February 27, 2025

Danusia Phase 2-39

Thursday

After allowing the fresh boottop paint to cure overnight, I could go ahead and remove all the masking.  Since this was the last painting step for the hull, I could remove the toerail and deck masking as well.  I bent to this task through the morning, eventually removing all the tape, paper, and plastic to expose the completed paint.  The boat looked terrific, but would look even better once I finished a couple additional details, like painting the bottom and installing the cove stripe.

Next, I turned to the hatch repair, and removed the clamps from the lens so I could clean up the squeezeout on the bottom side, and remove the protective paper there.  I left the paper on the top surface for now, pending application of the final bead of black sealant around the hatch perimeter soon.

Total time billed on this job today: 4.5 hours