Out on the water

The final touches, and the launch!

Putting on decking

Inside staining, painting

Flipping the boat

Turning the hull over to finish the inside.  

Painting the hull

As I'd mentioned previously I decided to paint the hull, because there were too many cosmetic issues with the wood. I thought I had sanded enough, and that the remaining imperfections would be hidden by the paint. All in all, I think the paint looks great, but if you're closer that couple of feet you can see plenty of areas that could have used more sanding.   My children talked me out of doing a generic, white hull and I'm glad they did- I like the blue we decided on.

And even more "final sanding"

Looks like I could sand on this for week and still not get it perfect .