Supplies are important...

Nothing worse than running out of boat painting supplies on a hot day...

Almost ready to paint...

Gypsy Wind looks like she's suffering from the measles...I've been filling in the various dock bites that have accrued over the years with Interlux Watertite, then sanding them back.

Dock bites....

What puzzles me though is, every morning this week that I've gotten back on that ladder, there seem to be still MORE dings and scratches. Now either my vision is failing rapidly, or those dock bites are getting together at night and procreating! 

Today should see the last of the scratch and ding filling. Then I'll sand the boat down one more time and wash it down with Interlux 202 to clean it up for painting.

Lots and lots of dock bites!

A special project later today. My boot stripe has always been too low in the stern, so the guys from Schroeders Yacht Systems are going to use a special technique to set it right. I'll be doing video of this process, if this is a project you're looking at, the video may well help you to get it right.

Time for lunch, then back to it!