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Weekly Logs 2012
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This page is still very much under construction...

Never thought we'd see Ocelot flying!

10 yrs & 4 colors plus a few blisters! Old bottom paint

Bottom Work: We want to remove 10 years of accumulated antifouling (bottom) paint. This will undoubtedly reveal some minor blistering in the gelcoat just at the waterline. The blisters need to be ground out, dried, filled with epoxy and faired over. Then the entire bottom should be painted in 2‑3 layers of epoxy to make it more waterproof before getting its new coat of antifouling.

Week 2 - Removed old bottom paint (& gelcoat)
Week 22 - Extend & sharpen bows with foam & glass
Week 23 - Fill cutouts under emergency hatches with foam & glass
Week 24 - Remove & polish both rudders
Week 27 - Replace bearings & seals in sail-drive bottom ends
Week 40 - Level Ocelot using a laser
Week 55 - Lay 2 strips of biaxial down the centerlines of both hulls
Week 68 - Waterline area filled with phenolic-epoxy & sanded smooth
Week 69 - Drill out & replace rudder bearings with bigger Delrin bearings
Week 91 - Underwater areas coated in .5mm (40 liters) of epoxy
Week 93 - Drill hole, mount, & wire up a 2^nd depth transducer on port side
Week 98 - Painted an epoxy tie-coat over the epoxy barrier coats
Week 98 - Glassed the SS rudders, reshaped & reglassed them
Week 101 - Build & fit custom SS protectors for bows & sterns
Week 110 - Repair Epoxy coating on both sail drives
Week 119 - Replace emergency hatches with solid polycarbonate
Week 120 - New feathering prop
Week 121 - New antifouling

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