Not much to see for a REALLLY long, hard day. Shot 5 liters of gelcoat mixed with 1/3 duratec at about 3/4 liter at a time through a dump gun. It came out really good. Yes, it’s going to need a wet sanding and a polishing but the orange peel is minimal. Much less than the transom. The dump gun is a pain in the ass when you want to shoot horizontal surfaces because gel coat drips out the vent hole. I taped a piece of towel over the hole so it vents but blocks the drip. Had to fully clean the gun and pot and change the towel every time. Went through a gallon of acetone. All I know is that I never want to do that again. I have about a liter left of gelcoat and a little duratec. 15 gallons gone. Still need more for the casts. Looking to get the non skid floor sections down next weekend.

 

Nothing too photogenic.
Prepping the cap. Looking to shoot the cap from the rub rail to an inch onto the floor Sunday. The weather is FINALLY cool enough. Peeled all the tape from the floor coats. I had to hot coat the floor last week as it was sticky. My assumption is that this gel coat does not like less than 1% mekp thus why it was still sticky from the summer coats from backing off the mekp to buy time. It was setting almost instantly. Even last week mixing 750ml with 7.5 ml of mekp gave me just enough time to dump and roll. The floor is good now. Hit it with acetone and there was no white on my gloves. Sunday Morning is supposed be like 62 degrees so that should give me the working time to dump gun a cup at a time. The cups fit about 600-700 ml. For now it’s just filling, sanding washing prepping and masking for Sunday morning.

  I am thinking it could be that they bought a hull without a title and created their own "make" using a "home made" type vessel entry. If it really bothers you, I guess you could re-register it as a "home made" with the correct "make".

 

I just found it... Here is the link if you are interested.

https://www.perko.com/catalog/deck_hardware/323/hatch_fastener_or_windshield_keeper/