Baby It's Cold Outside!

Snow and ice have slowed work on the project!

Work has slowed considerably in the last two days. After four to six inches of snow, a freeze settled in and it is cold outside! By the end of the day, all but the hand sanding of the paneling was completed. I even was able to start sanding the fiberglass headliner in the forward area of the cabin. It had been painted white. Pits, stains and imperfections detract from it’s appearance. I plan to sand off the paint. Then I’ll hand sand it with ever finer sand paper ranging from 600 to 1500 grit wet/dry paper. After that, I’ll polish it with super duty rubbing compound, Finesseit II and then a final coat of pure wax. It’s the same treatment I’ll do to all the interior and exterior fiberglass.

The sun allowed some of the accumulated snow to melt and I found several leaks. Anna Marie and I cleared all of the snow off the boat. We’ll address the leaks as soon as we get a warmer day.  

Yikes! It's COLD!

This port (and three others) developed small leaks.