The repair work to Lemon Peel is well underway and as always taking longer than I had hoped. The main tasks were to fix the fibreglass tape along the bottoms and to repaint large sections of the bows which had been repainted whith what appeared to be single pak over the existing epoxy. While stripping the paint from these areas I noticed quite a few hairline cracks in the rest of the paint and decided to do the whole mossie. I figured there was not a lot of point repainting half of the boat if the rest would need doing soon. The hardest area to strip was the deck which had a coarse mesh for grip. I think this had been applied after the first undercoat with following coats over the top. While it was hard to remove it did have good grip. I would like to replace it but am struggling to find what it is made of. I have tried fibreglass suppliers but it is not a glass product and I have tried spotlight but they have no material similar. I am keen if anyone knows what it may be?

I have almost finished stripping the hulls and will be on to filling and undercoats soon. I will try to add more reports as they happen.