<Wingssail Images-Cruising Photos from Around the Pacific>

Haul Out At Coral Cove

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Ready to lift

Going into Slings

Haul Out

Pressure Wash

Blocked Up

Sanding Patches

Painting

In the Hotel

Before & After

Keel Shot

In The Stands, After

Ready to Go

Labels: Boat Work, Bottom Painting, Coral Cove, Trinidad, Wings

Keel Repair In Mauritius

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Ready to Lift

Keel Damage

Fixing the Keel

Keel Fixed

Fred & Rayman

Judy takes the Yard Launch

Rainy Morning Relaunch

Labels: Boat Work, Bottom Painting, Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Port Louis

First Look at New Paint

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The painting was finished after dark on Sunday and our first real look was Monday morning. Here are the shots over the course of a week.

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Wings Emerges from Tent

Bow

Stern

By the following Friday the white strip was on and the bottom painted.

Bow

Stbd side

Next Saturday & Sunday Judy & I installed the rudder, tiller, and Windvane.

There were a few snags in the windvane installation which we are working on but the main thing we are concerned about are some apparent failures in the the paint. This could be a disaster.

The Painter needs to come back on Monday and take a look at it.

But from a distance, it looks good.

Labels: Boat Work, Bottom Painting, Serendipity 43, Wings

Boat Project-Final Sanding

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Bigger Tent

Forward: Men At Work

Aft: Wet Sanding

New Colors

The latest primer coat is black after one coat of white and several coats of grey. Between each one there were applications of filler (also known as bog or bondo, depending on your location). And always: sanding. Hand sanding, machine sanding, long boarding, wet sanding, dry sanding. Sleeves of sand paper. Cans of filler. Layers sprayed on and then sanded off: over four weeks of this.

This job is employing 5 or 6 men, but labor is cheap in Thailand so I don't mind and meanwhile the hull is getting the best fairing job it's ever had.

Labels: Boat Work, Bottom Painting, Marina, Phuket, Thailand