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.