I'm writing this blog as a journal of my build of a Duo-660 catamaran. Most of the content will be dedicated to this endeavor. I try to populate posts with pictures since it is instructive. The notes tab is for misfit posts. Always nice to have a place for the misfits.

-Esteban

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Preparing For Days Without Kids

Not that I'm very excited to be without my kids, it's just that I am.  At minimum, I would like to be done glassing the hull by the time they get back.  Today I got the final coats of epoxy on two more sheets of plywood.  I may stop there. I know this is not showing that I've learned any lessons, but now I've got a timetable at work and it's a tight window.  In addition to glassing I would like to get some paint on, but the truth is I don't really know how to paint a boat.  I think it's primer everything then bottom paint the bottom and regular paint the sides? Point being that I don't think regular paint goes under the bottom paint.  I'll ask some questions on the K-designs website, the users there are helpful and knowledgeable. For the most part their knowledge is from their own experience, the best kind.  In addition to the epoxy coating I rough cut and installed the bow timber.


It was not as hard as I had imagined, but fairing this down to something pretty may be where the real work lies.
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  1. ikarus342000April 6, 2016 at 3:22 AM

    I hope that my release was a bit helpful. So be very aware what the paint "specialists" tell you. Again, I never used any primer on my own boats. Okay, its your money. On the sides use PU paint. As far as I know DD laquer is not sold in your country. We used, as we added the extension on our Pelican, one pot PU paint without primer. It worked perfect.

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