The shear stringers have received a burgundy paint coating to emphasize the sweeping curves. This painting scheme will be carried over to the curving crossbeam tops once the paint supply is replenished. This image was made in the early morning when the rising sun streams directly into the shop through the roll up door. The result is an image that does not reflect the color combination accurately.
Above is the bow end while the sun is setting. The hatteras off white (a yellowish white) hull paint appears closer to the color seen, but the burgundy seems more ruby to the eye than shown here. The upshot is that lighting in the shop and my tablet image taking skills are lacking to produce good color renderings. Lighting seems to change the burgundy significantly. I may not truly know what this color scheme really looks like until it is rolled outside. As it is, I am pleased with the result.
The observant ones will notice that the decks have a light grey nonskid applied. Are you among the observant ones?
The forward deck has masking challenges with the conjunction of the crossbeam (not present), hatch and solar ventilator.
I use cutting templates to trim masking tape into the needed shapes. The ventilator threads into the deck and clamps the template in place. The two 3/4" pieces are placed against the ventilator to space out the template the correct distance. The 90° curve template was made for the aft ventilators and no material was available for a 180° template. Masking cuts had to be made in segments to produce the ~180° curve.
The small circular cutting template rounds corners where masking tape lines cross. Rounded corners produce a more pleasing result. Masking is the most time-consuming part of applying the nonskid. Of course, sanding will be involved! KiwiGrip nonskid is very easy to apply. The nonskid is applied to a clean surface with a notched trowel. A special opened holed foam roller is run over the surface to produce the desired texture. The masking, which took the better part of a day to apply, is immediately ripped off, with satisfaction, to finish the nonskid application.
A friend helped with sanding primer on the crossbeams, a rudder, and the lashing pads shown above. His help has saved me some weeks of work. The lashing pads have the first coat of three burgundy coats. Lately I've been using Scotch-Brite pads to abrade the surface between coats as shown here with the frosty surface appearance.
The finished lashing pads are in place along the shear stringer. This image cannot convey what I would have called the money shot of this episode. I often find myself enjoying this view for extended eye candy moments.
The finish paint has been applied to both hulls with the exception of the inboard cabin sides. The cabin sides will be modified in the future and are protected by primer for the mean time. With this work completed I'm now able to begin installing the various bits of hardware that have been consuming space for several years. Possibly, the shop disorder will slightly be diminished as a result.
What follows is straight up boat porn:
