Thread: another Yellowtail begins

i've been to busy painting to be posting updates on here for the last two week(or maybe i just forgot to take any photos)

this is what she now looks like all primed ready for the gloss (except the centre seat top)

all is going well for the launch on Easter weekend (weather permitting), i was starting to panic thinking she wouldn't be ready in time, but now shes at this stage i'm calming down

Looks great for your Easter deadline- what sort of weather are you getting now, I mean what is normal for you at this time of year?

I hope you remember to have someone with a camera when she finally gets wet.

Do you want to divulge what kind of paint and how you are applying it? (some of us struggle with paint since they made it possible to be complicated)

Nearly there

this is how i left her this afternoon

the paint i used for the hull is 2 coats of two part epoxy primmer followed by 2 coats of gloss two part epoxy paint, but for the dark blue shear strake i used 2 coats of two part epoxy primmer followed by 2 coats of international (interlux) Pre-kote in grey then 2 coats of toplac oxford blue, the reason i did the shear strak is that there was no way i was going to spend nearly £70 just to paint one plank


the lower part of the hull below the water line has been left in primer only because it is going to be anti-fouled


the inside of the hull has been painted with 2 coats of two part epoxy primmer followed by 2 coats of gloss Brightside paint, and for the floor i used 2 coats of interdeck none slip paint, the seats have had the same treatment useing interdeck non slip on the the tops, for the seat sides i have used a ivory colour just so as it's not to bright when the suns shinning


i have left the top half of the oak ribs unpainted as they will be varnished


it's getting exiting now as over this weekend i have been fitting some of the fittings and shes looking like a real boat now

all the painting has been done by roller and brush in the fiddly bits

just another 8 coats of varnish to go now

Really appealing colour choice and paint job.The varnished additional ribs are a nice touch-surprising how much it changes the overall look of the interior.I'm really looking forward to the launch day photos.
Cheers,
Dave.

Fabulous.

I'm looking forward to the launch photos.

Thanks for the detailed reply Richard. Lovely colour choice. Did you have any difficulty rolling and brushing the 2 pack paint? I ask because I did, and ended up using a spray gun. I'm not comfortable with that tool, and not particularly skilled and I am dreading doing the decks and cabin that way- if only because if the paint has to be touched up after a ding, a brushed area looks quite different in colour and texture from a sprayed area. So I'm hoping to treat the upper surfaces with a brush/roller.

In contrast, I'm having fun brushing Goldspar varnish on a few bits. It seems an easy product to use, and very tough.

Goldspar varnish is what i'm using too and like you say it's easy to use and seems pretty tough stuff.

the first coat of the 2 pack primer on the hull whilst it was still upside down was a nightmare, i thought why the hell do people use this stuff it's impossible to work with. From memory i think i used 10 foam rollers doing that first coat (and spent about an hour picking the bits of foam off the primer) so for the second coat i tried some thinners in the mix and it went on a really well.

the gloss required no thining at all and went on well with no dramers

That was exactly my experience with foam rollers.:- at least for the primer. I don't like having to mix these 2 packs, but I have to say a decent layer of the stuff is the most durable looking and tough coating I've ever seen.

i getting exited now shes up on her trailer (yes i know it needs some work but that will be done over the summer) and only needs to be moved about a mile on it (lucky our speed limit is only 35mph)

all i need to do now is antifoul her with the white antifoul that looks grey to me in the test area on the bow and she will be launched on saturday, but it will be an uneventfull launch as she will be unloaded on the beach at her mooring and left for the tide to rise (we have a big tide at the weekend rise and fall of 38ft) and the beach she will be moored on is very flat so the tide goes out a long way

Bewdiful !!
(just remember to put the bungs in before the tide comes in... )
cheers
AJ

A 38' tide? Wow!

She is looking fabulous. Good luck with the launching.

A shipwright friend and I spent some time looking at your photos today. We were discussing options for my boat and your photos were a great help.

Thanks

So, are you going to pack a thermos of coffee and some sandwiches and sit in her while the tide comes in?

Richard

Good luck and congratulations Richard.(Honkers, that is)

D day arrived yesterday

the weather was perfect in every way



attached to the truck ready to go


on route to the beach (i followed in my car)


at the beach (me walking down the slip way)
she stayed on the slip for a short while whilst unlookers where admiring her, lots of very nice comments "they don't build them like that any more" and most where in shock that i had actually built it from wood


we(my sister at the rear and her husband with me at the front) had to walk her from here to the mooring around 300 yards away


a short breather (i thought i was going to need the cardio team)



off the trailer she comes with amazed by standers drooling over the boat


this is a nice shot of the reflections and the woodwork looked stunning in the sun


on the beach alone as i went to get the outboard and other bits


her first taste of the salt water


yippy she floats