Saturday was fine but the breeze was gusting 25 knots plus making working outside almost impossible. I tried some spot filling over the first coat of primer but there was so much rubbish flying around that the patches picked up dust and bark and leaves. In the garage there were jobs waiting for such a day. The first cab off the rank was the toe rails which planed, routered, sanded and epoxy coated. I collected half a garbage bag of wood chips from that exercise when I cleaned up the garage for the next job. Elaine was out so I borrowed the car port and shifted some gear there to make room in the garage for shaping the rudder. Three hours and another half a garbage bag of wood chips later I was done for the day. The rudder had been sitting in the garage waiting to be shaped for 362 days. There is still some hand planing to do to finish the job but it should soon be glassed and painted and banished from the garage.
Sunday Monday and Tuesday were all great days for sanding and painting. Each day I managed to machine sand the whole deck and apply a coat of epoxy primer. Tonight she has four coats of white epoxy from bow to stern. The random orbital sander with the vacuum cleaner attached to suck away the dust has been a great time saver. The coat applied tonight still needs some spot filling and then sanded with 240 grit before the undercoat is applied.
I need a rest so tomorrow I can take it easy on the Winter Wednesday race at RANSA.
Rudder carved with Makita planer and angle grinder. Toe rails planed with Makita planer and edges routered with Ryobi router
Section at the top of the rudder
Passion X all covered in white epoxy primer. This was taken after two coats and it now has four coats.