Canal Boat Yard

I put together a photo album of last week at Canal Boat Yard in Ballard Washington.  The week as a whole was successful and I enjoyed the whole week.  I think I under estimated the work that went into scrapping off the old bottom paint.  Thanks to my Dad and Mom for helping me out as well as my wife for watching Emily the whole week.  And finally thank you to my friend Rd LaBay for helping me remove the majority of the old paint.

The weather this past week was perfect.  I'm thankful it would have been much harder in the rain.

Lifting her off the trailer the keel did not initially extend all of the way.

We had to tent the boat fully before removing the old bottom paint.  This created a nice greenhouse.

We removed the keel from the trunk using a boom truck.  I then replicated and replaced the UHMW guides.

Paint removed down to the barrier coat.  This was after day 1 in the yard.

Day2, all bottom paint was removed and found a few blisters in the barrier coat.  These I opened up and skim coated with epoxy.  After full cure I washed with soapy water and ammonia wash to remove the Amone blush and degloss the surface.  Then a light scuff and fairing.

First two layers of Baltoplate applied with a short Candystripe roller.  I allowed about 8hrs between coat to allow the solvents to full off in order to avoid solvent entrapment.

I'm very happy here.  I re-installed the keel and now it fully and easily extended to the bottom of the slot. This was the one big thing that would prevent sailing so after this install the summer is a go.

Pads moved, surface prepped and two more thin layers of Baltoplate.

Farewell Canal Boat Yards, thank you for your help. Until next time.

This past week was a success and we are now home without damage.  On to the interior and rigging.