First up was working on the door. I trimmed off all the extra silicone and 4200 from around the corner pieces, flipped the door over and trimmed off all the silicone from that side.
Then using long strips of 1/4" plywood that were cut long ago and primed a few days ago, lengths were cut to fit. After all the pieces were done they were set in place with more silicone. Where I could reach, many clamps were put in place.
You may have noticed that I didn't use any 4200 on the strips. I decided that since the glass is fully bedded in silicone and the corners are set with 4200 that any more would probably be overkill.
Since I had the razor blade and the silicone out, I trimmed the excess silicone around the center window and then bedded the left and right front windows in silicone.
I had invited Kenneth and Caitlin over to help if they wanted and we met up at Valley Paint to buy a second spare mask for them to use. When we got back to the shed we immediately got to work.
Caitlin started doing touch up paint work, basically fixing all the little boo-boos around the boat. She sanded and painted around all the non-skid areas where the paint had come up with the tape with steel-blue and then went around and sanded and painted the tiny gap that had been left between the graphite epoxy on the bottom and the tape line from the hull paint. It was simply amazing to go back and look at her work, you simply can't tell what she fixed as it blends in so well!
While Caitlin was painting, Kenneth and I got to work on wiring. He got a very compressed lesson on wire, connectors and electricity and then got to work. A light was mounted in the cuddy and after we pulled wire he crimped butt connectors for the wires to the light and spade connectors to the fuse block and used the heat gun to shrink the heat-shrink tubing in place. As we were examining the first one he did, I explained just how important this work is as there is nothing worse than fire on a boat and I think that made an impression! :-) We also pulled wire through the conduits to the three gas tanks and Kenneth got some experience with the fish tape as one of the pull strings came loose from a wire bundle. He did meticulous work and I'd trust him to finish the rest of it.
We went to dinner at the Hot Bite and then I returned to the shed to finish some painting. The inside of the door got a coat of maroon, some more 1/4" strips got primer, the door sliders got another coat of black and the cabin plus some loose parts got a coat of white.
I also discovered a bit of a surprise present on the inside of the maroon paint can lid.
:-)
Kenneth - 3 Hours
Caitlin - 3 Hours
Me - 7 Hours