Winter 2008-2009 Refit | Sunday, March 1, 2009
March! Where did February go?
Fortunately, I really had little remaining on my work
list--my personal sense of urgency at completing the entire
work list sooner than later had a lot more to do with a
desire to have nothing hanging over my head later, and also
so that when the weather improved I could move the boat
outdoors to make room inside for some other things that I
had coming up.
To that end, I spent a couple hours
this day masking off some of the exterior brightwork that
required maintenance coats--the handrails, companionway
trim, and sea hood, specifically. After masking off
the required areas, I sanded the brightwork with 320 grit
paper, cleaned up, and applied a coat of varnish to all
areas.
While I was at it, I also masked off
the two forward-facing ports in the doghouse in preparation
for my imminent tackling of the annual chore of sanding and
re-lacquering the bronze port frames, to which silliness I
stubbornly cling. |
