Sunny, very little wind. It finally was a good chance to paint with epoxi the hull and paint with antifouling.
Here the steps:
- Build a shield against dust, direct sun and insects
- Paint 4 layers epoxy International VC Tar
- Insertion of rudder axle
- Application of anti-fouling International VC17m
- Re-positioning the boat
- Sanding, epoxi and paint where the boat was leaning and under the keel
- Final layer of anti-fouling VC17m
Protecting the hull from debris has been critical as the epoxy becomes very soon sticky and any dust coming from other boat owner sanding their boats or insects due to the spring warmth remains attached and embedded in the plastic. On the other hand it is critical that either the structure supporting the tarpaulins is stable or the day is without wind in order to avoid the tarpaulin itself getting attached to the hull (which of course happened).
The first layer of anti-fouling paint was applied after 5 hours, with a hard foundation, but not yet as slippery as glass!
The day after completing the second layer I have order the a repositioning of the boat 15cm ahead and with a different leaning point for the keel. At this point in just 2 days I managed to scrape off the old paint from where the hull was initially leaning, sand it, 4 layers epoxy as well as 2 layers vc17m.
Unfortunately some of the epoxy has crept under the masking tape and cannot be removed without scratching the hull, therefore I am now scratching my head about how to solve the problem.