First order of business is to remove the wooden Turnstone signs, get rid of the remnants of the old name (Southern Venture), and buff the gel coat to remove oxidation.
We like the Turnstone name, but aren’t big fans of the wooden signs which are through bolted with 1/2″+ size bolts all the way through the hull. Hmmm. Also, to be safe, we need to completely remove any evidence of the old boat name before properly following the christening ceremony to rename the boat Turnstone.
Removed the Turnstone name boards and covered the holes with plastic… next step will be to fill the holes with resin, cover them with gel coat paste, then sand them and the old name off. For now, just working on the rest of the hull.
Following Don Casey’s Sailboat Hull & Deck Repair (great book!) word for word, cleaned the gel coat, stripped it of old wax, used rubbing compound twice, then waxed twice. For all this, I highly recommend a power orbital buffer… this one from Amazon.com worked quite well for a very reasonable price.
Makes a huge difference, it’s like a new hull!
Original condition:
After a little elbow grease:
Click for a full picture and video gallery of the first round of buffing the hull.
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