Kiwigrip

 Unfortunately, school has started. I now have a lot less time to work on the boat, but it is 99.99% watertight now. Most of the remaining work is in painting and working on the electrical system. We have sold our house, and have to move out of it by October 15th, so we have a proper deadline to work with now. I finished up the corner on the port side deck by installing some "water funnel things" between frames. They will drain water towards the scuppers and prevent it from pooling and rotting out the bases of the frames. My dad did some sketchy temporary plywood and epoxy patches on the flybridge; hopefully they won't rot out too soon. David has finished up most of the redneck-ish temporary roof for the back deck. It looks really, really, REALLY ugly. I'll post some pictures of it when it's done.

My mom and aunt have managed to finish varnishing and paint nearly half the boat over the last couple of weeks. Today they put Kiwigrip (a very tough and waterproof rubberized deck paint) on the foredeck. Hopefully we'll have Kiwigrip on all of the decks before we're out of the boathouse.

Water Funnel Thing

 

New Plywood

New Name

Foredeck Before Kiwigrip

Foredeck After Kiwigrip

Mom, Dad, and Aunt Painting

Kiwigrip Seen From Flybridge