Pressure washing, wet sanding, and crutches

Crutches for the boat, not me :). I needed to build some mast crutches to support the mast when the boat is being trailered.  I saw a couple things online to give me some clues on how to build something out of wood to accomplish what I wanted.  The rear mast crutch is created so that I can take a wingnut off and flip it around allowing it to hold the mast at a higher angle for raising.

I also wound up buying a small electric pressure washer to better clean the bottom of the boat. After a good pressure washing it was much cleaner than before

I plan to spend some time cleaning the gelcoat on the boat. First step and this was wet sanding the entire boat removing any imperfections as well as removing the previous name on the boat.  The next step will be buffing and polishing.




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