belizebill
Senior Member
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2010
- Messages
- 227
- Location
- Belize, Central America
- Vessel Name
- Irish Miss
- Vessel Make
- 36' Marine Trader, D C
After two weeks, got primer on the bottom today. YIPPEEE. Rain,Rain,Rain, Christmas, New year all got in the way.* Sand blasted the bottom, 32 years of bottom paint, down to th original gel coat and then some. About 30 blisters, the biggist on the keel. They ground for three days and after that used a mixture fiberglass resin and cavacil and fared the bottom out,while this was happeng we were preping the hull for new paint. She will be a pretty girl in all her make up and I will only have to paint her bottom ocaisnally for the next20 years. They comepletely faired the bottom with sheet rock knives with a mixture of gel coat and filler and then sanded in to 80 grit. I did not bring the proper cord with me to down load pictures of the work, but when I get back to Belize Ill post the proggesion in photos if any body cares to see them. Stll waiting for our friends coming from Panama. Cheers ,BB