Winter Work (Part 2)

With the colour agreed upon the painting team applied 2 layers of the blue Awlgrip paint and BV started to look fabulous. With these mirror-like reflections surely the job was nearly done? 

Not a bit of it. Two days later the guys set about sanding the hull.

And when they were happy with both the finish and the weather, another 3 coats of Awlgrip were sprayed on.

The results are truly spectacular. All of the effort put into the preparation had produced an amazing mirror like finish on BV. It was difficult to supress a huge grin on each of our faces when we first saw the pictures.

But the beautiful new blue livery was almost immediately covered up to mask off around where the white stripes would be painted. We’d picked a slightly creamy white and over the next few days multiple layers of this paint were applied.

With that done the masking was removed and on 10 December we had a beautiful blue yacht with white stripes.

The team then turned their attention to the join between the toe rail and the blue hull which they made look very smart with a bead of black Sikaflex sealant.

The new exhaust pipes were also sealed in with Sikaflex and then, whilst the tent was taken down, the swimming ladder and Hydrovane self steering sytem were refitted to the transom.

The last piece of the painting work was to ensure that the top of the antifouling line was smart. To create the right effect we’d asked for the antifouling line to be raised by 5 cm and the new edge has produced a nice crisp line to sit below the lower white hull stripe. It made sense to touch up some other areas of the antifouling at the same time.

The team had done very well; all of the painting work had been completed by mid-December, well before the traditional rainy part of the year. The one week delay due to the unseasonal stormy week in November was not an issue and the results of the respray are just spectacular. By using a quality Awlgrip 2-part paint we should also be able to enjoy that super shiny finish for many years to come with minimal polishing, if any, needed for at least 5 or 6 years.

Marmaris, Turkey