The Blandford Rebuild - Painting the Hull

After flipping the boat upside down and balancing it (rather precariously I might add) on two padded trestles, we got a chance to thoroughly inspect the underside of the dinghy. 

Boat flipped over before any real work had begun

From what we can tell the majority of the joins look watertight. The only part that looks slightly worrying is the centre piece that runs the length of the underside of the dinghy, specifically where this piece begins to curve up the bow. 

As you can see from the photo, this centre piece is made of small strips of wood that progressively decrease in size and width. Towards the front of the dinghy, where the bow starts to curve upwards, there are a few of the pieces that have started to come loose and pull away from the hull. 

As we’re planning on painting the hull white to match the inside of the boat, we only needed to give it light sand. The centre piece however was stripped down to bare wood to allow for better absorption of the epoxy we have used to seal this piece off. I’m also planning on leaving this piece unpainted.

Centre piece and side joins coated in the expoxy

After the epoxy had set, we gave everything a light sand again and laid down a coat of primer. This is drying overnight so we can start with painting the hull tomorrow evening. Should only take two coats of paint to complete the hull. Almost done! 

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