looking like a boat



Today I was able to get one coat of the blue on the boat and two coats of bottom paint



first coat of blue and final coat of bottom paint

3rd coat of bottom paint



keel with 1st coat of paint

keel just after coming off the boat

The painting starts

 I got a fair amount done today finished  filling and sand the main body and the bottom. I still have the deck and the cockpit to do still . I also got the primer on the main body and two coats of bottom paint.  I should finish the bottom tomorrow and maybe a coat of finish on the body. The plan was to finish the bottom with white  but the white is more cream, so I think we are going use the gray instead. with the bottom paint you do white then gray with a total  of 4 to 5 coats.

Gray bottom paint 

white bottom paint

The cabin after it was cleaned up

Almost ready for paint

I am making progress on the boat today. I sanded and primed the keel. Lori and Jane came by and cleaned the inside of the boat and Lori helped with some of the sanding.  If all goes well I should be starting to paint tomorrow or Monday. I will get some photos up in the next day or so.

It begins again

It begins again this week. I bought a 1973 Luger Westwind sailboat. It is a project boat. The interior is gutted and the hull needs to be painted, but as best as I can tell, all of the rigging, sails, and hardware for sailing are there. The boat has a swing keel. The plan is to go over the exterior in the next few weeks and get it on the water and over the winter redo the cabin. Here is a site with some of the history of the of Luger boats  http://webpages.charter.net/cctexan/lugerhistory/ "The World's Largest Manufacturer of Kit Boats" Luger Industries - The Largest Manufacturer of Kit Boats        Many thousands of Luger boat kits were purchased and assembled in the company's 35-year history.  It's estimated the company sold as many as 100,000 kit boats during its reign.

cleaing out the junk

first sanding done and off the trailer

swing keel off the boat