Grinding Fun

Its been a while since i have been able to work on the boat. This morning I woke up early and ready to go, so I got some more done.

I got all suited up

 And proceeded to continue to remove the paint from the boat. Only the pad I was using was not making much progress.

So I switched to a Medium grit (80) sanding pad

Now My brother who has given me all kinds of information about this warned me to becareful with the sanding pad as it will eat thru the hull. Well I thought I was doing good, but after the dust cleared and I washed down the work area I found this.

I had successfully ground a slight hole into the side of the boat. More glass work pratice :-)

Here is a picture of all that I was able to clean off today.

Transome Fun and Billowing Clouds

Well I finally was able to make some time to contiue working on the boat.

Today i was able to complete the tear out of the old transome wood.

And I cleaned out some more trash from in the boat

After all of that fun I suited up in my best impression of the stay puff marshmellow man or is it crazy stalker in white? Either way head to toe as much covered as possible in white, I kept asking myself, why white? Aren't I white enough?  Just so I can get some of the truck bed liner that was put on the boat removed. I worked as long as i could stand the heat and was wringing wet by the time I was done.

I am glad I have already made up my mind to strip this one down to the bones. As I have already found some hidding holes in the side of the boat. Also after washing it down and seeing all the seep marks .... yep that whole bottom is getting reglassed. I was not able to move fast enough to get a picture of the seeping, but i do have a picture of those holes. In all Honesty the holes are probably patched correctly, but why chance it?