I acquired a 1976 C&C 24 in July '16. This winter, I pulled the boat and had the hull soda blasted. There were many years of unnecessary anti-fouling paint built up and flaking off.
After it was soda blasted, I found crazing of the gel coat everywhere. There were some gel coat blisters near the waterline. One side was worse than other for waterline gel coat blisters. I did some research online and talked to some local boat mechanics. The recommendation was just barrier coat, and fair the worse of the blisters. I also had a keel smile. I dropped the keep and rebidded the keel. I then put two coats of grey Interlux 2000e in gray. I then faired with some epoxy fairing the keel smile and waterline. I then did two more coats of white interlux 2000e barrier coat. Contrasting color helps ensure coverage. I put my first coat of Micron CSC in blue 1.5-2 hrs after the 4th coat barrier coat. Again, a contrasting color to ensure coverage. I then put on 3 coats of Micron CSC in shark white. So, next time I pull the boat, if I see any blue, I know to coat the boat. If not, I don't at anymore. Just before I splashed the boat, I cleaned off the depth transducer with acetone. I figure I will just cleaned the depth finder with a little scruby from time to time. I splashed the boat Friday! You can see pics at: http://hhsa.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=187&club_id=8237 I also did new running rigging. As luck would have it, the Yamaha 8 hp shifter broke after launch. I was lucky enough to tie up to the dock and take the partially apart and manually get it to shift in gear. I found the part on ebay. The next project are the windows and rebuild the head. -- Doug Ellmore, Sr. s/v Red Sky 1976 C&C 24 [email protected]
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