Exterior
Requirement: protect the exterior as much as possible to minimise maintenance and cost in the future.
Hull
Underwater
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Drilled propeller hole
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Drilled exhaust hole
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Drilled water filter hole through the hull below waterline
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Eco sounder - cut a hole in the bottom and make it solid fibreglass & epoxy as the echo sounder does not work well through the wood. Glued the transducer on top of that.
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Shaped the stern for the propeller, fibreglass, epoxied etc
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Added wood to the stem to make it rounded
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Measured and raised the waterline 10 cm / 4” (hope it does not disappear when launched)
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Epoxy glue waterline with a string
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Fitted series drogue plates: 10 mm stainless steel plate - 40 cm long, with 4 mm SS backing plate
Finish
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Epoxy to the hull at the time of build, sanded
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2 coats of epoxy, sanded
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2 coats of epoxy primer, sanded
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5 coats of epoxy and copper coat powder mix applied in one day to bond well
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Sanded before launch to expose copper
Topsides
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Cut out 2 windows port and starboard and 2 aft
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Epoxy coated at the time of build and painted to a high standard. This needed no attention at the time. We only needed to paint to our colour scheme.
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Two epoxy undercoat paint, plus two polyurethane paint
Bow and Side Decks
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Sanded back the paint
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Epoxy fibreglass
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Epoxy undercoat x 2
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Non slip paint ​​​
Shoe
Decks
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Steal shoe by design discarded as maintenance issue
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Measure and dry fit plywood shoe (25 mm), rout edges
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Fibreglass & epoxy plywood shoe to the bottom of the keel
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Fit to the keel with epoxy glue
Side decks
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Repair damaged plywood in places
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Fibreglass bow and side decks
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Filled the stanchions at deck level to stop water collecting
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Filled gaps near the aft step - to stop the rot
Bulwarks
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Repaired plywood
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Drilled new eye in the bow and made a ring - epoxied