Look! It's sunny out!

Once the sun came out, it was hard to want to stay working in the hold, so we took a break from that and found some things to do outside. This is the booby hatch (hehe), that leads down to the v-berth. The old paint was peeling off and was hold water between it and the wood. Kate Scraped it off so the wood could have a chance to dry out before rotting. 

This is the aft break beam, it is under the aft mast. I was mostly curious and a little bored, so I stripped it down. Once it was down to bare wood, I put four coats of linseed oil on to help feed the wood some and also give some more water protection under the paint.

This is after the first coat of white.

You may recall this being grey. You'd be right. It is the skylight hatch above the v-berth on the bow. The old paint was ugly and Kate and I both wanted some more varnish on the boat.  A little time with a propane torch, a power planer and a couple different sanders...

And some new seam compound...

It was time for the first coat of varnish!