- Sanded the faired winch base and the bridge deck indent cover.
- Closed a hole in the port side of the bridge deck indent with thickened WestSystem epoxy.
- Closed a hole in the starboard side of the cockpit with thickened WestSystem epoxy.
- Mixed up one cup of QuikFair
. Faired the aft side of the cabin, concentrating on the heavily pockmarked port side.
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
