A few weeks into a cosmetic refit of my Mirror dinghy 'Tink'. I have fitted screw hatches to the buoyancy tanks, but mostly, I've just painted the hull (black) and deck (grey). Apart from grinding out any cracks and fissures in the paintwork and filling them with epoxy, it's been pretty straightforward, and rewarding.
Having spent recent decades owning and maintaining larger sailing craft, I find that work on a dinghy is actually very enjoyable, by the time you get started the job's done. Today, without much effort I managed to paint the hull, centralised and tiller assembly. The latter needing to be dismantled and put back together afterwards. Owning a cruising dinghy is s totally enjoyable experience.
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