Author: Carrie

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Sanding and painting the hull

It took us 4 days to completely sand and paint the hull. First, we sanded the hull with random orbit sanders. We wore lots of protective gear for this job, since the black powder from sanding got everywhere. Then we painted the hull with a red undercoat so that we’ll know when it’s time […]

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Prop-shaft removal: cleaning

Took me all day to remove barnacles from the propeller blades and grease from the brass pieces of the prop shaft (including tons of small ball bearings). I soaked the blades in water and Simple Green for about 20 minutes and then scrubbed the barnacles off with sand paper. So […]

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I am not good at waiting

I have to admit that while I do like to do a lot of things the old fashioned way, I am not very good at being patient when that’s what the old fashioned way requires.  Being spoiled with having all the information you could ever need on most topics available […]