Team Seacats

I made a comment last week about the finish being “acceptable”. I was wrong about the finish – it turned out to be a LOT better than simply “acceptable”. There is still a little more to buff out (looks like the quart of compound will just be enough) but the hull on the left is complete except for the topsides. Will ya look at that shine!? Travis Phillips, who used to sail with me until he severed his acheles tendon in a tennis accident late last year, helped out big-time this weekend. 5 hours and two sunburns later (yes, we were both wearing sun block…but not enough apparently) we sanded the port hull from start to finish. We started with 220 grit, then 320 grit, then 400 grit, and finally 600 grit. I put a tee in the water hose so we could both have a water supply for the sanding. Travis came back this evening to help me finish the one remaining side of a hull and we both went at it with two mechanical buffers.

Bonnie and I are having an informal cookout tomorrow evening with the folks that have graciously pitched in thus far, and I’m going to squeeze another evening out of them as we start to put this boat together (insert evil laughter). With their help, I hope to get the trampoline on and the mast up in the air. I’ll take some more pictures and try to introduce the guys and gals (that put up with all this nonsense).

I wonder how long my driveway will be blue like this?

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