Got even more done today...

2 nice days in a row!?

Kathy took the girls to her Dad's and then grocery shopping, leaving me some time to work on the boat. I started out with continuing the work I started yesterday. With some steel wool, I hit all of the spots that I put varnish on yesterday, including the deck, transom, splashwell, and gunwale. Then I started sanding the bow. I discovered that under all of the layers of paint and fairing compound from previous renovations, the original brass cutwater was still there. I scraped off the paint and buffed it out with some emery cloth. The original gloss is long gone, but it will dull to a nice patina, I think. The section below the bow eye will have to be removed before I can work on the bottom, but the very bottom screw head is stripped out, and I can't find by screw remover bit. I may have to pick up a new one.

After that, I hit everything with the shop vac and tack cloth to clean up all of the dust. Then I put a second coat of varnish on the transom, spashwell, and gunwale. I also put a 6th coat on the bow deck.

After all that, the kids were keeping themselves occupied for once, so I kept going. I put the first coat of white on the starboard side. It will take about 2-3 more coats to really smooth it out, the first coat was drank up by the very dry wood.