No kidding. This was easily the task I've most dreaded in building this boat. But, after about 6 hours of sanding, I'm basically done sanding the interior of my boat, and ready to move on to other tasks. I did a pretty good job with the fiberglass work, otherwise it could easily have taken twice as long. I'm tempted to post a long series of photos showing the progress as I sanded.... That would be one boring sequence of photos.
There are still probably another 2 hours of so of sanding that will have to be done before I'm ready to paint the interior, but it doesn't make any sense to do any more now, since in the meantime I'll be making a mess of some of those areas. For example, before I paint, I'll be building a place to mount a battery, and will be cutting holes for various electrical components, etc. and in the process of doing that, there will be some epoxy sloshed around that will need to be sanded.
Anyway, the bottom line is that I'm moving on. The next big job will be to fit up the cabin sole. I got started on that last night managed to get one plank installed. After that's all done, I'll be working on laying out and constructing hard points for various systems on the boat (battery box, electrical panel, radio, bilge pump, etc). And I've still got a little bit of fiberglass work to do forward of bulkhead 2!!! Can't forget that. Then a little more sanding, and time for paint!
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| I picked up a couple of components for the electrical system already. Holes for these will be cut soon. |
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| The first board of the cabin sole has been installed! |
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