Launched my boat this morning~
Launched my boat this morning~
Who needs water when you have a garage! It was a little bit of work for one man but after I got it rolling slowly while counter balancing it , piece of cake. i laid some foam cushion down so that is was nice and comfy
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Now I can sand the trailer . I was grappling with thoughts on how to get the boat off the trailer... I wondered should I launch it into the water and use my other trailer to retrieve the boat ( this would require two trips to the boat ramp) or try and jack it up and put it on blocks and slowly work the trailer out from under while moving the blocks around (this could have lead to disaster if it fell) and then I read a post ,I think by TD that said that he always just launched boats under 15 feet into his yard and winched them back up when finished. I have a yard I thought
(and a lightbulb bursts over my head!) . The only problem was that I didn't want my boat exposed to the elements just yet so I decided to launch it into my garage and when I get done with the trailer just winch her back up.
Now I am off to get some sanding belts and some rust stop primer and some more of the gloss sail blue. Hope fully I can at least get her primed today if I get a move on it~
Update on the boat , I put a second coat on and she is still looking sweet. The first coat was easier as I could see the coverage very well I was spreading thanks to the contrast with the old sanded up paint(s) and I think I was a little more nervous about getting it right so I didn't step in with confidence like I got this thing licked. There are a couple of areas that I missed after I rolled and tipped the whole thing for the second coat that I didn't see untill I was walking around doing my final inspection, so worried that paint might cure unevenly and look undesirable I rolled a little and tiped it but the rest of the paint had set a little already so ugh... now I was trying to "blend" this in . I found a good way ,I wet my brush with a little thinner and slung out excess and tipped gently and this evened the finish . Unfortunately when I came back to admire my work after wetting my whistle I saw some color streaking were I had done my "wet tipping" . Looked like tye dye a little. The upside is that it did work and all the paint dried even so it is no problem I just have to do a third thin coat. This I think is preferable to drips if you ever run into that. You can't even really see it in the sun but when you know something is there it can be a focal point everytime you have a look. I think I will wet sand with a high grit before the third coat. I can see some very very faint orange peel which isn't bad at all and is so minute it'd buff out but I think if a laid another coat on top with out sanding it would only increase it's volume. Having said that I am off to Wally world.
Oh and by the way I did check for replacement rub rails on ebay ,ha! 1 dollar a foot times 15 foot time 2 sides is about 30 frogskins plus shipping , no thanks! $.98 for a can of white spray paint,hmm ..... think I'll go with the paint and have money for some color matched vinyl for my walk through bench seat. No harm in comparison shopping though.
