[bradford]

Went and saw her today. Things have taken a bit longer to finish due to the dismal business climate/economy, especially with the marine industry. Jerry Adams is coming through with some top notch work though. He spent nearly 16 hours hand sanding some problem areas around the rear storage compartments and the cuddy companionway. She has been primered and is naked, no more stripes or hardware to speak of. The cap and gunnels should be getting paint the end of this week, then the cuddy, then the deck, then the hullsides, and finally the hull bottom. I decided to go with awl-grip oyster white due to it being the closest match to the white on my engine. All new hatch covers have been built for all openings in the deck and cuddy. All will be hinged to swing open to the port side. Still gonna have a custom pulpit built.

Talked to Clay Boykin about the top and decided to go with a black Sunbrella soft top instead of the hard top. He says the canvas top will alllow us to pretty much do whatever we want as far as design goes and is more economical. Clay will also cut the bow rail and weld in a piece of stainless to radius around the pulpit with a couple additional forward stantions.

Looking forward to her being finished, it's sucked being without her all summer.