Final coats of polyurethane are being applied to the deck. This WR-LPU goes on best on cold, damp days, thinned a little with water, and applied with a roller and tipped with a foam brush, out of the wind, on a cold day 48F. The clean up with water and low VOC is worth the effort.
few brush strokes, and high gloss.
June 7, 2015
I made the tiller extension, and attached the rudder hardware today. I am having thoughts about adding an uphaul to the rudder. The downhaul cleat was added and I just need to add a few feet of small spectra braid. The tiller extension is the part that connects the skipper with the boat, and I put a little extra effort into this part. It is about 2.5 long mahogany stick with a small square of mahogany attached to the end. I had one of these on my Enterprise many moons ago and it was comfortable for many miles.
Fiberglass mast track ramps were made as well, and hatches installed and bungee attached.
The garage and boat got a good cleaning today while the weather was nice.
June 9, 2015 Rub Rails
Fabricated the rub rails and drilled for location on the boat. They need a coat of varnish and rain is in the forecast, so they are back in the garage. I may omit the bungs I usually put in so that I have the ability to easily take the parts off and replace or re-varnish off the boat. Well see...
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| may leave the bungs off. |
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| Port rub rail. |
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| Starboard rail. I gave each end a little profile. |
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| I decided NOT to have the rub rails meet at the bow. I think the look is cleaner from an angle. |
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| Nice. |
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