It's very, very hot here in the UK this week.
Record breaking temperatures, and very uncomfortable without air conditioning and a plunge pool!
So I'm taking some time to catch up with this blog, because I can't do much else.
We're approaching the end of the workshop upgrade to the upper hull. When that is complete it will be time to move Journey back outside, onto her trailer again.
In the meantime we have painting to do - quite a lot of painting.
The non-slip panels need to be applied to the cabin roof and the cockpit deck, which requires two coats of paint.
And the rudder needs to be finished to my satisfaction, with its sixth coat of paint.
However, temperatures inside the workshop prohibit this activity.
This is the climate in here as I write at 1900.
It's 33°C and rising. It was 26°C this morning when I opened up.
That's too hot for painting.
The Epifanes technical instructions state that 30°C is the maximum for varnish, and 28°C is the maximum for mono-urethane gloss.
I could already tell that was the case. The varnish that I applied to the tillers earlier today was curing as I brushed it out, and is now completely dry.
So... I have to wait until it cools down before I can continue.
I will see what else I can be getting on with in the meantime. Time to consult the To Do List.
To quote Ella Fitzgerald - "It's too darn hot!".
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