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The fiberglassing is now completed and ready to be sanded, primed and painted.





The wooden rails and the hatch cover was stripped and sanded to bare wood, stained with cherry stain then finished with 6 coats of Bristol Finish Traditional Amber Urethane.




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This week I started sanding around the cockpit windows while John continued fitting the engine air intake cowlings back in place, fairing the top with Bondo then sanding and applying a coat of epoxy primer.











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John painted the outside and middle of the cabin top with a 2-part epoxy PrimeKote primer where it will be a smooth finish and the insides with a 1-part Pre-Kote primer where it will be a non-slip finish. The main reason for using the 1-part primer is because we ran out of the 2-part primer. Later this area will be covered with synthetic teak decking.





I sanded the wood around the windshield and cockpit side windows to bare wood, stained with a cherry stain, then applied 6 coats of Bristol Finish Traditional Amber Urethane.





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[hat4349]

They are looking good, quite an undertaking. I look at your website and you are doing a wonderful job on her. She will be like a new yacht when you are finished.

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We finished phase 1 of our renovation project on the Shangri-La. The cabin top has been rebuilt and fiberglassed and the new windows are in, in spite of the problems we had with the sliding windows. They look good and function okay, they just don't lock. I cannot recommend USA Marine Windows for any job. On the other hand, John Winter has done a marvelous job with his design and workmanship. But now he's off to Knoxville, TN hoping to restart his marine business there. I would recommend him to anyone. Next year we will start on phase 2 of our renovation project, remodeling the cabin interior.







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