Wendera
Week seventy one started out much like the past weeks – the seemingly never ending sanding continued.
Excitement for the boys when we came back to the shed for lunch on Tuesday, Paul had cut the holes in the chamfer panels in their cabins and dry fitted the portlights. They can now be in their bunks looking at each other….
Sanding of the inside of the saloon and galley was a focus for this week. Chris and Paul attacked it with vengeance.
There was a production line of door painting ….
Chris marked out for the lift ring fittings in the cockpit locker lids ….
Paul had a marathon session doing his impression of “Picasso” when he rolled the first undercoat on the starboard midships.
On Thursday morning Chris and Paul dry fitted the saloon windows, entry door and the fridge. They all looked fantastic – unfortunately the on-site photographer was off-site, so there is no photographic evidence. The fridge was so difficult to get up into Wendera it has been left in the cockpit, for now.
The top coat was painted in the port side ensuite ….
Paul installed the trim surround for the retractable flyscreen door ….
With sanding completed, the saloon and galley was masked up for painting of the final undercoat ….
Chris had a some inquisitive spectators as he painted, even though it was a bit smelly ….
And the result looks great ….
Paul undercoated more of the doors ….
Then some fun stuff….
Paul started to install the mainsail handling gear. The first Harken winch is on!
Sure is starting to look as though the launch date is only ….
Now where have I heard that before?
