Grinding out the blisters on ECHO, fairing the hull and
painting it. After that any job on a smaller boat is a
piece of cake. I plan to repaint HOOT in the next
year. I think I can do the whole job in very little time
with the skills I've learned on ECHO.

The hard part was the fact that it seemed so endless.
Once it was primed and ready for paint, I finally felt
like I was over the hump.

The other hard part was just figuring out what tools
worked best, what sandpaper worked best, and
simply finding enough sandpaper. Setting up scoffolds
and building a work bench all added to the time needed
to do the job.

"DSK" wrote...
A general question- what is the most ambitious boat repair or improvement
project you've accomplished? What project would you like to take on?

I know of people who have rewired boats, repowered, repaired major hull
damage, and so on. I met a lot of sailors who seem reluctant to take on
big projects, and we other who are perpetually working on their boats.

At the moment I'm putting a new deck on our tugboat. But I'd rank that as
mundane, the toughest project I've tried is making a competitive racing
baby out of a 20 year old Lightning. This went through 3 phases, the first
two were moderate successes and I never got to try the final result.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King