A few suggestions:
Have a look at a similar sized boat on the hard and contemplate holding a sander (~5-6 inches in diameter) above your head while you move it along the bottom while moving a chair to sit on or doing it standing or kneeling. Remember that you must not poison yourself with the dust so have a good quality mask on, lots of sandpaper and be prepared to change the paper often. You will also need a disposable suit to keep the poison off your person, including your hair, ears, etc. Keep in mind the weather, either hot, humid rainy or cold will influence your pace. Now contemplate doing this more than once since you will likely need to sand with a rough grit followed by a smoother one before hand painting the new poison on and then that may need sanded once or twice before adding another layer of paint, etc. etc. Same is true if you want to spray it on, except then you can really poison yourself and possibly paint a few of your neighbor's boats! I did this sanding once on my 36 ft boat and from the underside it looked like an ocean liner when you are using a 5 inch sander. It took me about 5 8-10 hour workdays to get the sanding done. I was not prepared to either hand paint with rollers or spray paint for racing so the yard took over--I was able to use may arms again in about a week :>). IMHO this is a yard job and is not particularly challenging--just a low-skill PITA that teaches you only that you never want to do it again! Let the yard soda blast it, sand and paint it and spend your time making money to pay them their fees. OTOH, if you have more time than money, enjoy working with tools above your head for days on end, go for it--just remember you were warned! Charlie Nelson Water Phantom 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb cenel...@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hobson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Chris Hobson <ch...@hobsonbuildsco.com> Sent: Fri, Oct 20, 2017 3:46 pm Subject: Stus-List C&C 30 MKII - Winter or Spring anti-fouling/bottom job? This is a two part query about doing the bottom of a sailboat by a first-timer.The high pressure spray that removed the previous saltwater growth of 1.5 years (during the survey in July) also removed part of the protective coat of anti-fouling that was left. I thought I would get around to re-doing the bottom this past summer/fall. It didn’t happen. Now I'm approaching winter and contemplating a haul-out in November (in rainy Vancouver) or waiting until spring. But I’m not sure how much more work would be involved by putting it off until spring. Would like to hear some other opinions on this.I also have a marina telling me soda blasting is the way to go. And based on the hell that is involved with a project like this, my lack of time and the weather, I’m contemplating it.Chris HobsonS/V Going1980 C&C MKIHull 615_______________________________________________The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up again. October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a small contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurrayAll contributions are greatly appreciated!
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