The Kerttu's spent last night here on their way back home from Michigan so I didn't get started until 10AM.
Yesterday I did brutal sanding of the uneven deck and spread a couple of pints of epoxy with West 410, a sanding filler. It is not a critical as a painted surface because it gets covered with two layers of fiberglass. The major high and low spots need to be eliminated at this stage.
I had planned on vigorous sanding with the possibility of getting a layer of mat on the exposed cores today. Well, the last coat of sanding sealer from yesterday afternoon was not set up so I am presently "cooking" it with some electric heat and lots of solar. This will delay me about 4 hours.
In the meantime I am building a sander strip on a flexible piece of wood to gauge the high spots. Jonathan recommended this and told me how to make one.
I also built a jig to attempt to hold a metal batten so I can score a grove marking the waterline. These boats are normally dry sailed and do not have bottom paint and waterlines molded into the hull like cruising boats. The old waterline that was painted on was way off. There is a feint boundary showing where the physical waterline was when it was moored in Canyon Ferry. I hope to identify a pretty good old waterline and then raise it 1.5 vertical inches. This will allow for extra weight of about 600 pounds of house, motor, anchor, etc. My jig is not working yet.
Some days you start slow.
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