F18 Out of the Shed
by Jake on May.28, 2007, under Composite Works, Other Projects
I just realized that I haven’t sailed my F18 at all this year with all the prep-work of the I20 and sailing on OPB (other people’s boats). I decided to utilize the long weekend to re-fair the bottom of the hulls since she’s had a pretty rough go with the 2005 Steeplechase and all the recent neglection. After a lot of sanding, I’ve got a reasonably good finish…I didn’t quite go far enough with the 320 grit and still have some minor sanding scratches visible but I may go back and fix that later. Fortunately, there was plenty of gelcoat thickness that I didn’t have to shoot any gelcoat. I did leave the filler exposed (but polished) on a few major dings I fixed.
