Anti fouling

I bought some more underwater primer and anti fouling last weekend so the first thing Monday morning I completed the application of the underwater primer including a second coat on the keel and as it was a warm sunny day I managed to get the first coat of anti fouling on. I applied the second coat of anti fouling on Wednesday morning and removed the masking tape always the most satisfying part of the job.

Beginning to look quite smart

To finish up on Wednesday I completed sanding the remainder of the bumps and scrapes in the topsides and gave them a coat of primer/undercoat.

One of the clevis pins on the starboard lower shroud rigging screw was secured with a rusty mild steel split pin which I attempted to remove on Wednesday in the end I had to take it home and drill it out so that it could be replaced with a proper stainless steel pin, whilst doing this I cleaned up the threads and gave the screw a careful examination. Today I removed and labelled the rest of the rigging screws so that over the weekend I can give them all a good clean and a thorough examination. During the removal of the rigging screws I noticed that the baby stay is secured to the mast with a bow shackle which in my book is not best practice, it will be replaced with a proper toggle before the mast goes back up.

Rigging screws

For the rest of the day I have been fitting the bases to the forward cabin lockers I had previously roughed them out at home they just required some work with a plane and some sandpaper, I managed to complete the starboard side and screwed it in place which has made the whole assembly much more rigid, the port side will be Mondays first job.

Starboard side locker base