You thought Id quit eh?

Let's just call it slow going. Do you have any idea how boring it is for me to take thousands of pictures of the same damn boat over and over when the only thing that changes is how smooth it is?

You can't feel it, so it's pointless! "Look, that shade of grey is different than the shade of grey over there, he must have switched grits.... ooooo..."

Needless to say, it's different now. It is all greyish, silky smooth, and bordering on ready for paint. Yesterday after work, Shayne came up to help me hoist the motor out of the boat again. He's a kind soul, but gullible. Once the motor was out, it was time to press on again, and get this thing outa the shop.

First, though, let's look at what we are contending with:



It's a little cold out there. We haven't enjoyed temps over the freezing mark in, well, awhile. We did have a short spell, but snow has basically been on the ground since we ate that turkey and his yam friends. As you are well aware by now, I don't have heat out htere, let alone insulation. I have been trying to either find tasks that don't require heat, or that I can be basically stationary and get under the IR heater. Today was one of those days.

With the motorwell emptied out, I put my carcass in there, took a sander with me, and got the last of the open spaces prepped. The whole boat has now been sanded. I also put as much filler as possible in a heatable space (the splashwell) on the tape, setting out to have it cure sometime before the fat man slides down the chimney.

It was a little something like this:



A 250/500w work light turns into a 250/500w heater pretty readily. Its basically infrared heat with more light than usual. Still rather effective.

Throw a towel into the mix to retain more of the heat:



Voila!

I'm going to ski tomorrow, so don't expect me to work on the boat.



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