More Refit (We Will Never Get Bored!)

The start of the new paint system on the deck area. Because Tamer was in Alaska, and I was working continuously, I do not have any pictures of the work in progress :-) So you will just have to have all the finished ones!

Tamer sanded down and applied linseed oil to the helm seat and steering wheel right before the Schooner Race (post coming soon).

The paint still needs to be finished on the aft deck, but this was to highlight the new paint job on the deck box and the freezer.

The sand is more of a highlight color and then the non-skid is a new shade of almond.

I am super proud of how everything turned out. I have been visualizing a "finished deck" for years!

Starboard....

When we get down into warmer climate, I will be trimming out the windows and hatches with a black stripe. I think it will be the 'Icing'...

There were a lot of a reason the deck that required a few coats of fairing compound to fill the pitting. The above picture is the 'before'.

'After'

Valin ~ Sanding away on the deck.

Raoul and Valin re-coating the very forward area of the ship.

Raoul's Urbanna Project was to grind and sand the bilges in the aft cabin. They were never finished while we were at Glade's. I did not take near enough pictures of his accomplishments during this project. This is the area furthest forward in the aft cabin under the existing floor. The area under our bed was probably 10 times more work than this area.

More before

Here is Blayde laying inside the area and vacuuming (one of many times).

This is Raoul the contortionist applying the final coat of paint. I did not get any finished pictures before the area was re-stowed full of stuff. Rest assured that now there is no rust, and only a shiny new finished coat of Amerlock.

A big thank you goes out to Raoul for taking on this difficult project!