Just a pre-race photo of a spicy Beneteau next to Madeline Island, near Bayfield, Wisconsin.

  • dmtalon
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    1 day ago

    Not sure what lake but the PO of my boat bought it from Wisconsin

    Beneteau First 265, which is currently about to get some barrier epoxy coats put on this weekend, followed by fresh bottom paint for next season. Boat now sails in Indiana!

    Sanding down to the gel coat has been no fun!!

    • TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 day ago

      Love It! I’m jealous my current boat is too big for a trailer - and I certainly don’t have any indoor space to work on her! I’ll be applying bottom paint in the spring and am planning to take her out of the lakes and into the Atlantic or Gulf. Haven’t decided which one yet, but I’ve already done Mississippi>Ohio>Tennessee>Tombigbee to the Gulf so I really want to switch it up and go through the Erie or St. Lawrence.

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        24 hours ago

        The shop is not mine but luckily I do have access for this work. I’m actually there getting some soft spots fixed. This boat had what was left of a polyglow install all over the hull, it looked terrible. I’ve also sanded that off, but will now have to sand, sand, sand, buff to get it looking good again. Or at least decent again. The soft spots were there when I bought it last year. So I knew what was needed .

        Just lucky the guy fixing it, who’s in our sailing club has this space to use!

        I doubt I’ll do anything big with this boat but hoping to be on my forever boat in 4-5y to start cruising.