now with added epoxy!

Today, I put the epoxy and fibreglass cloth on the starboard side deck, so I'm one step closer to removing the tarpaulin
I Know it looks much the same as it did this morning, but there is a nice waterproof layer of epoxy on top now :)

I didn't find time to update the blog this weekend, so here's a quick version of where we've got to:


Saturday afternoon, we are laying the plywood on the deck, working our way aftWe managed to lay all but the last board on Saturday, I had cut it out ready to fit on sunday.


Finally here we are on Sunday afternoon, looking towards the bow, with the deck finally covered in plywood, dad fitted a piece of Iroko to cover the ends of the planks, while I coated the new plywood with epoxy resin

We're getting there, dad has been working on the last part of the deck, there's a few bits of wood that need replacing.



I've fitted the plywood to half the starboard side, as far as the wheel house door, so the end is in sight :)

After putting the plywood on the deck, I put another coat of grey paint on the port guardrail.

busy bunnies

We've been doing lots of things this week, trying to move foward on all fronts!

Here dad is painting the guard rail so it can be put back on the port side.

We've put covers over the starboard side so we can work on the deck

Here is the guard rail that dad was painting in the earlier pic, in place on the port side, this part of the deck is almost done :)

I've glued pieces of wood to the deck to lift the bottom of the guard rail, and allow water to run off over the side of the boat, instead of forming a nice puddle

a change of tack!

We've finally started putting the plywood onto the starboard side of the deck!
I sanded down the planking this morning, and laid the first bit of plywood after lunch, the transom is in sight :)
here the deck is sanded ready for the plywood to go on top (looking towards the bow)