Here We Go Again

[strick]

Things have been going turtle speed on this little boat. The kids are on summer break so I've been trying to spend some quality time with them taking them places and doing things together on the weekends.

Early Sunday morning while everyone was still asleep I managed to shoot some awlgrip primer on the hull. I sprayed the bottom, sides and top cap. The inside of the hull is not ready for primer yet. This was a very light coat of primer so it will help me to see the blemishes that still need to be faired and sanded.

Fresh Awlgrip primer:



Quick fair and block sanded with 220:



The bottom is almost ready for paint however the top sides still have a bit more fairing and sanding left to do. Hopefully I'll get to it this week.

I picked up a gantry crane from Harbor freight the other day and decided to try it out. My brother helped me set it up this past weekend. He works for a crane company and builds these things on a much larger scale out in the field. We modified it slightly making it 4 inches wider so I will be able to fit the boat trailer under it.




where I stand as of now.




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