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| Friday, November 20, 2009 First on today's list was to complete the through hull installations. I washed the pads I installed yesterday, then lightly sanded the fillets and drum-sanded the insides of the holes to prepare them for the through hull installation. Following the same process I used when I installed the other through hulls and seacock flanges a few weeks ago, I permanently installed the two head seacocks--discharge to port, intake to starboard. As before, I had to cut off some excess length on the 1-1/2" discharge through hull fitting, but the 3/4" intake required no modification. I installed each fitting with three bronze bolts and 4200 sealant. |
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After cleaning up the excess sealant, I wrapped up the job by cutting off the excess bolt length on the inside. |
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I wanted to prime and paint the overhead in the near future, but before I did that I felt it was important to get one or two sealing coats of varnish on all the exposed cherry surfaces in the boat so far, to minimize any chance of damage from paint or any of the other upcoming interior construction steps. I spent the remainder of the morning lightly sanding all the bulkheads and panels to remove layout marks, clean up the surface, and even out the color. |
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After vacuuming up the dust and solvent-washing all the the panels, I applied a sealer coat of varnish, highly thinned, to all areas. The first coat always appears slightly blotchy as it soaks into the wood, but it was nice to start to see the final color that the cherry would become. |
 
 
 
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I also sanded and revarnished the oaken mast beam and posts, and applied the first coat of white finish paint to the inside of the icebox. |
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