liveaboard

the blog of the Columbia 8.1 that i now own, and no longer ther bucc.

Who: nathaniel frost
Port: richmond va

cleaning and painting bilge, cockpit lockers, and one or two other places!

27 July 2009
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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Vessel Name: piece o' mine
Vessel Make/Model: Columbia 8.1
Hailing Port: richmond va
Crew: nathaniel frost
About: 1 sailing like crazy for two years Purchased a 27 foot boat to fix up and live aboard! study sailmaking, rigging, anything sailing! also work on two steel hulled schooners, and want to make a life out of the sea

Who: nathaniel frost
Port: richmond va