Sunday, May 17, 2009

Paint or varnish?

Have been playing around with the idea of painting the deck of the boat, perhaps in an abstract style reminiscent of my cousin Ray's paintings. This entire project started with a few white pine boards which Ray milled himself perhaps 20 years ago. Between the added cost in time and materials, the limited durability and the likely difficulty to repair a complex paint job, I'll probably go with varnish. But it's fun to dream...these produced with Google SketchUp:

Hatch lips, skeg box, deck hardware

The hatch lips have been 
  fabricated

  and installed. 


Also built and installed a skeg box.
 

Last, have been adding bolts for deck fittings.