Sanding Sucks

We've been sanding all sorts of wood around our boat: floor in galley, the cap rail, the hatches, the scupper covers, bow spirit, and more. Most of this hubby has done, but me and lil guy have helped out. We use the orbit sander for flat surfaces and a triangle sander for those hard to reach spaces, and our hands for everything else - which is a lot.

Our lil guy loves to sand when we are out there, he picks up triangle sander, as it has no moving parts, and sands cap rail. He does good and it entertains him, and the cap rail needs lots of sanding. He doesn't put a lot of pressure on triangle sander so it really doesn't do much, that sander you really have to put pressure for it to get into the wood.

To this point, we have almost finished the starboard side of cap rail, a big project because we have to clean under it and get it ready to seal and prep for paint around it too. For we are planning to paint the boat, deck, cabin, above water line, and when we pull it out we wi ll paint below water line. We also h ave paint for bilge, and hopefully one day we will paint that since we have already dried it out.

Back to our cap rail, so we have to finish sanding and cleaning the starboard before we move to port side. It is all teak so we are using cetol to cover it, not a varnish. We cannot wait till it is done, it will look awesome and make the boat pop. Then we hear it will only last 6 months, so it's pretty much in vain, but we will be so proud when it is done. 

The sanding of deck and cabin is hit and miss, I think as we find a hole or blemish we cover it and get them ready for paint, sort of feel like everyday we are working toward a overlapping project. Fix the leaks and prep for paint, replace this and that. All done in hopes for a nice boat!