Wing

[Hirilonde]

Well, for the most part my Spindrift 9N is done. I am waiting on my fender stock to come in to the store at work, and sail and rigging hardware to come in from B and B. Hoping to go for a row this weekend. Now to spend the rest of the off-season getting my Renegade ready to carry this around on deck and go cruising.

[ebenton99]

A very nice looking job. I like your interior colors, could you provide their names and whose paint you used? Ed

[Terry Dunn]

Very Pretty!

[kmrmike]

WOW, that is one great looking boat!!. I hope my Spindrift composite comes out half that good. Something to be proud of!!

What type of paint did you use you used?

[Hirilonde]

Thanks all. In reply to the paint:

The entire hull is done in 2 coats op West epoxy then sanded out. Then I faired out some spots with West thickened with 406 and 407 and sanded again. Then I applied 5 coats of Awlgrip 545 2 part epoxy primer with a roller and brushed in corners as needed. I did these coats hot and then sanded the entire boat at the end. This final sanding was with a random orbital and 320 grit (hand paper in the corners as needed). The interior green is Petit EasyPoxy jade green mixed 50/50 with white, 2 coats brushed on. The beige interior is Interlux Interdeck premixed non-skid, 2 coats rolled on with a 3" roller. The exterior is Awlgrip 2 part LP sprayed 5 coats.

[John Burritt]

That's as serious finishing job and it shows. Looks great!! ??curious as to why the Easypoxy inside rather than AwlGrip??

[Gordy Hill]

Aw come on Dave!

I can't pronounce Hirilonde or even find the key that makes the two dots above the "e".

Wing"e" Nert"e" is just going too far!

[Hirilonde]

??curious as to why the Easypoxy inside rather than AwlGrip??

Our painter at work was scheduled for a spar spraying session. My boss offered to let me sneak my dinghy into the spray bay. I had one shot at this free spray job' date=' and it was going to be white which is my choice for exterior anyway, so I chose the exterior. Awlgrip can be rolled and tipped, but EasyPoxy is easier.

I can't pronounce Hirilonde or even find the key that makes the two dots above the "e".

Wing"e" Nert"e" is just going too far!

Hehe, the letter e with an umlaut

[Greg Luckett]

Great pics. I am saving them into my Spindrift folder.

Thanks,

[Hirilonde]

I finally got the weather to go for a row. Good thing I went today, supposed to start snowing tonight

To make it a good shakedown I launched the 2 halves and assembled them in the water. I thought that Garry's nesting hardware was good when I did it on dry land. It is even better in the water. From the time I stepped off the dock into the aft section, through pulling the fore section to me and joining the lower brackets, through installing the 2 bolts and wing nuts and then setting the 2 removable seats in place took at least a minute. And I shipped no water in the process either. You'd almost think I knew what I was doing :wink: The hours it took making and installing the brackets has paid off. Thanks again Garry, a well thought out design.

A few pics of me rowing.........

[JeffM]

Ha! a Tolkien fan! Beautiful job. And I finally find out what you look like. Maybe we'll see each other on the Bay this season. I sail out of several different ramps, though usually on the upper Bay. I can't recall whether your big boat has any features easy to distinguish at a distance. (My cs20 has tanbark sails--as if a cat ketch weren't unusual enough.)