I have a cooler full on non-alcoholic beer on board, still love the taste. And yessir enough snacks to camp out on here a few days. I haven't boated nearly enough this year, it'll be nice to be on the water for a bit.
The motor actually runs great, no tinkering necessary. It is definitely a...
Cushions are installed, and also made a snap-in carpet for the cabin.
I started the motor on the hose so I could clear all the air from the new fuel lines.
I'm now headed to the boat ramp for some shakedown cruising.
The $40 Amazon electric sprayer worked surprisingly well. I had to use the smallest included 1.0 tip and thinned 2:1 to get a fine spray; it can really dump out some paint fast. The hot weather let me shoot all four coats today. It's not a perfect finish, but looks good from ten feet away. I'll...
The barrier coat is on; it took 3 coats and 3 1/2 gallons plus the first topcoat of gloss white enamel applied last night. It's a heavy orange peel texture, but below waterline so I don't care.
I also applied Rustoleum gray tractor enamel primer to the hull sides, but could not get it to...
Forgot to add: I did some paint experiments after reading others' occasional issues with enamel not curing over fresh epoxy. Both Rustoleum and Majic hardened tractor paints both cured fine with a 3 hour hotcoat over Tuff Stuff. This was at 80 degrees and 80% humidity.
All the old bottom paint has been removed via sanding with 60 grit to the gelcoat (nasty job). Fairing is nearly complete using thickened epoxy. Sanding should be complete today.
Also, I finished replacing all the sanitation hoses in the bilge after diluting and draining the really old head...
Everything is put back together, and it looks much better than before.
I also replaced some old hoses in the bilge with Trident #148, re-sealed the old bronze thru hull (replaced the wood backer with PVC board), omitted the OEM fuel filter for a Racor Fuel/water separator, and deleted the...
The only 36" masthead/anchor combo light I could find a few years ago was this: https://www.amazon.com/Attwood-7836-S-1-Masthead-Navigation-Stainless/dp/B07M8J2ZVG
