Best laid plans

I started the week by making the two final pieces of trim for the forward cabin and giving them a first coat of varnish. I moved on to sanding the non slip paint on the side decks gave them a wash down with detergent rinsed off and allowed to dry. Once both areas were masked up I painted the starboard side which took me up to the end of the day.

Wednesday dawned wet and miserable so after putting a second coat of varnish on the trim for the forward cabin I pottered about with odd jobs a couple of light fittings needed connections re making amongst other things. Once the rain cleared up and the deck dried out I painted the port side deck unfortunately I did not have time to remove the masking tape which given the time that it has been on will certainly be a bit of a pain to get off.

Today I started by sanding the top of the coach roof and giving it a good wash down then once everything had dried I masked up before applying the non slip deck paint. I tried to remove the masking tape from the port side deck and as I thought it has been on far too long so it will be time consuming to remove.

Coach roof after painting

The port side of the coach roof around the hatch will need to be painted separately as the masking tape is too wide for the narrow strip down the centre.

The deck areas which have been painted now looks much smarter its amazing what a coat of paint can do. To finish off the day I removed the masking tape from the coach roof before it had time to become semi permanent and then fitted the trim pieces in the forward cabin, this is as far as I am going to go in here for the time being, the next project will be to replace the cushions at some time in the future.

Trim pieces fitted