Finally Finished

The sailboat is done. It took about ten to twenty times more time and effort than I bargained for, but instead of a few patched up holes it got all the old bottom paint stripped off, lots of fiberglass reinforcment and smoothing, and three coats of new finish. A few more fiberglass repairs and paint to the interior yesterday and it's officially ready to go. Tomorrow Dave's son and a bunch of his college buddies are supposed to come by for some wakeboarding and the plan is for the gang to carry it to the water and launch it.

Refurbing what is old and broken seems to always be more difficult and more time consuming than building something from scratch, though at first glance you would think it would be much easier. There are always so many unknowns hiding and hard to get at weaknesses. But it's good to see something go on and not just go to waste. Well, I'm glad to have that project behind me. Maybe I'll have some sailing pictures here soon.