1990 Canadian Sailcraft CS34 Shoal Draft
Sail #8268

1982 Catalina 22 Fin Keel
Sail #10506

1994 MUMM 36 ACE
Sail # 29206

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Scraping Bottom

Ian lent me some professional grade carbide tipped scrapers from Lee Valley Tools.
Lee Valley is NOT open on Sundays to get some replacement blades, so I had to use the smaller scraper.  Will get some tomorrow.

Man, this little scraper worked EXCELLENTLY!  Spent about 1 1/2 hours scraping and got about 1/4 of the boat done to the gel coat.




I wore a coveralls, gloves, dust mask, and googles, and the stuff still got everywhere!.

Put down some 6mil plastic to catch the scrapings.  Dumped the scapings into a bucket.  Its is amazing how much came off the boat.

About 3" thick in the bucket.
What do I do with this stuff?
In the morning, I fashioned up a 2x6 with pintles from 3/8" bolts to fit in the gungions.  The mast rests on the bow pulpit and this board.  Will have to extend it slightly higher, and add a mid support at the mast step.


Need to be ready for shrink wrap next weekend.  Will add a couple of arches at the stantions.

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