Finishing up the Whidbey White

Finally, Ive finished painting the interior area that will be Whidbey White. 

The quarter knees are taped off so that I can paint the sheers.

After the paint dried, I re-installed the stainless steel eye-bolt in the transom knee.

My daughter helped me pick out a section of Meranti plywood to add to the top of the aft seat. I cut it out of a partial sheet, and it is waiting to be laminated onto the A/C plywood thwart.

Grain pattern for the aft thwart.

Work remaining to be done includes:

• Finishing construction and installation of the seats
• Painting the sheers Sea Foam Green (some spots still need epoxy first)
• Planking the deck

The following two photos are for future reference when I install the deck cleat and bow chocks:

Measured distance from aft face of fwd frame to mid-line on deck beam - 18"

Measured distance from aft face of fwd frame to aft edge of breasthook (port side shown) - 36.5"

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G9 minus eight White at the end of the tunnel

Eight days to the G9 Boatbuilder Gathering. Today I checked the tracking on my shipment of epoxy. Its not due to arrive for another 5 days.

As much as I had hoped to have "Perseverance" ready or usable in time to take it to G9, Im beginning to think thats not going to happen. Im also beginning to not worry about it, either. Truly, whats the rush? Its not a competition. Yes, Id be disappointed this year to not be able to show my boat to other builders who have inspired and encouraged me along the way. But, if the boats not ready yet... then its just not. Im not gonna stress out about it. 

Still, Im going to keep pushing forward & well see what happens.

So... Todays update:

Ive started painting the interior of the hull. I also bought or ordered more hardware and supplies necessary for the completion and usage of the boat:

• Stainless steel eye-bolt
• 2 fenders
• 2 fender lines
• 2 dock lines
• 2 Stainless steel fender cleats
• 1 Stainless steel 6" Herreshoff cleat (for the deck)
• more stainless steel screws
• Z-Spar Captains Varnish
• Perko oarlock sockets
• Perko oarlocks

This eye bolt will be mounted to one of the transom knees. It will be used to attach a safety line to the outboard motor, in case the motor vibrates free from the transom. I got this idea from the Utility that I got to drive at last years boatbuilder gathering (G8).

First coat of Whitbey White brushed onto the forward section of the hull.

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Two More Coats of Whidbey White

Ill just let the pictures tell the story...

Here you can see the flattened area & secondary indentations on the bow to accommodate the bow eye. The hull has also been lightly sanded with 220 grit in preparation for the 3rd coat of paint.

Hull lightly sanded in preparation for the 3rd coat of paint.

Hull lightly sanded in preparation for the 3rd coat of paint.

After two more coats of Whidbey White, I pulled off the tape and newspaper.

I had to do a little touch-up painting along the edges of the transom. There are several more spots that need some touch-up paint.

Sea Foam Green, Whidbey White, and bright-finished Meranti.

Ink from the newspaper left ugly stains on the paint. So far, I havent been able to clean them off. I may simply paint another coat over it. Obviously, I wouldnt recommend using newspaper for this sort of thing.

Fitting the bow eye.

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