M_Boats: Re: M-17 in garage

[Gilbert Landin]

I didnt think I could do it but removing the bow pulpit I was able to get 
the boat in the garage. The amazing part is that my wives car also fits in 
there (barely) so I can work on the boat after dark (short days mean getting 
home after dark and wishing for time). Thats great for me. I have been 
compounding, glazing and finally using the 3M wax and compound product. 
Using the Harbor Freight polisher ($25.00 if you show them the Internet 
website price) and a $20.00 reversible 3m lambswool bonnet, I have brought 
out a hidden shine I have not seen before. It is a tiring process though and 
it took me doing a whole side of the boat before I finally got the hang of 
polishing. It is best to compound first then glaze then wax. But that means 
going over the boat at least 3 times. Man is my arm sore. Of course the 
trick is not to let it go to long before wax jobs. I have also used some 
Olympic wood preserver w/ the cinammon stain on the graying teak wood. I 
wasnt sure how that would work, but the stain took and the wood was starving 
for some oil. Man it sure looks good especially the cockpit hatches. I have 
already applied 2 coats of Thompsons water seal on the hatches and will appy 
some to the teak now since I have all the fiberglass around the teak taped 
of. (dont use masking tape use the Blue easy lift tape, much easier to 
remove and no fighting the adhesive). I bought some 65% cu ablative CCP 
bottom paint at WM $16.00 for a quart. What a deal stuff goes for $168.00 
/gallon only thing is its red and my bottom paint is blue, its going to look 
funny out of the water but oh well, better that then barnacles. And lastly 
(sorry about the raving) while I was polishing the sides I uncovered the 
boats original name, it had been painted over and was barely visible. But if 
you shine the light just right....bam there it is. I traced it out and the 
hand lettering is cool. I have been holding off naming the boat the PO just 
had the name on paper "Barely 17" I thought that was cute but not for my 
boat. The uncovered name is "Sagitta" I looked it up and Sagitta is the 
third smallest constellation in the sky. It shows clearly the shape of an 
arrow flying towards the Swan, Cygnus. Small and beautiful thats her.

Gilbert  M-17 #76
Sagitta 

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