So far I've managed to strip back 4 of the 8 areas of white non slip. I'd forgotten how paint stripping, despite being a mind numbingly dull process, its also quite addictive. The great thing about SR is that there are natural milestones in the little bulkheads so you can break down a long job into smaller sections. In my case with a cup of tea between each one.
My plan is to take the cockpit area back to bare wood and see how pretty I can make it before deciding whether to go for varnishy goodness, more painted non slip or a totally different approach.
I've also bought my two items for this project thanks to Ebay and Reeve's my local hardware shop in Maldon. The Ebay purchase was enough western red cedar to make 2 rudders (one with wings and one without) and a dagger board for my Son's mirror. Checkout seller:feuillusfencing2010 on ebay who seems to have a huge range of wood at useful lengths and sizes for boat building. I ended up paying £36 for the wood which I didn't think was too bad.
The other purchase was three in one paint stripping tool which just about gets into the curvy bits of the boat. Told you it was nothing exciting!
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