“Second coat of blue and some more calking.”
We got all the old calking out and a mild sanding on the blue patches this morning… See the next video for the finished results.
Welcome home to your new home Idle Hour
IDLE now is slipped into her berth at Long Point. The end of one dream and the beginning of another while watching her move while tied for the first time.
This was a challenge set out for myself for my boat 50th birthday, May 18th, 169 hours in 3.5 weeks to get her new berth here to Long Point.
Follow your dreams,
float your own boat in life.
Stay well, see you soon.
Fire it up
Today we get IDLE ready today for doing some laps, we will be leaving our temporary slip at Sandboy Marina testing and checking throttle, gearing, prop, shaft balance and manifold temperatures to make sure she is at 100% before we leave the marina to her permanent slip a bit further down the point.
See you soon
READY FOR WATER.
163 hours,,, 3.5 weeks.
Be well everyone
I can feel it coming in the air tonight
Tonight, we finish all the painting and complete our first Pandemic Lockdown Alternative Activity before our season on water on our tour boat. (not Idle)’
Bazinga!
IDLE is starting to look like a classic lady again.
PLAA time
PLAA time today brings a real transformation today… Wait till you see her later today.
Back to work…
Time to take the bandages off
Our PLAA time today got us many steps closer to the finish line with our 1965 Chris Craft Cavalier. Her deck, bow and stern were painted with the top coats. This evening (10PM to 230AM) we removed all her painting tape, mapped out her additional colour areas and started her anti foul work below the waterline. Lots of PLAA time today
THE FINAL SANDING
Today we do a final “ultra light” sanding and room clean and to allow our really super expensive “TOP” paint to adhere properly to IDLE. We will get everything ready today and after work tonight we will do her final coat, top to bottom and front to back.
Break time
The last of the little bits of sanding and prepping with tape is now done.
After a quick break and a good cleaning, we will be primer coating the deck area around the boat and let it dry for the night/morning.