Getting to grips with the painting of the inside of the cabin and the cockpit.

The cabin roof before starting to paint 

After the first coat of  primer of which it had two coats

After two coats of undercoat 

 and finally to its first coat of white gloss 

 First of two coats of primer 

 Then after two coats of undercoat now ready for the gloss after the last three ribs are steamed in 

Painting and varnishing inside the cabin of Mai-Star II

First job was to mask up the cabin sides after they had been rubbed down ready for their next coat of varnish.

All the cabin sides masked ready and so it begins

 The start of a long job, panting the roof with primer which will have two coats before starting on the undercoat

All finished on the first coat of primer

The cabin side having had two coats of varnish and before it was rubbing down ready for the masking up to paint the roof.

Starting touching up the paint work on the inside of the Mai-Star II

Rubbing down loose paint work on bulkheads and touching up the bare wood areas after masking up edges.

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 It a just few places on the bulkhead

A whole lot more on the side of the hull and under the foredeck on the starboard side

most of the touching up was on the new ribs on the port side.

After these areas were dry I was able to get a second coat of varnish on the cabin sides. Also fitted was the end blocks for the bunk backrests, once the painting is completed then the blocks and the backrests will be varnished like the cabin sides.

Work on Mai-Star II interior getting underway.

Starting to clean the paintwork down with washing liquid and then a bit of beach to get rid of the dirt. 

A lot cleaner and time to let it dry out before sanding down the hull and deck head before repainting and in places touch up bare wood.

Ship's mascot Sasha keeping a weather eye out on the work underway.

The first coat of varnish on the cabin sides just a few more to go, actually a lot more to come about 12 more at least.

A good day's work and more tomorrow

Today we got a number of the smaller jobs out of the way, jobs such as making and painting the small floorboards ahead of the sea toilet which had not been done during the last refit and painting the chain locker lid and cutting the hole for the chain to run through when hauling and lowering the chain when anchoring. Also done was the edge of the cabin roof and screwing down the joint between the two sheets of marine plywood which makes up the outer layer of the cabin side.

The cockpit inside of the hull as now got its first coat of primer and is looking a whole lot better than before, just a few more coats of primer before starting to paint the undercoat and white gloss of the inside of the hull of the cockpit.

Another job that was done was to make up the cleats to fix the ends of the cabin bunk backrests in position.

The next job in the inside of the yacht is to fix the cleats for the backrest in position  and paint the floorboards in the front of the yacht as well as the chain locker lid and then get on with the nailing up of the ribs that are already in position and get on with the jobs under the bunks and make the new floorboards in the area under the bunk tops.