with this years refinishing. All painting complete, just another coat or two of varnish on the hatch frame to go. Also need to finish stripping the hatch itself and figure out how I’m going to make and attach the hatch runners. Remember I had to cut off the old ones to remove the hatch as it was assembled back in 1962 with the runners in place. I’ll probably use some vertical grain teak let in the hatch end pieces. This means I’ll either need to make new drop boards or add an arc shaped piece to the existing one. (Which also needs to be stripped, primed and painted.) It never ends (and what would I do with my time if it did).
Sjogin was launched today and surprisingly is not leaking too much. Due to the pressure of getting her back in I didn’t do my usual pre-wetting so perhaps it’s due to the damp weather lately. I’ll give her the usual scrubbing this weekend and hope to have her rigged by next weekend.
Here are some photos of my progress and Sjogin sitting in the slings:
Here she is last night in the shed with all then painting done. Each year she gets fresh paint on all surfaces.
This year I’ve used paint from Kirby Paint Co. for the first time. They even matched the Interlux Seattle Grey I usually use. Apart from being a little more difficult to work with (not keeping a wet edge), I was very satisfied. It’s a semi-gloss that’s somewhat flatter than the usual semi-gloss by Z-Spar, Interlux or Pettit. It’s great for hiding the many defects that Sjogin has developed over the years. She’ll pass a five foot test now rather then the usual ten.
Aft view. Freshly polished letters just visible to starboard.
Sitting in the slings soaking up.
Aft view. After the rudder soaks for a while it will hang vertically.
The happy owner.
