Monday, August 11, 2008

Rain, rain, rain, rain...

Sadly, a miserably sad report this week. Rain every day. I managed to roll back the tarp and do some small bits but I couldn't leave the tarp off long enough to apply any primer or do anything substantial.

The little I did this week was to sand the first coat of Interlux Premium Yacht enamel that I had applied to the overhead liner last week. I also worked on finishing up a panel in the V-berth. Its an opening panel so I had to build some support for the moveable portion. It was in between rain showers and I didn't have my camera with me.

I really, REALLY wish I had put at least a tarp roof over the boat when I had the chance. Of course I had no idea we would have this freaky weather pattern. This rain is definitely not normal. I would put up a ridgepole and framing for a tarp roof to work under but the boat is scheduled to be moved at the end of the month so I am not sure I see the point. Although, at the rate I am making progress maybe I should anyway. I will have to dismantle it to move the boat so I figured it wasn't worth it. Once again, I underestimated my obstacles...

No matter what, the boat is moving for final topcoat at the end of the month. So no matter how bleak it looks right now it will look very different a month from now. At least that is encouraging.

2 comments:

Tim said...

It sure has been a grim couple weeks.

Looks like a possible pattern change coming this weekend (and, dare we hope, beyond?)

Get your priming supplies ready! No excuses! All you need is a day, right? Clear your schedule and get ready to rumble.

brushfiremedia said...

I haven't even been to my boat since returning from the cruise. What's the point? This is an amazingly bad stretch of weather. Yuck.