Sailing HideAway: Non-Skid Topside Painting

In the days since retirement began I have realized a certain calm in the knowledge that not much absolutely has to be accomplished right this day. I set my cruise control to the speed limit and watch the races. Red light? No matter. Traffic - Ha, who cares? Life is less stressful until a project appears on the horizon. Then another and pretty soon a not-to-be-amended-schedule appears.

I allocated a week to paint the HideAway's non skid areas and I'm on schedule. Each morning I pack a lunch, tools and paint stuff and drive to work. Wait a minute. To where??? Yep, that's what it feels like and I don't like it. Granted, we are racing summer. It's mid April and already the temperature is almost 90 degrees and the UV index is 'Fry in 10 minutes'. The Florida humidity is not here yet but getting closer by the day- I can feel it.

In our recent videos you may have noticed the HideAway could use attention of the painting kind. If you're contemplating such a project this video is for you. In it we discuss the joys of calculating the amount of non skid powder to mix with 2/3s of a quart of expensive paint, peruse products used and how they performed.

Although the weather looks good in the video, the wind was gusting 18-25, shaking the boat and blowing paint onto various items that did not require painting. Did I mention the paint is very, very expensive? Warning: There is no video of watching paint dry -- Sorry.

Next up will be cockpit drains and rewiring the mast. Yippeeeee!

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