T&T: Fw: T&T Subject Matter

[Larry N. Brown]

> I do not know if it is just me or what, but I feel in the last year or so 
> the
> subject matter has really deteriorated. I would much rather read about 
> twin
> engines, fuel filter microns, etc. than about generator noise/smoke, CG
> boardings, and other issues that have been raised here lately.
>
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> Larry Gregory
> Outer Reef

Larry,

Good challenge. Hope I don't get in trouble for plowing a second-hand furrow 
but I've been a dollar short and a day late to every thread I've mentioned 
on T&T.

I'm thinking about-- not tomorrow or the next day but sometime in the 
future-- of painting my boat. DIY. Likely rolled. Have the benefit of an 
excellent boat painter. Cubano. He's going to guide me through prepping and 
painting a 30 square foot detail stripe on my fly bridge with flag blue 
Awlgrip. He has all the material I need to mask, sand and prime it. All I 
have to buy is a quart of paint, the catalyst and the reducer I think it's 
called.

Now, can we entertain ourselves with the folly of a rank amateur trying to 
paint his boat. Pros and cons of Awlgrip, Imron, Signature finishes. 5' test 
would be outstanding, 10' acceptable. Am I too much of a Pollyanna?

Regards,

Regards,

Regards,

Larry
M/V Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck Cruiser
Currently lying: Oak Harbor Marina
Slidell, LA