Day 32 - The end has come! (sort of...mostly)

Today was a momentous day for our little surf project - 4 weeks and 4 days after we started, it signified the end of our the major work, and the end of our time in the little barn across the road. Drew and I started at 10:30am and once the room was up to temp, we put on Kat's last hot coat. I also had the little repair job on my left fin box that we put a patch of 60z cloth on and resined up which we left to dry while we did Drew's fish, and then Micah's board. By that time (many hours and a meal later) my board was ready to hot coat again, and that marked our last official hot coat for these four boards! Once that was done, we started sanding down boards to get a smooth finish, Kat added a pin line on her deck, and we finished by sanding off the resin and cloth from our fin boxes and testing all the fins. They all worked perfectly!

Even though we're more or less finished, we do have some touch up sanding to get the boards smooth, and leash cups to install, but those are all very small jobs that we'll just do over the course of the next week or so as we tidy up. But at the end of the night yesterday (after another 10hr+ day) we finished by taking down our custom glassing bay walls (bed sheets and staples) and spent some time cleaning up Milton's shop, which he has graciously let us use for longer than expected. Thanks Milton!

Also, the big question mark in our "project over" proclamation is that Drew's semi-gun is still an eyesore. Fortunately, we think we know how to fix it, and after doing all the other boards, this one will probably turn out the best of all! So we will probably have another post or two about leash cup installs and fixing Drew's gun, but for now, bask in the glory of these few pictures of our mostly finished boards (Justin's and Micah's). I'll add a few more later when I get Drew's camera as well.

Attendees: Drew, Justin, Micah, Kat