Scrub, scrape, paint
Spent a day working my backside off on Nervous Tension yesterday. The plan had been to spend the weekend down there, but my feeble office-job arms can’t take the pressure and I made more progress than anticipated so I headed home for a well earned bath.
So…
- Crud scraped off the keel and two coats of zinc primer applied
- The last of the barnacles scraped off the hull and scrubbed the waterline
- Removed any flaking paint from the topsides and dug out any soft wood behind
- Roughly filled and faired topsides, then a good coat of undercoat (as a guide coat more than anything)
- Removed loose paint from the deck and applied half a coat of aluminium primer (at which time I ran out of both paint and daylight)
I could have sworn I had a Quarter Tonner, but after that I’m wondering if she might actually be a Super Maxi!
Good Day.
Any further updates? I’ve been following your trials and tribulations religiously, after following a link here from another blog I frequent.
Giles
Hey There,
Hang in there after all those setbacks when you finished sanding en start painting it all soon will look nice and shiny and it is a complete other boat.
We also follow you,
Grtz from Holland, Ben Steffen
Just to confirm, your craft is a Quarter Tonner, NOT a Super Maxi.
They are very different boats.
I used to sail a quarter tonner back in the 80s, was a lovely little boat.
Looking forward to seeing this one returned to her former glory.
Any recent pictures to share?
Jim