The Story Continues

Ok the adventures continues....

So far I have found a boat, determined I was in for a whole lot of work, had a setback with a bad gel coat experience and had a great outcome from my first attempt at repairing fiberglass. Now on with the Albacore adventure.

Well with my confidence brimming and more research under my belt, I proceeded to use the west epoxy system that was recommended to me by a number of people. The West system with filler worked wonderfully and the Albacore hull now looked like a beautiful patch work quilt. With all the divots filled, it was time to sand and sand and make the patches as smooth as I could.

With the hull patches sanded it was time to paint the hull. The original colour of the Albacore was blue, so the new colour was going to be blue. I felt that this Albacore deserved to relive it's glory as a beautiful blue boat. I proceeded to paint the hull a nice blue, a very close match to the original blue colour, everything was going great.

After a few coats of paint and with the hardware back in place with new gaskets etc. it was time to take this Albacore sailing....

Well that was going to have to wait because I didn't have a trailer, mast or boom. I found a mast and boom on the Canadian Albacore Association website and made arrangements to purchase the mast and boom. Everything went well, I got the mast and boom home after a 3 hour drive
(both ways) and proceeded to fit the mast into the boat.

Everything seemed to be going great. The hull restoration although off to a bumpy start went very well. I impressed myself with my fibre glassing skills and I had found a mast and boom for the Albacore at a great price, you could say everything was going good... almost, too good....

Come back for the next chapter in this Albacore restoration production.