Sanded and primed, new topsides paint next week. I love those Schumacher lines!
Sanded and primed, new topsides paint next week. I love those Schumacher lines!
I saw the crew sanding the hull and taping off the topsides yesterday. Seems like they were being careful!
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Last edited by BobJ; 06-01-2021 at 06:46 PM.
1968 Selmer Series 9 B-flat and A clarinets
1962 Buesher "Aristocrat" tenor saxophone
Piper One Design 24, Hull #35; "Alpha"
Wow, and just like that, it's done! What was the decision the boot strip? I'm partial to a two-tone blue and aquamarine.
Ooh - don't confuse me like that. My mind was made up. But now...
Combining responses:
"and just like that, it's done" - It's been two weeks from the decision but two years that I've been thinking about it. Once decided, they do get on with projects at BMC!
"They do beautiful work there" - I was there just to get the bottom done but then they painted a Pearson Commander next to me. Ironically, they painted it Flag Blue. It's an older boat and Flag Blue shows every imperfection, but I went over every inch of it and it was just about perfect. That clinched it.
So Bob, sailing a not-blue boat, coming to waters near you. I've been boating for over 50 years and only two of the boats were white (although this is really not white). The other boats were yellow (2), light green, orange, red (2), blue (2), grey, and flag blue (2) - not including R/C boats.
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Last edited by BobJ; 05-07-2021 at 05:30 PM. Reason: Brain fried - can't right write.
Hey Bob: Good news that I can get a S/S propane gauge to replace my rusty one ---- but I'm not finding yours in the McM catalog. I'm only seeing ones for other types of fuel, not propane unless I get one that comes with it's own regulator. Do you know the part number?
And thanks for letting us know Surprise! is stealth white now -- In the past I could always pick out Surprise! by hull color, now it will be a bit more challenging to keep tabs on you! Cliff, Rainbow
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Last edited by BobJ; 06-01-2021 at 08:13 PM. Reason: Removed duplicate photos
Hi Cliff,
Most of the parts came from Amazon; just the raw materials came from McMaster. Here's a link to the gauge:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FBKZOD2...roduct_details
Let me know if you need links to any of the other parts. The solenoid was also quite corroded.