Couple of handsome animals in opening shot! Great to see the barrier coat going on; it's like 'dressing' the boat for the sea at last! Green boot stripe.
Yes, at last! Videos lag the progress. I’m excited to move below deck to start on the interior projects. Just a few, but time consuming. Plan is to then finish with the work topside and then she’ll be ready - or close to ready. There will always be something to do.
Awesome! The next three layers I’ll have help to make sure the antifoul and barrier coat adhere correctly. Soon, I’ll share the painting of the topside, boot stripe, and gunwale.
@@Westsail A popular change is removing the thru-hulls for the scupper drains. That gets rid of the largest two holes in the boat. While I have my video for that, I can email the pictures and directions from another Westsail owner. The other change is doing away with the intake and output for the head. I’m keeping with the traditional Jabsco, but composting is an option. Finally, a lot of new yachts are running the sink from the fresh water tank. That could eliminate the salt water intake for that. This, I might actually do. One less hole in the boat.
Looking good! I've been thinking about soda blasting my W32. And I have some thru-hulls that need removed. You really got me thinking about getting the stands and just bringing this out to the homestead and working on it here.
I wanted everything brand new on the bottom. The soda blasting was worth every penny to get a decade + of ablative paint off. The red you see in older videos after I sodablasted, is the red gelcoat that was applied to the mold after the white finish gelcoat was applied to the mold. This dark color was applied so any air entrapped in the fabric and resin layers could be seen and squeegeed out. New thru-hulls were a must for me too. All manageable projects. Stands are pricey. 7 Brownell boat stands, 3 chains, and 6 keel blocks totaled $1994.80. You can find them used. I’ll sale mine once I’m done.
You should seriously consider stripping the bottom and fair it better. Westsails are slow enough as it is, and that bottom is nowhere near smooth enough, even for cruising.
I paused between these coats and the next to do a lot of what you mentioned. The hull wasn't smooth enough; more sanding and fairing; I needed to take out another thru-hull and repair it, and more. The videos will catch up to the projects. Thanks for the suggestion.
