Bendy Bits

I have been beavering away on various small jobs, including making up some interior trim (almost all done on that front). I had to laminate up some 90 degree bends to go around the exhaust cover trim in the port stateroom - quite pleased with how they came out.

Kamalii is booked in for haul-out and painting on the 20th August. Woohoo.

So what have we been up to?

Jobs have continued on the boat through winter, but I have been a bit too pre-occupied to remember to post anything. Currently I (with the able assistance of Isi) am finishing off the teak trim in the galley and port stateroom and doing some tidy-up jobs.

The big news is we are going to paint the hull. Watch this space....

Farcebook

For those of you who have been following this blog via Facebook, unfortunately due to some technical issue that occurred when I tried to change the user account that managed the Facebook page I have been locked out and cannot regain control.

Fuck em. FB is a plague on humanity anyway.

Mizzen Finished

All done. Really not that difficult, just need to have the weather co-operating.

Finishing the mizzen

Cockpit painting is done except for some final assembly. Now I am on to the last part of the mizzen. A few hours up top scraping away and my arms are knackered. Unfortunately the weather has not held up, so will have to wait until next weekend to start varnishing - hopefully.

Topless. Hopefully the weather will play ball and I can get her varnished next weekend.

All alone for Easter.

85%

One more top coat to go. Looking good.

Half Way

Primed and two coats of undercoat. Half way there.

Rush rush rush

I have not posted in a little while, but that does not mean we have not been busy.

We have finished the painting in the lower saloon, which included new under-deck liners on the starboard side, and has made a big difference. Now some touch-up varnishing to do. We have also almost finished prep work for painting the cockpit.

Rushing to try and get things done now, as I'm off overseas for two weeks next week, and the good weather has to end soon...and I still have to do the top half of the mizzen mast!

Not So Summery

It was not the greatest weather yesterday, but a fun time was had by all and we managed some nice sailing.

Reassembly

I have the cockpit seats back together. Some time soon we will sand out the whole cockpit and paint it all.

Sharon did a great job painting the lower saloon while I was away, one last section to do, and of course lots of this: