Gypsy Rose More Before After Photos

We have had four months of sanding, scraping, rebuilding, repairing, coloring, oiling wood, varnishing, polishing brass, fiber-glassing,  replacing parts and rigging, and cleaning.Now, Its time to set the mast and put her in the water.Are we happy?You Bet!

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Some of you asked for more photos . . .There are still a lot of little jobs to do.Finishing up the port hole windows&Replacing all the rigging  (ropes to all you non-sailors).Sailboats have what seems like miles of different ropes and each one has a job to do.This boat has been sitting for so long that all of hers were rotten. Were almost on the water.Hopefully my next post will be lake photos.Please leave a comment, I read them all.Steve

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Sanding Taping Painting

Hi there friends . . . well, heres what Connie and I have been up to.Sanding, taping and coloring on Gypsy Rose.We are still planning on having her in the water, sometime in June.  Check out these photos.

Here I am sanding the hull.She needed it all over, deck, hull and bottom.So far we have the deck and hull finished.

Heres Connie taping the the side.

The sun was so bright in this shot that the colors washed out,but maybe you can tell, that we are replacing the pink deck with a gray.It has a green tint in it and I think in looks so much better. We think that the pink color was a result of the sun fading out a beige color.

Heres Connie coloring the edge of the hull a deep gloss green.

Here I am laying in the hull paint.Notice the reflection of the boat trailer.It dried just as glossy.Shes looking prettier with every job we check off our list.Thank you for stopping by.  Please leave a comment and let us know what you think.

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