It took GB 6 days to sand, fill and paint The Fox's hull at Marina Seca in San Carlos. To be sure, it's a big job and physically demanding, but GB's been there before and knows what to expect. 
In this photo on the left, GB has filled the dings and dents left by mostly-vegetative marine growth; you can see that the greatest erosion in the bottom paint has occurred along the waterline.
Over there on the right is a shot of GB, totally in his element. Which in this case happens to be the
Comex Amercoat paint we bought in Mexico and is specially formulated for tropical waters and to resist aggressive marine growth. That's right, folks - GB's using no mask, goggles, full-length paper suit, or other protective gear. Please do not try this at home:
All told GB used 3 gallons of Comex Amercoat paint to cover The Fox in 2 to 3 layers of paint depending on the location along the hull. The first, base layer was a very sexy-looking black that we used 
simply because the Comex store didn't have enough blue. But a pleasant surprise for us was that the blue paint that Comex did have, was the slate-blue color of The Fox's original Swedish bottom paint. Check out over there on the right, how nice the rudder looks after GB's work:
Bottom line (so to speak): GB did a fine job and thanks to him we got out of the water and back in, in a very reasonable length of time and with as little expense as possible. I bet y'all are wondering what I did during this process.
to be continued...
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been there, done that! or at least Deb did most of the painting. I was off replacing thru-hulls and systems stuff. yeah right .. what about the gallons of PT Brewing 'Black Bart' consumed? our home in San Miguel is rented for the entire year .. so we are off to Hawaii instead.
so glad to hear you are having a good time. and yes, Gary definitely looks like a guy in his element!
daniel
Posted by: daniel taylor | June 15, 2009 at 06:07 AM