As more white two pack epoxy primer is applied the interior of our Didi 40 Cr is being transformed. Today I completed the priming in the V berth area and commended painting in the the settee area. Before applying the white primer I added a coat of clear epoxy to the mast step bulkhead that will probably be left as a varnished feature panel. In the quarter berth I added a third coat of clear epoxy to the feature panel but after inspecting the finished job with a bright light I found a couple of areas of epoxy bloom in the second coat so I will have to sand these two coats back in a small area for the finish I want. No one else would notice it high up near the underside of the bridge deck across the cockpit but I would know it was there.
Two coats of white two pack epoxy primer on top of clear epoxy in the V berth area
A second coat of clear epoxy on the mast step bulkhead
A third coat of clear epoxy on the quarter berth bulkhead.
Tomorrow I am hoping to get a first coat on all of the settee area, a first coat in the galley area and a second coat on much of the settee area and the chart table.
This is all in preparation for leaving it for a couple of weeks while we help out with the Australian Laser National Championships at Belmont. We transferred Passion to Lake Macquarie yesterday and bumped over the channel with the help of a tow from Lake Macquarie Marine Rescue. On the way out on the 5th of January we will have to find a higher tide. Passion has wings on the keel and we cannot tip her over to reduce the draft. The new boat has 500 mm more draft so Lake Macquarie will not be on the future visit list unless they dredge the channel more.