New schedule 6:30 AM - 3:00PM Weather is too Hot 25 early in the morning and up to 40C during the day. Deck to hull joint Continue work on joint. Did stupid mistake to leave masking tape under laminate, as result spent a lot of time on sanding out edge of laminating area. as result sanded out gelcoat on the areas where masking tape was. NEVER repeat this mistake again. Rail dry fit and drilling holes for screws. I almost cry to make holes in the thing i did to be waterproof. "Painted" all with gel-coat. Very hard to work with gel-coat in so hot weather. NEXT DAY Sanded gel-coat out ;-) really it appeared that sanding it to state where it will be good enough to be smooth require to sand it almost completely out. SO - NO FUN!, spent time and money for nothing. Learned lesson - no less than 3 layers on gel-coat work. likely i need to put 3-4 layers to make the idea work but no reason to do... Installed rail back with 3M 4200, hope for the best. 4...
Refitting and restoration 44 years old Irwin Citation 34 sailboat. Originally Blog is made to motivate myself to continue this hard work. DIY Step by step work. Working almost single-handed. Going to make the boat seaworthy and put it in salt water. Most records are just reminders what and when was done. If you are interesting in some details, please put request to comment. I will provide more information.