Portsmouth Victory Restoration - Paint Strip - Almost there!

A good afternoon working on the boat yesterday and I'm pleased to say that I think another day's work will see Portsmouth Victory Z28 stripped. What is clear is that when the paint is initially stripped, things look a bit rough. But once the sander has been applied to the boat, things are coming up looking pretty good.

Of course we've still got the interior of the boat to do, but this paint does come off much easier than the exterior paint. The antifoul in particular is horrible to remove, turning into a sludgy, pungent mess. 

I think the idea now is to finish off the exterior, strip back the ribs and then get Ken our friendly local boat restorer down for a look. 

The good news is that this afternoon, we're going racing on a Portsmouth Victory. Nigel is taking us out on his nice new GRP Portsmouth Victory. Shame there isn't too much wind about! Bren is getting a tad nervous as he hasn't raced before... He thought we were going out for a potter!