The coronavirus status around the Salish Sea has is only marginally improved. Mask wearing has increased but folks are doing poorly at staying socially distanced. Case numbers are up from where they were in early May ... worse than when everything was shut down in March and April. Since moving back onto SWALLOW back in … Continue reading Covid marina life
The hull was sanded, touch-up sanded and cleaned three times. Rolled the first coat of Pettit Hydrocoat. This goes so much faster than all the preparation steps. The hope is the prep work means the paint sticks! 😆
With the topsides done I've begun prepping SWALLOW'S bottom for antifouling paint. So far I've sanded topside paint off the hull from the current waterline up to the new 3" higher line. Along most of he bottom of her keel SWALLOW has a steel shoe. The lowest gudgeon and pintle are also steel (rest of … Continue reading Back to sanding
S/V Swallow 