14th May

The weather was as good as expected with just under 60% humidity and the wind was blowing above my workshop so got my spray stuff out.

First coat going down.

First coat done before lunch and this final coat sprayed at 3pm (finished at 4.30pm).  Finish about a 7 out of 10 so very happy for an amateur spray painter.  Only one fly got stuck!!  Going to let the PU paint cure for a bit before taping up for the boot top stripe plus some other bits.  Wait a day or two and you will see the final color scheme and design.  Maybe a bit odd?

One interesting thing - Nuts got a lot smaller when pushed out the workshop.  It seemed a lot bigger than 5m when upside down building the hull then shrank a bit when turned over and got a bit smaller after the deck was put on.  Im sure it will shrink a lot when put in the water.  Hopefully the Orcas off Portugal will not be interested in a minnow.