Deck-hull joint sealed & painting f**kup (Patreon)

Hi Guys!

Athena is now more watertight than she has ever been before. The deck-hull joint is fully glassed. Now it's "JUST" a matter of fairing everything.

A few weeks back, the cement-boat people primed their masts (airless spray). Apparently, it was windy that day, and Athena's deck, cabin top, portlight, and hatches now have millions of little red dots. Earlier today, I washed Athena to get rid of all the dust, and I got my first real glimpse of the damage. I'm royally pissed, to be honest. We all make mistakes, but the cabin top was done - wet sanded and polished to a mirror finish  - now it looks horrible when you get within a few feet. I don't think I'll put this in a video. They made a mistake, and I'm pissed, but there's no need to tell thousands of people about that mistake - I'm sure they didn't do it on purpose. 

On a more positive note. I've talked with my stainless-design guy. As soon as I've got the angles and measurements for the mounting doohickeys for the mini-bulwarks, he'll make a CAD drawing. We talked about some cool ideas. I'm very excited to show you guys! but first I have to finish the fairing - oh blessed fairing ;) 

Here is the plan I shared last week. As you can see, I'm still on track. 

Week:

DONE 18: kitchen island? 

DONE 19: deck-hull joint sealed? hull damage repair start

20 deck-hull joint faired, hull damage repaired

21: Painted hull + portlights + start deck hardware

22: Install deck hardware + start arch

23: Toe rail + dodger install

24: Toe rail + copper coat last areas

25: Arch + activate copper coat

25: Arch 

26: heater install

27: heater install

28: Generator install

29: Forward cabin

30: Forward cabin

31: Forward cabin

32: Forward cabin

So far I'm on track, but I'm not sure I'll be able to finish fairing the deck-hull joint in one week. And I bout I'll be ready to install the mini bulwarks/toe rail in week 23-24. But at least it's a list of stuff to work on :) The most important thing is that I don't run out of stuff to do in June while I've got time to work on the boat! 

I hope you guys are all safe and doing well. Thank you so much for your support!