Well it’s been a while since I have posted to my blog but I have still been working on the boat. So I thought I would take a few pictures and put them on so you could see were I was at with the boat. I can tell you that the finish work takes longer than the build part.
I fiber glassed the bottom of the hull and there was lots of days that was just drying time and curing. I have left the bottom smooth finished until later and I will come back and paint it after I complete the paint work on then top. I painted the inside of the boat with the marine paint from Glen L and it has come out pretty nice. I put on several coats of primer first to cover up the wood. It has taken and entire gallon of paint to get the inside of the boat painted and it still needs a final coat. I fitted the deck on the boat and plan to paint it white also. I thought I would finish the last coat on the inside of the boat when I painted the deck. I wanted to paint the inside before putting the deck on so it would be easier to paint. I used a spay gun to paint the inside and will use if for the rest also, it makes the finish look really nice and smooth.
It has taken a lot more paint and fiberglass than I thought it would but it might be because I like to make things really nice and I can be picky about the finish. I am going to fiberglass the edges around the deck and the sides so there will be no possibility of water coming in the sides. I hope to paint the deck and have the inside finished painted this week. I will put the floor and the seating in it next week hopefully. Then I am going to flip it over and finish the bottom after I get my mast in. I want to get the mast in because I am unsure if the bottom of the mast holder needs to bolt through the floor to the outside of the boat. I think it will just screw to it but I am going to wait to finish it after I get a look at what comes with the mast kit.
I fiber glassed the bottom of the hull and there was lots of days that was just drying time and curing. I have left the bottom smooth finished until later and I will come back and paint it after I complete the paint work on then top. I painted the inside of the boat with the marine paint from Glen L and it has come out pretty nice. I put on several coats of primer first to cover up the wood. It has taken and entire gallon of paint to get the inside of the boat painted and it still needs a final coat. I fitted the deck on the boat and plan to paint it white also. I thought I would finish the last coat on the inside of the boat when I painted the deck. I wanted to paint the inside before putting the deck on so it would be easier to paint. I used a spay gun to paint the inside and will use if for the rest also, it makes the finish look really nice and smooth.
It has taken a lot more paint and fiberglass than I thought it would but it might be because I like to make things really nice and I can be picky about the finish. I am going to fiberglass the edges around the deck and the sides so there will be no possibility of water coming in the sides. I hope to paint the deck and have the inside finished painted this week. I will put the floor and the seating in it next week hopefully. Then I am going to flip it over and finish the bottom after I get my mast in. I want to get the mast in because I am unsure if the bottom of the mast holder needs to bolt through the floor to the outside of the boat. I think it will just screw to it but I am going to wait to finish it after I get a look at what comes with the mast kit.
