March 7, 2018
Getting home and straight to work, I begun by sanding the area within the cockpit sole to be painted with nonskid paint. I used 150-grit paper over the surface, and then vacuumed and solvent washed the surface to clean and prep it for painting.
Painting on the nonskid was a simple matter of rolling it on, being careful to not let the roller get too quick in the hand and splattering the fresh paint and trim elsewhere. A second coat will go on tomorrow evening and bring the painting to a close.
I placed the newly fabricated cockpit hatches in place.
Next, I mounted the companionway hatch and its trim - both the top and bottom slide handles.
To complete the work this evening on the companionway slide hatch, I glued in the five bungs with varnish. One of the last items to complete will be the trimming of bungs on the companionway slide hatch, the aft cockpit trim, and the starboard coaming block...followed by additional coats of teak oil.
The last two items for the evening would be the taff rail chock and the base for the flag pole. I selected the mounting location, marked for fasteners, pre-drilled for those fasteners, tapered the top of the taff rail for each fastener hole, and then mounted the hardware with polysulfide sealant. The bronze chock was secured with bronze fasteners and the 316 stainless base for the flag pole was secured with 316 stainless fasteners.
Total Time Today: 1 hr