Tell the truth I was so exhausted today I just took a long nap this afternoon. We can hardly believe we’re been at this non-stop for two weeks. We also had a good excuse to take a break today since the “boys” sprayed the bottom paint on the boat today. Two coats, four (roughly) gallons-each costing $250/can. Ouch.
Anyway, here are some pictures of the continuing adventure of being on the hard.
Taking the heat gun to the toe-rail. Don't try and dry your cat with this. It's about 2000 watts and I already burned my chest hair.
It gets very detailed. You have to get every last bit of the old varnish or it shows through on the new.
We had a sign painter touch up Charisma's name.
He was a real pro. Look closely at the "M". The original left off the shadow, which he noticed and fixed as shown in the next pic
Oh yeah, Charisma is smiling with all this attention (see the drop shadow on the "M"?)
Time to tape. We're spray painting the bottom paint
Mixing the paint. Four gallons at $250/gallon (actually it's in metric and I have no clue as to the actual quantity-it looks about a gallon per can). Yikes!
Here we go. Wow, that's RED! It's getting more subtle as it dries.
All done. Can't wait for the great unveiling tomorrow.
OK, so that’s my excuse. Ann kept on polishing. You go girl!
So…on another subject, here’s a great recipe for dinner. We bought some snapper fillets (any nice whitefish filet will do-flounder would be good), wrapped them in foil with butter, chopped garlic, chopped basil, chopped parsley, salt, pepper and a couple slices of lemon. Put on the barbie for about five minutes and…delicious! Go do it tonight!
Dude! Burned your chest hair? Did you forget never to point any type of gun at anything other than the target?
What’s this about beating Ann at cards? My recollection is you are pretty much the mark in card games on Charisma. I bet she’s just being nice to her new hubby :).
You guys are certainly working your butts off rebuilding the boat. And you are also revising my perceptions of sailing – from adventure to drudgery. I suggest you put all this stuff in the appendix of the wonderful sailing book you’ll be writing. After the appendix with Bob and Ann’s Sailing Recipes. Or you could write Captain Bob’s Idiot’s Guide To Rebuilding Your Own Sailboat.
I say more eating, less work.