ones got ground off and we did some glass layups on them to build them up nice and strong. It’s comforting to know that the stanchion isn’t going to rip out from under you while you’re desperately leaning on it!
Diane
December 14, 2011
Busy Busy day.
Weighed the keel – 975lbs
Rolled the hull over and plunked her back on her keel and then started taping off the deck for sanding. |
Sheila is our hero of the day today. She finished cleaning up ALL of the deck hardware!
That means she scraped, cleaned and scrubbed with solvent until everything was free of goop, gel and rust……seriously unbelievable job. Thanks Sheila!
Diane
December 13, 2011
The bottom’s done up to 400 grit with our hero of the day Nick. The lighting doesn’t do it justice. In the shop she’s shiny like metal, which is one of the characteristics of Baltoplate. Tomorrow we’ll weigh the keel and then roll her over and get OGOC back on her trailer and attached to her keel. Then we start ripping the skidding non skid off of the deck to prep for new non skid.
Here’s our hero of the day! Nick did the yeoman’s work today for sure 🙂
December 13, 2011
Bottom Paint is on!
Let the sanding begin…….again!
December 10, 2011
Yesterday Nick and I got the filler all faired in nicely and then I was at Bristol Marine painting on the Interprotect until the whistle blew at 1630. I just barely got the sixth coat on, but I didn’t get a second more to take a picture. On Monday we’ll sand up the Interprotect and put the bottom paint on. It’s been a fantasticly successful week, and we’re ahead of schedule! Next week we should be rolling OGOC back over about mid week and then starting on the new non skid on deck. Happy Saturday everyone!
Diane
December 8, 2011
Another fun filled day of sanding, fairing, sanding, fairing and a little more filling. Nick got the keel all mucked in and he and I sanded up the fairing on the hull. We’re using a combination of air tools to sand with and then long boarding to make it perfect. It’s painful on the shoulders but the finished product is well worth it. We added a little more filler tonight and the final sanding on the hull is scheduled for tomorrow. Then some Interprotect and we’ll see how she looks. Here’s a shot of the keel.
Dec 7, 2011
Today started out with sanding masks, and air tools. What could be more exciting! We got the two main areas of concern on the hull sanded out and then filled in with an epoxy Qcell and Cabosil filler.
Next we moved over to the keel. There is a crack along the starboard side that runs right along the keel bulb joint. It’s been a concern as it often weeps water in the summer, so it’s getting wet. A few good whacks with a chisel and hammer and the great mystery was revealed. There is a large void in the fairing work at the leading edge of the crack.
The fiberglass and fairing compound was built up nicely over the void, but there was definitely a pocket there to hold water and continue to work that crack. We cleaned out the crack and the void and tomorrow morning’s job is to emery paper in some epoxy into the steel and then build in some structurally strong cow pie.
Then we’ll glass it over and fair it in.
Diane
Dec 7, 2011
Success! I’m still working on editing the video and pics, but here’s the finished product! One inverted Mini. This is the ONLY time that it’s good to be in this position. 🙂 Thanks to the whole team who made this possible. Bristol Marine, Port Credit Harbour Marina and of course the OGOC crew. You guys are awesome! Now we move on to the tough stuff. Time to sand and fair the bottom. The jobs list for the next week sais….”sand, fill, fair, paint…repeat, sand, fill, fair, paint…..repeat until you get a shiny smooth surface”.
