No pics, long day, she is ready! Launching tomorrow!!
Two Days
Two days until launch!
Lots of progress today. Finished the stripe and bottom paint, got a coat of varnish on the toe rail and took on some diesel. Tomorrow I will touch up the varnish, add a few more gallons of diesel, plug in the electronics and check everything over. We are so excited to be back in the water and in a marina much closer to the house.
Todays pics. Stripe is much more uniform:
We will keep you updated!
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Three Days and Counting
We are in the final stretch toward splash down! Everything is going well…now. The rain has subsided so progress is being made. Today I was able to reassemble the prop shaft seal, install the prop and shaft zincs, sand the entire teak toe rail, sand the bottom, put a final coat of paint on the boot stripe, and get half the bottom painted. It was a very long but productive day.
New Mil-Spec prop zinc with new screws:
New shaft zinc. I painted the shaft with two part epoxy primer as well. No, not under the zinc:
Then antifouling bottom paint on everything:
I was able to get a final coat of paint on the stripe, it looks great. Tomorrow I will peel off the blue tape and finish the bottom paint. She will be ready to launch Friday morning:
On another note…We are able to watch rocket launches right from our back yard. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket tonight and it was a really nice show, for about 20 seconds. Pictures taken with my phone so not the greatest:
I think the rocket may have separated at this point…not sure:
It was a good show…
Video:
Dea Latis is “launching” on Friday!
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Paint
The boot stripe is coming along nicely. Today I was able to sand the primer, tape and get one coat of paint applied. I am using the roll and tip method so I have to wait to recoat. I took these pictures literally right after tipping so the paint hasn’t had a chance to smooth out but it looks pretty good so far.
At least the stripe is a bit more uniform:
A little shine:
I wish I had used the roll-tip method on the topsides, the shine would have burned your retinas. Reflection of the rudder in the stripe:
Tomorrow I will sand this and apply another coat of paint, IF the weather cooperates. I have bottom paint and a few other things due in by mid week and that should get us ready to launch. Very exciting.
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Every Little Bit Counts
Although not very interesting I did make progress today. The weather here has been unpredictable so it is difficult to get outside work done. I gambled today and decided to push forward with fixing the stripe at the water line and also cleaning up the prop and shaft.
I sanded, wiped down and solvent washed the stripe so I can repaint the entire thing. After that I put two coats of epoxy primer on the area that needed adjustment:
Primer came out better than expected. Next decent weather day I will sand and paint the entire stripe:
I removed all the barnacles and crud from the propeller and shaft, then cleaned and primed that as well. Once everything is ready, I will rough up the bottom and apply one coat of paint to everything. Ready for a new zinc and some antifouling paint:
One step closer (it’s exciting to us)!
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