Saturday was a wretched day. Bottom paint preparations are low on my list of favorite chores, just above waxing. Alana's bottom paint (Micron CSC) held up very well and was in good shape, but there were a few spots that needed to be sanded down to the epoxy barrier. I took some time to sand down the uppermost edge of bottom paint where it has built up over the years, creating a lip that tended to collect green scum. I then roughed the whole thing up with a 3M pad, but didn't get around to applying paint (it looked like rain).
It is looking less and less like I'll be ready to launch the week of May 11 as planned, so I managed to get a 2-week abeyance from the yard manager. This should allow me to get Alana ready without a mad panic and shortcuts, and after all, I have years and years of sailing just around the corner, so a couple of weeks of prolonged showers and cable TV will not kill me. Next weekend looks promising weatherwise, so I am hopeful that with the help of my brother Mike, Alana's underwater body will be ready for another year underwater.
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