Patching

I have applied orange gelcoat to a few places on the hull and also to some of the recessed deck fittings. A piece of plastic pipe is now held in place for a knee tube using a length of glass tape and some clear gelcoat, which also serves for patching over the holes for the deck elastics. The front hatch flange has been fixed using some more short strips of glass tape and the clear gelcoat.

In retrospect, I should have used some clingfilm over the front hatch repair to allow me to press it into place neatly. There are a couple of places where the ends of a strip of tape is not bonded to the boat properly. My feeble excuse is that it's a bit tricky working through the tiny hatch.

Using washing powder to clean the brushes does seem to work.