the cagarros are painted on

the boat has a beak,  and once the hard dodger is on it will have eyes as well

still deciding on

friendly eyes  -- or mean eyes `´

 most modern cars today have mean eyes/headlights 

 The Shearwater has Landed (is painted)

one side is painted,
considering the lack of availability of good signwriters paintbrushes,
I am happy with the result.

The boat hull has had 3 coats yellow and 3 coats red, and the deck has had three coats of cream  - the deck still needs some coat/s of the non skid paint

 3rd red coat on hull 3rd yellow coat on bow and transom ...

... and the first of 3 coats on the rudder, 

next up 2 more coats of cream on the deck, If you are tired of these pics, imagine that between each coat the hull was hand sanded or scotchbrited - so on top of the faired and sanded hull there were 2 coats of epoxy, 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of paint. I am a little tired of sanding, but the final effect makes it all worthwhile!

 Painting, Stainless, Composite rails, Electrics and lots of bits 

The hull had a second coat of red and the Cagarro has been sized for positioning, I have welded the rudder fittings and they came out great, if I say so myself - and the galley box had a coat of epoxy inside and under the lid, and the pushpits and pulpits had their feet added, electrics, leds, lights, and other bits have arrivedd and system is in planning, and my extra can of cream paint for the deck and cockpit has arrived, and lots of other small things have been sorted out.

 More colour, 2nd coat yellow , and today 1st coat red

The deck and cockpit cream colour coat had a scotch brite rubdown, and the yellow was very light sanded with 320 and had its second coat, the red was the first coat

 Painting - Colour goes on!

The deck colour is on and the first of the real COLOUR is on

 - the new banner was put up to give a hint as to how the hull will look.

yes red, yes yellow and yes with a shearwater (cagarro) 

my old wharram design and colour scheme should have been a clue as to my thinking on colour and Boat Nose Art - see the old post here

https://setkacagarro.blogspot.com/2023/02/setka-caggarro-where-it-all-began.html

 Cagarro Project Caps

The following on the blog has been awesome,

Thank you for your views

It is now the time that some somewhat expensive items  need to be acquired -  
(I was going to create a wish list but I thought that you could contribute and at the same time receive something in return) - the list goes on... anchor, life jackets, flares, life harnesses, etc etc  and ... on.

And so I have created some merchandise to raise funds for these things - lets see how it goes

The first item is an embroidered  Cagarro Cap, 

Navy with white embroidery,

with a matte silver coloured closure

Only 2 available at the moment but more will be on the way, depending on response

price per cap €30, excluding shipping.

please contact me for a shipping quote via the contact form
on the right hand side of the blog.

Payment via PayPal

matte silvercolour closure,
the yellow colour is a reflection from the "land" in the chart background

 

 Making Nicholson type dorade vents

you can also see the pulpit support struts in progress on the left 

the shape looks a bit different because of the super wide lens, 

but they are exactly the same -  from a mould the edges just need to be trimmed and a base to be made

The inspiration, these do not leak , 

and I have a closing solution for really wet weather