December 14, 2017
With more vacation days than I have work days left in the year to burn, I decided to take the afternoon off. Once I arrived home from an afternoon workout, I had lunch and then prepared to get back onto Joule. I wanted to at least get the previous fill work sanded, so as to be ready for a full day's work tomorrow addressing a few different items, but primarily continued brightwork fabrication.
I started off by water-washing the previous fill work, now cured, and this included the navigation light patches on the cabin sides. I had pinholes in several areas across the deck and cockpit. These pinholes suddenly became obvious after getting the first coat of primer on the deck and cockpit surfaces. I also had some fill work yet to sand on the interior v-berth and overhead liners. With the amine blush removed, I outfitted the RO sander with 120-grit pads and got to work.
I worked around the exterior of the Joule (deck and cockpit), and then went below for the numerous filled old fastener holes. Because some of the filled areas were in relatively tight spots (in corners, adjacent to the overhead liner, etc.), I also used the oscillating tool outfitted with 80-grit pads. For those areas in which I used the oscillating tool, I came back with 180-grit sheets and sanded by hand. Sorry, no pictures of the interior sanding. After closing up Joule for the day, I remembered a few more areas that were filled and required sanding; these areas were beneath the cockpit well, in the location of the through hulls.
The starboard side navigation light opening: patched, sanded and ready for a fairing application.
The sport side navigation light opening: patched, sanded and ready for a fairing application.
Total Time Today: 1.75 hrs