Friday Cleanup, Pt. 1

I got out there about 7:00 this morning, hand-sanding the boat. If I'm going to get it in the water while the girls are here, I have to have another coat on the outside this afternoon. I hand-sanded until 9:00, and then power-sanded after that.

I got the rough edges and screw-ups sanded down. Then I lined the inside seams, where the bottom (or "deck") attaches to the sides (or "sides") with strips of fiberglass/epoxy, to further strengthen the boat.

Then I flipped the whole thing back over and sanded the crap out of it. It's pretty much set for the final outside coat this afternoon.

And by "final" I mean "nowhere near final".

A second coat of epoxy will make it waterproof and water-ready. But I will -- in the near future -- need to add some fiberglassing reinforcements around the edges and I'll need to clean up the stringers, too.

And, of course, adding the deck, sail rig, transom, rudder . . .

But all that remains to get her in the water is one coat of epoxy on the bottom. I suppose I should get a bottle of champagne and settle on a name.