oDay Mariner

cfretz · Post by **cfretz** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:35 pm

Heres a little introduction. My name is chris fretz and i live in norristown PA. I recently restored an oDay Mariner which is raced on the deleware river and jersey shore.

Before:

she was neglected and had a hole where the mast base ripped out of the deck. I fixed all the structural problems in the 1st year. raced a full season and hit the cosmetic issues last winter.

This winter im painting the interior and possibly laminating a varnished transom. I'm starting a restoration of a scow and will probably be posting some additional questions in the future.

You guys have done some great work and i look forward to seeing more.

Regards,

Post by **Tim** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:38 pm

Looks great, Chris! Is that Fighting Lady Yellow on the hull?

cfretz · Post by **cfretz** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:10 pm

its the interlux perfection fighting lady yellow. We rolled it and it looks great.

Post by **dasein668** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:53 pm

Am I the only person who can't see the imagestation pictures? If I try to open the link directly I get a "forbidden" error.

Post by **Tim** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:25 pm

dasein668 wrote:Am I the only person who can't see the imagestation pictures? If I try to open the link directly I get a "forbidden" error.

It is forbidden for you, just because. :<P

Post by **dasein668** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:23 pm

okoksoifthatsthewayyourgonnabeaboutitthanmaybeishouldjuststarttypinglikethisjustbecauseicanandsothhhhpth

;-P

Actually, sometimes the images show up and sometimes not... strange.

Post by **Tim** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:22 pm

hehehehe...

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:26 pm

okoksoifthatsthewayyourgonnabeaboutitthanmaybeishouldjuststarttypinglikethisjustbecauseicanandsothhhhpth

Cute, very cute. I too had to refresh in order to see the photos.

I cringed when I heard the color yellow but once I got the photos to load I calmed down. Not bad. Welcome to the forum :-)

MQMurphy · Post by **MQMurphy** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:44 pm

Hello, Chris - welcome. I found this forum a couple of months ago, and it is the one I check in on daily. Good advice, interesting projects.
I'm down in Cape May, starting on a restoration that I hope will be in the water this next season.

stone · Post by **stone** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:52 pm

Yea,for me too with the pics . Sometimes I can see and sometimes not.
Chris, did you just roll the paint or did you also tip it out? Thinking about Perfection ,but the guy across from me in the boatyard is having a terrible time with it.

cfretz · Post by **cfretz** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:02 pm

my photos are hosted on imagestation and sometimes the service is spoty. try refreshing a few times or check back later if its still a problem. I post in a few other places and have the same problem once in awhile.

The perfection was interesting. I tried to spray and had a bad time with it. so we rolled 3 coats of primer and 3 coats of finish. At 1st i wasnt happy. It looks great untill i'm about 2 feet away. In my garage it was hard to get 2 feet away so i was obsessing over the finish and wasted a lot of time. once it was out and sailing the compliments started coming. Most people dont see the little things im unhappy with.

The boat is raced hard and hoisted out every time. its been bumped scraped and pinned on the wrong side of a floating dock in a squall. the finish is fine with a few small scratches. I recomend it to the DIY set.

stone · Post by **stone** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:08 pm

Looks good from here. So you did not use a brush?

cfretz · Post by **cfretz** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:24 pm

the instructions said you dont need to tip the lighter colors. it came out great with just a foam roller

Post by **Tim** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:04 am

cfretz wrote:...so i was absessing...

Ouch! That sounds painful! ;<)