May 23, 2020
It was time to get the deck and cockpit painting started, well at least the prep for it. I began by laying out the location of the aft deck cleats. I decided to move them a bit further aft from where they were originally installed, and I also put them on an angle, which followed the outboard edge of the deck/hull/toe rail. I applied tape to the deck to capture the location of the cleat itself, specifically the location of the fasteners.
With the Aft cleats' locations established, I then turned to the nonskid surfaces for the aft deck and worked my way forward. I would come back later in the day to over-drill the aft deck cleat fastener holes and fill them with thickened epoxy.
The previous paint scheme held no nonskid for the aft deck, so I thought a safer layout would include at least a place to plant one foot on the poop deck. I marked a modest 15" by 12" pattern (more trapezoid than rectangular, rounded the corners and removed the excess with a razor knife.
I repeated the same steps and process for the starboard side of the aft deck.
With the aft deck layout complete, I began to move forward by working on the side deck aft of the coaming cubby holes. I generally pulled the nonskid borders in by 1.5", and rounded the intersecting lines, as well as deck fittings like drains. From here, I moved into the cockpit seating and around to the bridge deck. I did get to the cockpit floor given the need to epoxy-fill the over-drilled fastener holes for the aft deck cleats. I finished this task, and then applied a skim coat of fairing compound over the over-drilled holes.
A closeup of the aft deck layout.
Total Time Today: 3.75 hrs
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