the cockpit lockers are painted fiberglass (white) but very very dirty! so for now im using a home made mix of 10oz bleach and 16 water in a spray bottle to kill mold and mildew i plan to paint them white agian once i have some money to spend. the bilge... well i have not looked at it! so i dont know what it looks like...! the anchor locker needs to be painted biggg time. its 100% bare but it has a rather harsh life so im going to do at least 3 coats of oilbased in there because the chain will eat it up, of course it will still get beat up but i can do touch ups once a year or when it needs it. i also need to strip and paint the mooring bit (sampsons post) im thinkn something that will show up so no one hits the feet on it :) maybe a brown??? i also have to do some rust busting on the large danforth, i think i will beat it off with a hammer then take 60 grit in the spots that have rust, a epoxy primer and then 2 coats of paint just to keep the rust at bay, even tho its not that bad.
wow this is just a bunch of run ons about what im going to paint
boooorrrrrinnggg!
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the sole is just ply with no epoxy or fiberglass or any cover on it...
so with it all unscrewed (it has to come out to find the keel bolts) im going to roll on floor paint with non skid on the top, and for the under side killz and a coat of rustoleum paint
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well after a hugeeeeeeee storm last night i said im going to ground her well she is on the stands i want to do the wire from the stays to the water, so well on the hard im going to take some s/s rigging wire from a stay to a jack stand. i hope this helps! anyone seen anything like this before??
if so if they can send me photos if they have them! my email is natfrost@comcast.net
thanks
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well i took the tiller off, and took 60grit on the RO to strip the old varnish, and surface rot... now i have it sanded and just need to cut the butt off, and rebuild the spot that the bracket is bolted im going to fill the holes there with thick epoxy and then brush neat epoxy over the rot and the butt of the tiller, after making the wood "thirsty" with a heat lamp! then im going to revarnish it with 6 coats of z-spar. ill put photos up as i go
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i also have to paint the ply wood block under the outboard kicker!
re paint boot strip
re paint the strip under the toe rail on the top sides (name???)
replace zinc on prop shaft
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the columbia has thru deck chainplates... these from what i hear can be a realllll bitch, because they want to leak.... now one of the p/o's says hey that damn thing needs to stop leakin so he or she slabs some sorta silicone-4200-5200... ontop YES ON TOP of the s/s plate! so the port chain plate is covered in white NOT GOOD! why? well s/s will rust when you take the air away from it, so it needs to be cut out the chain plate needs to be cleaned (or replaced???) and rebeded the right way so i dont lose the rig! and because i have plans on making this boat an offshore boat again a half ass job could kill me! so 4200??? i think will be used and if that leaks i will epoxy a "table top" under them to keep them just off the deck and not let as much water in. i want to do this safe with the rig up tho so im going to put the main halyard on the toe rail and winch it down and take off the shrouds, i will also do this on a calm day when (i hope) no storms will think its funny to come thru town. and alow it to cure for a week or so before sailing. after that i will re tune the rig. well i let it cure im also going to do some work on the old main and inspect the jib , i get a new main sail with the boat but i want to get as many miles out of the old main before bending on the new one! i want to spend a lot of time on the stick of this boat starting with a rig climbing to check blocks, fittings.. lube the sail track, tape the turnbuckles, replace the bulbs well im up there, and replace the boom topping lift as it is more than shot!
ill see what i find
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I got it from a glass shop. It was not expensive and not to difficult to work with. It is sticky as all get out.
Good luck