Eisboch wrote:
I gave up on compounding and waxing the new (old) boat. It needed to be
done with heavy duty equipment which I don't have. Plus, it's been hot as
hades for the past couple of weeks. So, I contracted Kingman Yacht Center
to do the work.

Got to the boat mid morning and was shocked. They have spent two days so
far on the boat, starting with a heavy compound, then going over it again
with a lighter cut, and then a fine compound. Tomorrow they will do the
wax. The old boat looks new again. Even without the wax, they were able
to restore a nice, brilliant shine. This is being done in the water, so
only the topsides are being addressed. The hull will be done later, but it
actually isn't in bad shape. The previous owner just never spent much time
keeping the topsides waxed obviously.

Then, the canvas guy showed up and took all the side, front and rear canvas
panels off and took them to replace all the Isinglass with new. Knowing
how busy these people ususally are, I was hoping to have them back before
fall, but was pleasantly surprised when he said they would be done by the
end of next week.

Then, the graphics guy showed up. We went over the design and font for the
name on the transom and quarterboards. He'll have them on by the end of
this week.

Productive day, I'd say.

Eisboch




Cool beans. Does your yard charge by the foot for the compounding and
waxing job?

Would those be "...isinglass curtains y' can roll right down, / In case
there's a change in the weather."

When you ran the survey, was there osmotic blistering on the hull
bottom? There were a few years there when that brand had some problems,
but I think I read the factory changed resins and eliminated or
minimized the problem.