Upon arrival at the shop, I got straight to work on the interior. The previous work was application on more additional fairing compound to the V-berth structure as well as the seacock backing plates. I quickly water-washed to remove amine blush and set out sanding the various surfaces. The starboard vertical surface of the aft portion of the v-berth was nearly to fair, and I used a combination of the 5" RO and hand-work brought all down to a fair. What remained were the typical voids one finds in application of fairing filler, so I took a mental note and moved on to the other areas of work.

I moved next to the seacock backing plates and worked by hand around the plates reducing the overages that are inevitable in this type of application. Once I had all surfaces sanded to the point of satisfaction, I thoroughly cleansed all surfaces by first vacuuming and then solvent-washing.

Back in the shop, I mixed a small pot of epoxy and thickened it with 410 micro-light. I spot-faired the areas that required a bit more work. This work wraps the interior for paint. I closed Biscuit and moved into the shop to continue work on the boom.

I arranged the boom on workhorses and set about lightly sanding the surface with 220-grit paper. I was careful to not cut through the primer, and was afforded a bit more margin of error due to this being the second coat of primer. I followed the 220-grit with 300-grit paper, followed by vacuuming the surface and wiping down with solvent to remove any remaining dust.

Just prior to sanding, I reviewed the new boom fittings and determined where I needed to close in old fastener holes while retaining old ones. Now that the boom was freshly sanded, I used a tapered bit and opened up the surfaces of those areas requiring filling - or closing out for the purpose of drilling new fastener holes. I mixed a small pot of epoxy and thickened it with 406 colloidal silica and 407 light fairing filler. With the few holes filled, I closed the shop for the day.

Total Hrs: 3.75