s/v Monomoy's blog » Bottom Paint

She’s done!

Captain — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:55:13 +0000

9:15am CST tomorrow morning she will be splashed.

Almost done

Captain — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:32:14 +0000

Still working on her

Captain — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:49:33 +0000

She was blocked today and we continued the work.

Hauled out today

Captain — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:12:53 +0000

Hauled out this morning at Pelican Perch Marina and Shipyard.

Before pressure washing:

After pressure washing:

Carol hard at work:

Carol still working:

Ben applying epoxy primer:

Paint and Graphics Have Arrived

Captain — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:55:07 +0000

I must admit that I am impressed with WholesaleMarine.com for the speed at which they processed and shipped our order. The bottom paint arrived from them yesterday via UPS and was packaged very well. Please note that I have no affiliation with their company. I decided to go ahead and order epoxy primer and resin from them as well, so I expect it to be here around Friday.

Today the graphics arrived from SpeedySigns.com and from a brief inspection, all looks good. Of course the final conclusion will be once the graphics are applied.

We also ordered bootstripe tape today from an Ebay vendor, which we anticipate arriving by early next week.

We picked up our topside paint locally, so short a few roller supplies, we are ready for the March 2 haul-out.

This coming weekend is looking cold for overnight on the forecast, so we aren’t planning to stay the night on Monomoy, but it does look like it will be a nice enough weekend to get a sail in.

Till next update… Fair winds.

Upcoming Maintenance

Captain — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:23:08 +0000

Today we scheduled the haul-out of Monomoy for March 2.

We will be putting new bottom and topside paint on her to freshen her up a bit for the spring sailing season. Hopefully we won’t be out of the water for more than a few days.

We ordered new name, port, and registration vinyl for installing after the paint is done. The vinyl was ordered from SpeedySigns.com, who we have used in the past for a great price and excellent results.

The Micron 66 bottom paint was ordered from WholesaleMarine.com for $199/gallon and free shipping.

Progress will be photographed and daily updates will be posted when the time comes.

We still have three potential sailing weekends between now and the haul-out, so if we get on the water, I’ll be sure to update the blog with that as well.

Last Sail of 2008

Captain — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:51:30 +0000

Last sail of the year, but a chance to try out some new goodies I received for Christmas.

We had a great time on the water.