Paint Day!

After much research, we decided to go with West Marine’s PCA Gold bottom paint. It ablates at 4 knots which is perfect for our cruising sailboat (and much more appropriate than the paint that we had which ablated at 7 knots), and it the same as Pettit Ultima SR40 paint. And it was on sale! Today Frank wrapped up sanding and I wiped it all down with Thinner 120 and taped it off before he got to work applying two coats of paint. While he painted, I waxed! It was a painful day for everyone, but well worth it!

Frank working hard on the first coat.

With my mate, the Shurhold!

Hiding from the sun.

So shiny!

Looks fast!

Tomorrow I will finish up the second coat of wax while he does some work on the water maker and knocks out a few gel coat repairs. We will also work with the marina to get the jack stands moved so we can paint where they were. Then it’s time to splash! This was a painful yet rewarding time on the hard. This is the first time we have done all of this ourselves, and we are pretty pleased with how it’s all turning out!