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finally got all the correct fittings and fishined hooking up the water pump and acculameter tank (still need hose clamps ). I actually managed to leave some extra space for xtra parts/tool storage.
bedded the sea cocks. Found the lid to the battery box that had been lost in my shop and got it painted.

Too tired to post much! just spent two 14 hr days working on the boat. decided last minute to prime the boat myself since we had two "way above average temp" days. prepped yesterday and this morning and sprayed two coats af awlgrip 545 on everything today. turned out great ! A special thanks to my Surveyer for putting up with the odor since I finished spraying at 3:30 and he started the survey at 4:30! Thanks Butch!!!

Wow, that's a huge step! You've come a long way since I was there....

the results on splash day will be amazing

RWS

Great job you seem to be relentless on this project most people would have given up but you are getting closer by the week, I can not wait to see it in the water.

UPDATE:
well I worked down the shop from 9am to 7pm on sunday doing nothing but sanding primer, non stop, all freakn day, (did I mention how much i despise sanding?, ALOT!) After sanding with 400 grit for 5 hrs non stop I had 1/2 the hull sanded. I was very careful not to sand through the primer however I was not totally happy with the primer at this point. When I primed i only had time for 2 coats. I had planned on putting on two additional coats of primer the next morning but I had a small job pop up that we had to do first which put me past the recoat time. I made the decision (as I was trying not to cry like a baby!) to switch to 240 grit paper and start over resanding the primer completely smooth (have I mentioned how much I loath sanding!!!!) which exposed the gellcoat all over the place
Monday I spent 3 hrs blowing off dust from sanding , wiped everything down and shot two new coats of primer. Spent the entire day yesterday doing what I love to do the most in world, SANDING !!! I then cleaned all the dust again, redid all the masking (too much sanding dust) and went home last nite at 9:30. At least the boat seemed happy before I left! guess it knew what was coming next!

NO MORE SANDING!!!!!!!!!!! (on the hull). Sprayed 4 coats of awlgrip "ice blue" on the hull today!!!! ! It turned out better than I ever expected!!! very smooth, very glossy and all the fairing and SANDING paid off! not sure how well it will show up but the last pic is my reflection in the hull

Todd,

your boat looks GREAT! nice job, looks like a tremendous amount of work, but wow

Incredible job Todd! Can't wait to see pictures of her in the water. I'm headed out to mine right now. Have a good 3 weeks of work left to do.
Take care,
Mike

I like the color choice. Good work.

OH MY !

Looks like all that sanding paid off handsomely.

Congrats on your NEW boat.


RWS

Thanks guys! this has been such a learning experience !!!!! I can not imagine what kind of quality a "typical" paint job from a marina would look like but I can tell you that I have put my heart and soul into the prep of this boat for years! The guys that sprayed my hull were supposed to spray the the topsides for me this past thursday. they got tied up on another project. I waited for them until 1:30pm at which point I said "Hell I can do this"!, we had everything prepped so i grabbed my $70 HD Huskey spray gun and went to town! I am very happy with the results consideriding that I jeprodized 8 months of prep with my impatience to wait and reprep another day! I still need to touch up the cockpit sides alittle and tape off and roll the non skid .

Great job. I would have never made it this far.

Looking awesome. Great job