[C320-list] Hull Sanding

[Monte B.]

Guys et.al.

I am a southern lake sailor, for what it's worth, I have my boat pulled once
a year and pressure washed. Gets rid of the hair and then I take digital
pics. of the hull. Gives you an idea of where the hull paint is and a long
term record of the hull condition. I have all the pics. since 1999 and when
it's sale time there won't be that much to discover when you need a survey
or for the insurance company when you want to change brands. My marina also
takes pics at my request and has a record of the hull condition. Not a big
deal till you need it. Last bottom paint with Pettit was 1250.oo in 2007 and
the third paint event for this boat.

Monte
Laima #620 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Gates
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Hull Sanding

Bruce,
I sanded to the gel coat a year ago and I would say it was a 50 hour, 
difficult and dirty job - even though I used a good Boch sander with dust 
collector and quality sanding disks.  We fixed many small blisters and then 
applied 4 coats of Petit Interlux 2000 barrier coat before 2 coats of 
Trinidad SR bottom paint.  The racing performance this past year was much 
better.
Based upon what I paid for a FG man to do the blisters and some others to 
help with the sanding, I think 2.7k is reasonable, especially if you include

the pull, launch, and boatyard charges -- I was 11 days in a do it yourself 
boatyard in FL.  Rollie  #182   Charlotte Harbor, FL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Stumpp" <bstumpp at comcast.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:17 PM
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Has anyone paid to have their hull sanded and prepped for paint lately?  If
so, I'm curious what you were charged.  Our marina quoted a price of $2,750
to sand ours and that did not include the rudder and keel.  Granted there
were a few layers of paint but the price seemed especially.  I decided to do
the job myself.  It was a lot of work and crawling around under the boat but
I sanded it clean - except the keel - and was happy to save the money.

Bruce Stumpp
Adventure. #647
Frog Mortar Creek. MD
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