I put the first coat on with a 25mm diameter foam roller and tipped it off with a brush. When it dried I found that my tipping off had left brush marks; I think that this was down to the brush not the paint - the brush had done a few miles on previous jobs! After a couple of hours sanding I put the second coat on with the same type of roller but didn't tip it off. Good result, the hull will only need a light sanding when the time comes for more paint.
Yesterday I picked up the bracket that bolts under the skeg to hold the bottom of the rudder stock from the stainless steel fabricator - bending 50x10 SS bar is beyond my capabilities. With the bracket temporarily in place I hung a plumb line from it to mark the position of the hole in the hull where the stock passes through. Once marked I made a dimple to start the drill in.
Here's the setup to drill a pilot hole through the hull and inner keel; that's through about 55mm of timber. Now the pilot hole is in I will make and fit a block on the inside to carry the upper bearing for the rudder stock. Once that block is in place I'll extend the hole through with a hole saw.
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