Ron Several points
1. champagne and denaming renaming ceremony. Need one bottle to dename, need one bottle to rename, need one bottle for the toast. Are not supposed to drink from the bottles being used for the ceremony - considered bad luck. I am not overly superstitious but when I am 12 miles from land I do not need to tempt fate. 2. "I am a cruiser not a racer" Fair enough. However the boat should be set up to perform up to spec and the boat should look well maintained for you as the owner. A flaky peely bottom is a sure sign of poor maintenance and probably would be reflected in other areas in the boat. You will be very contented looking at a nice bottom after completion - gives a nice feeling of satisfaction and pride of ownership - also will foul less easily Keel. If not working properly is a safety concern. You need that stability in some situations and non functioning gear is an issue. Your boat yard should have a solution how to do this task Barrier. If you soda blast you may or may not remove old barrier coat. I think that is normally your decision when you decide how to proceed. Likely the flaking is related to a failing barrier coat and if so it muct come off. Also possible there is no barrier coat. Interprotect 2000e is one solution for barrier - you can usually paint antifouling right over that. If you go with interlux products for both barrier and antifoul you will have data sheets available that will tell you all this. Good luck. It will be an interesting project and since being soda blasted most of the work will already be done as the removal is the most arduous part of the job. I have done this on each of my last two boats and it is no fun ... But is also extremely satisfying. Will also give you a good chance to really inspect your hull for signs of current or previous blistering. That all by itself is worth the effort, time and money My 5 cents worth (we no longer have pennies in Canada) Mike -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ron Kaye Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:54 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List New owner wants a nice healthy bottom Yes we are a little late, its time to get moving on this. We are cruiusers, not racers and work full time - so we have to pay through the nose for this kind of thing. I do need to know a bit about how best to proceed. Her bottom needs to be stripped, and I've decided to consider the soda blasting for that. Caked and cracked paint with some painted over cracked off flake areas. She was surveyed - its just old layers of paint - her hull is sound. So after the soda-blasting what is next for the hull - do I need a new barrier coat at this point? We will change the bottom color from blue to black and get a new waterline painted. I would like the paint to last two or more seasons. Primer? Coats? Also, the keel won't drop past about 80-90%. Do I need to haul this and put it high enough to drop the keel, or dig a trench under the hull to drop it? Sand, grind, primer and paint? Any special pointers for dealing with a sticky keel? It retracts ok but just doesn't drop all the way. Not a big deal as we are cruisers not racers, but I would like it to work correctly and, of course, not get stuck. Please don't tell me to drop the keel unless you really have to tell me that. One last detail will be to paint the new name on her transom. The previous one is painted on. Would it be best to sand off the name and repaint the transom? Hull color is smoke white (original). Can that be matched with new paint? Finally, if anyone knows a provider in the Rhodes River (just South of Anapolis) area that can do this reasonably and well I'd appreciate any contact info on that. And yes we will do a name change ceremony with champagne sloshed and swallowed appropriately. Thanks to any kind C&C sevants Name to be changed 1986 35/3 -- Ron _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
