Deck painting

More sanding, fairing, and painting.  The first step was to mask off the finished hull with masking tape and rosin paper so that the new paint doesn't mess up the nice paint on the bottom.  With the green tape and the pink paper, the boat has a distinct easter egg look.   

 The boat is just about ready for its final (third) coat of primer.  One more light sanding and of course clean up is needed before putting down the paint.  


We've decided to go with Interlux Perfection snow white for the parts of the deck that don't have non-skid on them (the same as the bottom).  For the non-skid I bought Awlgrip course non-skid beads and we're going with Perfection oyster white for the non-skid areas

Some time last summer, I described building the cabin top using the cedar strips with some mahogany for accents.  I fabricated a mast step platform today out of a piece of solid mahogany.  This block of wood had to be shaped so that its bottom matched the contour of the cabin top, and so that the top would be level.  I did this by transferring the cabin top curve onto the block with a pencil, and then used my table saw to cut grooves that matched the curve.  Using a belt sander, I cleaned up the grooves and shaped the curve in the lateral direction (side to side). The picture to the right shows the mast step platform glued to the cabin top above frame 89.


The block was also sized to support a stainless steel deck organizer that I bought from Dwyer Mast.