I took advantage of the tropical deluge yesterday afternoon to scrub the hull and decks. Man, it poured. I'm going to do it bottom up from here on, take of the starboard stainless hull deck cover, compound the gelcoat, scrape the bottom, drop the centerboard (I think I've blocked it high enough and out of the way), use epoxy fillers on the bottom, barrier coat, etc. It's been in the shed all winter, so the barn swallows made their mess. Very dirty place. Some 1-parted a touch up paint job and slopped it all over the cockpit and around a couple of ports. Maybe I can clean it off and repair/match the gelcoat and paint the nonskid. Only a couple of cracks in the nonskid. The deck hardware (stanchions, etc.) are tight and I really don't want to strip everything. I'll be replacing all the running rigging and may take down some of the overhead liner to assure proper backing of some of the deck hardware. Good areas and poorly thought out areas. I will say my Bristol Alden was a tougher boat overall, but the bulkhead tabbing was nowhere near as good as the Tartan. Same with the Pearson 10M. In fact, I yanked most of the bulkheads in the 10M and replaced them. Of course, that one was racing and weekending in the Virgin Islands and we went down in weight, took out all the locker doors, fwd cabin door, table, etc., etc. I'll track you down one of these days. I'm sure you're somewhere near Kenny E.
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