Well, even though I’m not quite done with the bridge deck project, I thought I’d report on how it is going. The glassing of the exterior is complete, and I’ve started on painting the exterior of it. I got to test the bridge deck in action, on a day sail yesterday, with Mike and Mylien.
I am very happy with the way the bridge deck is turning out so far, and how well it seems to be working out. I hope the weather will cooperate and I can finish painting it this week. I still have to finish fairing the interior and then painting it, but that can wait a bit, since it has proven to be water-tight.
The amount of storage space it has given me is surprising. It has proven to be very useful as well over the course of the last week or so. It looks like I’ll be converting the old bottom drop board, which was almost the exact height of the new bridge deck, into the door for the bridge deck locker. I’ll post an update with photos when the project gets finished.
I also got a chance to see what the new waterline is going to look like, and it looks like my friend Dave nailed it. The line is pretty much exactly where it needs to be. Unfortunately, some of the tape didn’t survive the sailing, so it looks like I’ll have to re-tape some of the hulls before we can soda-blast the boat next week.
I’ll be making modifications to the trailer tomorrow, in preparation for hauling the boat and getting it up on blocks for the soda-blasting next week. On Friday, I think we’ll be hauling the boat out, and then putting it on blocks on Saturday. This should be interesting.