The good news is that after 12 weeks of drying, the hull is bone dry and we are ready to start filling blister holes, epoxy and bottom paint.
The plan for Hiaqua is to go over the bottom one more time and grind out any more potential bad spots, then give it a light coat of Sea Hawk Tuff
Stuff Epoxy. Then start filling and skim coating with West Systems Epoxy w/ filler. This will be done 1/4 of the hull bottom at a time since
recoating for best adhesion is time sensitive. Re-sand the whole smooth and two coats of the same epoxy barrier coat. Then two coats of Sea Hawk Sharkskin epoxy bottom paint. This yard is hot on Tuff Stuff and Sharkskin so I guess that is what we are going with. I used Velox Plus Antifouling Paint on the rudder and props.
I just finished polishing the stainless bow stem plate and got the 12
fender pad eyes back from the chroming to mount on the freshly varnished
cap rail as well as remounted the freshly varnished navigation light boards
and aft doors, so we are really looking new and ready to go cruising!
--Randy Miller
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