Log of Alberg 30 #262 on 19 March 2018


Date: 19 March 2018 14:20 till 19 March 2018 18:30
Purpose: Continue Cockpit Painting Project
Complement: Yoni Bresler
Weather: Mid 50's, light breeze

  • Mixed up three tablespoons of QuikFair . Filled one winch base and the cover for the indent in the bridge deck only.
  • Stripped all finish from both cockpit locker lids using a heat gun. Tops and sides took about 40 minutes each. The bottoms, with the transverse supports, took twice as long each.
  • Next steps:
    • Fill, sand, and paint indent cover and winch bases to determine how the finished project may look.
    • Continue stripping all the wood from the cockpit: companionway threshold, stiles, and hatch, coamings, icebox hatch, aft lazarette hatch.
    • Sand cockpit locker lids.
    • TSP cabin aft interior bulkhead.
    • Epoxy closed a hole in the starboard side of the cockpit.
    • Paint cabin aft interior bulkhead, first coat with High Gloss White ?? Might be best to wait to see how the Brightside looks in the cockpit.
    • Remove the access plate in the cockpit floor and fill diamond pattern below access plate flange.
    • Need to decide whether or not to remove the cockpit drains for this project.
    • Need to decide whether or not to remove cabin top winches to refinish inside cabin there as well.
© Jonathan M. Bresler