With the smooth white on deck completed and the interior ready for systems it is time to start the bottom.  Then we will do the Kiwi Grip non-skid, install some hardware and be out the door and install all the systems, yeeha. For our bottom job, Waterline Systems, LLC has a bottom crew that works their butts off and produce some of the best race bottoms in the business. At first I was thinking it would be a sand, spray, and wet sand to a glass finish.  But once we inspected it closely we could see there were areas that…

Below is painted white and the sole with Kiwi Grip non-skid.  We are very pleased with the results.  Once this was completed we taped off the interior and went to work on the deck. The new seahood is now installed and ready for non-skid.  Deck is prepped and first coat of smooth white has been painted.  This week we will do two more coats of white, then a major job painting the non-skid with grey Kiwi Grip which we think is a great product. For applying the Kiwi Grip we tried trowling on then working out the air with the…

Yeeha the painting below has begun. Aft lockers are painted, and inside the water ballast tanks.  Now there was a fun job climbing inside the ballast tanks prepping and painting.  The forward section can only be accessed through a 4” port but viewed from further aft.  So for painting I poured in the gel coat then reached in with 4 ½” brush and kept picking up more gel at the bottom and moved it around till everything felt smooth.  Went back and viewed the progress and looked for holidays and back at it.  With four tries each side the tanks…

Just about ready for paint below with just a couple of ticks left on the list, nice to be on schedule. As you can see the aft cabin is DA sanded and ready for paint as is the forepeak.  Note in the aft cabin picture in the bottom right there is two water ballast fills.  This is an idea I picked up from friend and competitor Tristan Mouligne (Quest 30 Samba) who did this for last years Bermuda 1-2.  We handled the fill/drain differently by running a glass tube from the forward section inside the aft tank to run out…

Feels good to have the jobs starting to drop off the list.  Only a few weeks left below then on to the deck. I took a few pictures of my buddy Doug Jensen from Vortex Media filming an interview with me on Kincora.  This is for my upcoming documentary that will be released after the 2013 Bermuda 1-2.  Stay tuned for short snippets over the coming season on this blog. A couple of shots of the new nav station that is very comfortable.  This added some weight to the boat as did our additional structure but with the inboard out…

Hard to believe it is late Feb.  Were did the winter go?  Oh yea, below in Kincora. Replaced the last wet plywood bulkhead all the way aft with core cell and biaxial glass bagged with epoxy.  We did this in two section keeping the CL portion of the bulkhead in place while both sides where replaced.  The bulkhead is only 34” from the transom but better to support the cockpit and deck and not have any movement.  Stay tuned for more from the aft cabin area in next week’s blog. Now the small jobs are starting to pop up and…

Great progress, she now has the following new and updated structure: 1.  Fwd crash bulkhead with anchor locker floor 2.  New mast frame with a more pleasing shape and better structure. 3.  New Ring frame at the companionway with knee supporting the cockpit floor 4.  Nav station 90% completed where there was empty space 5.  Olson 30 style seats Port and STB at companionway 6.  New structure where the  old ¼ berth was with an unsupported hull panel. 7.  New battery platform that carries the CL Hat Frame to the ring frame where the motor was. We have added more…

Happy New Year WhiteCap Video had a great 2011 filming, directing, and editing 50 productions.  And 2012 is staring off in high gear as well with a lot of repeat customers. I guess in all of my free time (HA!) I need to update my demo reel, which is out of date. Kincora, my short handed sailing Quest 30 sailboat, is going through a major refit to be ready for the coming racing season, and a summer of trekking around Southern New England with family and friends. Kincora was hauled at New England Boat Works, Portsmouth RI late October, then…