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oDay Mariner
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:35 pm
by cfretz
Heres a little introduction. My name is chris fretz and i live in norristown PA. I recently restored an oDay Mariner which is raced on the deleware river and jersey shore.
Before:
she was neglected and had a hole where the mast base ripped out of the deck. I fixed all the structural problems in the 1st year. raced a full season and hit the cosmetic issues last winter.
This winter im painting the interior and possibly laminating a varnished transom. I'm starting a restoration of a scow and will probably be posting some additional questions in the future.
You guys have done some great work and i look forward to seeing more.
Regards,
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:38 pm
by Tim
Looks great, Chris! Is that Fighting Lady Yellow on the hull?
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:10 pm
by cfretz
its the interlux perfection fighting lady yellow. We rolled it and it looks great.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:53 pm
by dasein668
Am I the only person who can't see the imagestation pictures? If I try to open the link directly I get a "forbidden" error.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:25 pm
by Tim
dasein668 wrote:Am I the only person who can't see the imagestation pictures? If I try to open the link directly I get a "forbidden" error.
It is forbidden for you, just because. :<P
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:23 pm
by dasein668
okoksoifthatsthewayyourgonnabeaboutitthanmaybeishouldjuststarttypinglikethisjustbecauseicanandsothhhhpth
;-P
Actually, sometimes the images show up and sometimes not... strange.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:22 pm
by Tim
hehehehe...
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:26 pm
by bcooke
okoksoifthatsthewayyourgonnabeaboutitthanmaybeishouldjuststarttypinglikethisjustbecauseicanandsothhhhpth
Cute, very cute. I too had to refresh in order to see the photos.
I cringed when I heard the color yellow but once I got the photos to load I calmed down. Not bad. Welcome to the forum :-)
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:44 pm
by MQMurphy
Hello, Chris - welcome. I found this forum a couple of months ago, and it is the one I check in on daily. Good advice, interesting projects.
I'm down in Cape May, starting on a restoration that I hope will be in the water this next season.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:52 pm
by stone
Yea,for me too with the pics . Sometimes I can see and sometimes not.
Chris, did you just roll the paint or did you also tip it out? Thinking about Perfection ,but the guy across from me in the boatyard is having a terrible time with it.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:02 pm
by cfretz
my photos are hosted on imagestation and sometimes the service is spoty. try refreshing a few times or check back later if its still a problem. I post in a few other places and have the same problem once in awhile.
The perfection was interesting. I tried to spray and had a bad time with it. so we rolled 3 coats of primer and 3 coats of finish. At 1st i wasnt happy. It looks great untill i'm about 2 feet away. In my garage it was hard to get 2 feet away so i was obsessing over the finish and wasted a lot of time. once it was out and sailing the compliments started coming. Most people dont see the little things im unhappy with.
The boat is raced hard and hoisted out every time. its been bumped scraped and pinned on the wrong side of a floating dock in a squall. the finish is fine with a few small scratches. I recomend it to the DIY set.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:08 pm
by stone
Looks good from here. So you did not use a brush?
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:24 pm
by cfretz
the instructions said you dont need to tip the lighter colors. it came out great with just a foam roller
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:04 am
by Tim
cfretz wrote:...so i was absessing...
Ouch! That sounds painful! ;<)