Finally got to the end of the sanding apart from spot fine filling areas to fair up low spots on hull.

The top edge of the hull the Cove line and the water line are all sanded down ready to get it prepared to paint the hull

There are a few areas which need a bit more fine filling 

Most of the hull is now ready,just got to clean up the area round the boat and get rid of any dust laying around the boat

Going round the hull doing a few more areas of spot filling 

The biggest areas are where the chain plate are glassed and bolted through the hull which have been the biggest area that needed filling over the course of applying the Hi-Build epoxy primer and then sanding the hull back to a smooth finish 

The other job done this week was to move the boat up the workshop to get access to the transom so it can be painted a lot easier than leaving where it as been for a long time.

 

Now it is the turn of hand sanding the areas that the machine can not do

Now starts the hand sanding of the areas which can not be done by machine such as the area of the cove line strip and the waterline edge where the hull is masked off 

A long and time consuming job that can not be rushed as the areas have to be rubbed down to the same smooth finish as the rest of the hull before it is ready to paint  

The same job along the waterline as the top of the hull 

Areas of spot filling to be done as we go along the hull sanding the areas top and bottom along the hull

 

Sanding back the hull, removing the black ghost coat until the hull in smooth enough to paint

Starting at the starboard bow using an air sander with P320 sanding discs. 

Sanding the hull was hard going as the Hi-Build Epoxy primer had a rough finish, however, the end result was a smooth finish which is true and fair with just a small amount of fine filling to be done in a few places.

Finally got to the bow again at the port side after two days of sanding and a a lot of elbow grease and patience later 

Just got the cove line and waterline area to hand sand to finish the job off before preparing to paint the first coat of orange gloss paint 

One of the more difficult areas to do as have limited room to put up staging to work on this area, will have to move the boat further up the workshop to gain better access to this area.