Caught White Handed

 Today was great! We got to change up from our normal plan and make a drastic change to our boat visually.  With all the sanding complete, we were able to "jump right in" and start painting.  We certainly made a splash as white paint was spread over the entire deck! 

We were able to get most of the first coat of paint on before the sky started giving us some water for our boat. (which then moved us inside). 

 Sara was so excited to paint that she flew through the set up, masking off all the accent trim work and areas that we wish to not be covered in marine white paint.  This delicate task was done with precision as she finishes the bow of the boat before we start painting.

 Steven is almost done with his detailing work on our new mast.  This two part mast will be fully operational next week and is looking great with the shinny hardware we salvaged from the other sail boat in our storage workshop.  Steven is figuring out that is it difficult to paint all four sides of the mast at the same time, and therefore it is taking a while to wait for the paint to dry in order to flip the mast over.  Maybe we can still add a crows nest??

 Andy and Chris with the help of Paul continued planning the layout for the floor in the back of the boat.  We have acquired old lumber from the old Watauga High School to use as flooring material.  We will use the measurements to first cut the wood to size and then plane it to the correct thickness.

The fresh coat of white paint is making our land yacht look amazing!  We cannot wait to get it onto some real water (not the rain) and see the shine from the reflection off the lakes!  We worked really well together today and accomplished a lot! We cannot wait until Thursday to put another coat of paint on the decks and hopefully another coat of paint on the inside of the cabin! 

While cleaning up today we realized that some of our crew members had decided that they did not need to wear gloves while cleaning the brushes... The paint is oil based and therefore sticks to skin and clothing easily.  Two of our crew members were "caught" " White handed" after cleaning the brushes and then had to work really hard with paint thinner to clean off all the evidence!