Free time - Winter/Spring/Summer, 2012
Topped off with a Bristol Finish!
With all her incredible prep work done, Gabrielle asked friend & neighbor Steve Knight to come in with his spray gun and apply 10 coats of bristol varnish to each spar. He did a beautiful job!
The masts shine now, completely sealed, in a warm, wet-looking glow!
Unfortunately, because so much deck work remains to be done before stepping them, the masts have been wrapped away and protected for the winter until the other pressing jobs are complete.
The masts shine now, completely sealed, in a warm, wet-looking glow!
Unfortunately, because so much deck work remains to be done before stepping them, the masts have been wrapped away and protected for the winter until the other pressing jobs are complete.
Autumn, 2012
A critical eye for corrosion
With September and the warm sunny days hastily flitting by, the Moontide crew ventured further down the decks, to where the side decks ended and the cockpit began. We wondered where the rotting wood ended...
but it just kept going!
but it just kept going!
It made for Great Ventilation (and very little privacy)
Even the aft cabin wall had to be cut out, which was particularly irritating because we had already built the new instrument panel against that wall. We were able to save it without destroying the cabinetry.