It seems like nothing has been accomplished in the past six days and while I know that is not true there are no new photos to show for the effort.
With help from the crew we have masked the cabin roof beams, sanded the fourth coat of primer and drilled more holes. This time the holes are for the toiled system and somewhere I have the size of backing ply written down and somewhere I have the size of the box I need to fabricate for the holding tank written down.
I have achieved a few things. I have worn out two random orbital sanders and bought a third which I hope will last to the end of the project. Elaine and I have selected a nice light grey covering for the cushions and mattresses. I have taken Martin’s advice and touched up the oversanded areas of the primer with light brush strokes. This worked out better than I anticipated. On the other extreme I have ignored his advice and done a second round of patch filling on the gunwales and given them a second extra coat of primer. The acrylic washboard has been drilled for the lock and the sliding hatch has had a slot routered to match the lock. It looks just like the lock on Passion.
With paint left over from priming the gunwales I have rolled and brushed the first coat of primer on the ceiling in the cabin. Also with paint mixed up for the gunwales I have sprayed the last coat of primer on the deck locker lid and the hatch garage. It would be nice if the boat was under cover and I could spray the lot. The neighbours are taking off for three days tomorrow but the weather is turning wet and the opportunity to spray may go missing. We will see what the morning brings.
Locker lid and hatch garage have been sprayed with primer.
The deck primed last week. Since then it has been spot filled, sanded and the gunwales have had two extra coats of primer.